Etiket: Indies
Happy father but also killing soldier: the 360 letters from Aaldert from the Dutch East Indies to his Ypkje in Ter Apel
The exhibition highlighting the letters of Aaldert Wachtmeester from the Dutch East Indies was finally opened in the library of Ter Apel on Thursday. ‘My dear sunshine, this morning I…
King visits the performance Kamp Schattenberg. Moluccans demonstrate for research in the Dutch East Indies
King Willem-Alexander visited the Moluccan performance ‘On the other side’ in the former camp Schattenberg in Hooghalen on Monday evening. Moluccans from Assen and Bovensmilde demonstrated during the visit for…
Assense writes book about being a child in the Dutch East Indies: ‘Story must be told’
A dive into the past of the Dutch East Indies, that is what the book Child in the Indies is about. And especially about the children who grew up in…
Heavy criticism of the Dutch East Indies commemoration on research 1945-1949
According to him, the right balance was missing and people forget how many ‘positive contributions’ Dutch soldiers made to the Indonesian population at that time. He talked about, among other…
L1mburg Central: Commemoration National Indies Monument
It is a painful history, the struggle in the former Dutch East Indies and New Guinea. Many veterans still struggle with the consequences of what they experienced there. Prime Minister…
Rutte repeats apologies during the Indies commemoration
The apologies are not only addressed to all veterans who “behaved like a good soldier” and who have since struggled with physical complaints. He also apologizes to second and third…
Prime Minister Rutte at commemoration of the National Indies Monument 1945-1962 | News item
News item | 30-08-2022 | 11:30 Prime Minister Rutte will be present in Roermond on Saturday 3 September 2022 at the memorial meeting at the National Indies Monument 1945-1962. During…
More than half a million people watch the registration of National Indies Remembrance | Media
The National Commemoration 15 August 1945 attracted 527,000 viewers on Monday evening. The commemoration, in which all victims of the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies during the Second…
Veterans are ‘neutral’ towards farmer’s flags during the Dutch East Indies commemoration | NOW
Dutch veterans’ organizations are neutral about the farmers’ protests and the hanging of inverted flags. They hope to be able to attend the Indies commemoration on Monday in a normal…
Most Drenthe municipalities hang inverted flags, commemoration of the Indies no objection
Several municipalities in Drenthe will not remove reversed Dutch flags before Monday. On that day, the end of the Second World War is commemorated and all victims of the Japanese…