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The Press
October 6, 2003
Ellis case
Letter to
the Editor
by Charles Kiewiet (Bryndwr, Oct 2)
Sir--Regarding Denis Dutton's article (September 13)
concerning the dangers of human memory with reference to the Peter Ellis
case, I can relate to it from personal experience.
As a toddler I spent three years in a Japanese concentration camp for women and
children. As a teenager and young adult I would eagerly have testified
against the Japanese in a court of law about the atrocities they perpetrated
on us.
Later in life, however, I realised that I had no personal recollection of the
hardships the Japanese put us through. Likewise, I call into question the
memories of the children about what Peter Ellis did to them.
Whereas the Japanese were guilty of war crimes, I doubt that Peter Ellis
abused the children, and I support a royal commission to re-examine his case.
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