The many recorded stories, which RTV Drenthe also recorded, show that the integration of Moluccans in the Netherlands was not easy.
After the Moluccans had waited a generation for their living conditions to improve, a group turned to violent actions. Some young people became radicalized partly due to the trauma they received from their parents.
Drenthe experienced several Moluccan actions in the 1970s: the train hijackings in Wijster (1975) and De Punt (1977), the school hostage-taking in Bovensmilde (1977) and the hostage-taking of the provincial government building in Assen (1978).
