Stockholm syndrome?

[Pepi Plowman]

Correct.  I and my older sister were born in different
camps.

But my mother still loved Japan--lived there for seven
years before the war and three 30 years later.  She
had many Japanese friends.

But when she lapsed into Alzheimer's in her latter ten
years, her stays in nursing homes were characterized
by her awakening every morning totally disoriented as
to where she was, donning every dress she owned one on
top of another, muttering, "Got to go to the jungle. 
The Japanese are coming.  Got to go to the jungle."
before attempting to exit and being caught by the
nurses in attendance.  She was crazy to get out--would
bite and kick--I think she was plenty scared of the
Japanese in those camps, and have no doubt the
experience contributed to the Alzheimer's.

pep
--- Michael Eisenstadt <michaele at hotpop.com> wrote:
> > His last wife and he both had alcohol problems and
> the
> > last I saw of them they didn't seem very happy. 
> My
> > sister was devastated by his death.  My mother,
> who
> > was a Japanophile...
>  
> Pepi,
> 
> Your mother was interned by the Japanese during WW
> II. I remember her talking about it at one of her
> parties.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
> 
>