An attempt to find the rightful owners of 335 photo albums from former Dutch East Indies, has resulted in 9 families getting their albums back. Check the following website in Dutch: http://www.fotozoektfamilie.nl We translated the first part: Your help is needed in our search for the rightful owners of the family albums! You can help…
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The Indies Commemoration Center has made its remarkable museum exhibit entitled, “The Story of the Netherlands East Indies” available online. The actual exhibit, which has been a huge success, is currently located at the Bronbeek Estate in Arnhem, Netherlands. The exhibit tells of 350 years of colonial history in the Netherlands East Indies, highlighting the…
We want to wish the Indo community a wonderful New Year! Our 2013 New Year’s wish is that together: 1. we continue to uphold and honor the legacy of our parents and grandparents by actively keeping Indo culture and history alive through education and raising awareness. 2. we show the world that there is strength and…
This years’ annual memorial ceremonies presented by the ‘Comité 15 augustus 1945’ was held on Saturday August 11, 2012 at the Los Angeles National Cemetery. The President Mr. Auke Mensink welcomed the attendees gathered to commemorate those Dutch service men and women and citizens that lost their lives during WWII in the Dutch East Indies. Also…
Tamara Fielding was recently featured in an article in the Jakarta Globe, titled ‘Taking Wayang to the World Stage. You can find the article here: http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/arts/taking-wayang-to-the-world-stage/524694. Tamara will be going to the Indo Heritage Fest August 11, 2012.
The Indisch (Indo) Cultural Center in collaboration with the Indisch (Indo) Platform calls on Dutch Indonesian (Indo) people to sign a new petition about the so-called “Indo Issue” relating to WWII compensation. 67 years after the Japanese capitulation, the Dutch Government still refuses to compensate Indos for the damage they have suffered during the war. WWII German…
Yo Indo! Get the button. Either at our booth at the 23rd Holland Festival on Sunday, May 27th or by mail-order. Make a Donation, Pin it, and wear it with Pride!
Welcome to our new website. May 2012 is the month of new and exiting things for The Indo Project. We launch our new website and some board members will get to meet the Indo Community at the Holland Festival in Long Beach May 27, 2012. We continuously evolve to better serve our constituents and visitors.…
The account of one East Dutch Indies family’s survival during World War II and the Indonesian Revolution is the subject of this edition of Dialogue. Joan Cartan-Hansen interviews sisters Ilse Evelijn Veere Smit and Edith Evelijn Veere, who survived the two atrocities, as well as author Dorothy Read, who helps Ilse tell her family’s story…