Please Join & Sign the Petition: You’ve probably heard about the petition or seen it surface on Facebook urging you to sign it. No matter where you are in the world, if you are a Dutch-Indonesian, Dutch, or a person who has roots in the former Dutch East Indies, we need you to read this and sign…
Ingrid’s parents, Gerard and Netty and her older brothers, Erik and Ferry I would like to share an article submitted by my friend, Ingrid Keizer Wilson, who has begun the journey of learning more about her Indo roots. Born in Kansas, where her parents ended up after repatriation to the Netherlands from the former…
Photo by Thinkstock BY JAN CHO It’s a spice whose aroma evokes warm memories of the holidays for many — baked into pumpkin pies, kneaded into sausages and sprinkled atop mugs of eggnog. It has a pungent, earthy and slightly sweet taste, making it versatile for use in a variety of foods and beverages.…
By Kareen Richard The “Glodok Affair” is a little known chapter in the events that occurred during World War II in the Dutch East Indies. In mid-1944, a man named Piet Hein van den Eeckhout was released from the Japanese Civilian camp in Tjimahi because he vocalized his pro-Japanese feelings. A number of same-minded others…
Indo profile by Jeff Keasberry “We weren’t alone. There were many more like us, and knowing this brought about a sudden comfort that filled a void from all these years of confusion and isolation,” said Jamie Stern, 3rd generation Indo, when she came to find out that there’s a name for her mom and her and that…
We are excited to report that on Saturday, November 10, 2012 over 125 people of Dutch Indonesian descent (Indos) gathered for a Kumpulan (gathering) in Spring Hill, Florida. The event was organized by The Indo Project and was the second one held this year at the same location. Although most attendees were from Florida, there…
Great-great-great grandfather Johan Daniel Gottfried Schmidgall was born in 1750 in Plattenhardt, Wuerttemberg, Germany. He was a volunteer in the Army of the Duke. The middle of the 18th century, the Dutch India Company (VOC) still owned large possessions in “the East.” Since it was a not a governmental enterprise but a private business, the…
If you were born and raised in the USA and your grandparents left the former Netherlands East Indies as adults, then you are probably 3rd generation Indo. If so, then this event is for you. The event theme of INDO USA GEN 3 is: REAWAKEN (the Indo within), RECONNECT (with likeminded) and REMEMBER (your heritage).…
The first celebration of our Dutch Indonesian Culture and Heritage drew an attendance of more than 125 people and was so much fun that it was decided to have another one. Indos living in Florida will come together on November 10, 2012. The event will be held at: the Suncoast Dance and Party Center, 13383…
THE HAGUE, Netherlands–Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, claimed victory for his conservative VVD party in the Netherland’s national elections on September 12, 2012. Although Rutte himself was born in Den Haag in 1967 and not an Indo, what makes him especially interesting are his family ties to the former Dutch East Indies.His father, who was…