Photo by Andrea Gruber Matthies This very passionate, heart-rending poem was written by Mrs. G. Stern-Dossin (December 6, 1918 – February 24, 2005). We don’t know when and where it was first published but it re-appeared in the original Dutch version on the Indisch4Ever site in 2011. What is deeply moving is the…
By Jamie Stern Photo: Jamie as a toddler with her Mother, Oma, Opa and Tante – 1989. Congratulations to all the new grandparents this year and to all the grandparents who received more grandbabies! The Indo Project’s very own newsletter editor, Ingrid McCleary, is celebrating her new grandson, Baby Ben. (Congratulations Ingrid!) This Sunday happens…
By Sierra Jacob. What of the children? Once resting swollen in our wombs, the weight we carried between the yawning of our hips. Tasting the salt air like we did, pushed up against the hunched horizon in liberation ships to Holland—to Australia—to the United States. How we thought we could forget the dark slash of…
By Jesse Eijsbroek On August 3rd, 2014, a Herdenking Ceremony will be held in the Bay Area at Oakmont Memorial Park in Lafayette, California. At the ceremony, we honor the sacrifices made by civilians and the military during the Japanese occupation in the Dutch East Indies and elsewhere under the Japanese rule. The Military Color…
The annual memorial was held in Los Angeles on August 9, 2014. On this day we remembered and honored the fallen of the Dutch East Indies forces and civilians (men, women and children) during the Japanese occupation during WWII in South East Asia and during the bersiap period. Welcoming word was given by Mr. Auke…
By Kathryn Pentecost Fig.1: Dutch architecture, Yogyakarta 2011 (Collection: The author) The Dutch were certainly not the first Europeans to trade in the archipelago; English and Portuguese traders were also keen to exploit the natural resources of the archipelago. The Dutch, however, created the first multinational trading empire with the purpose of breaking the Portuguese…
The screening of the documentary De Buitenkampers: The Color of Survival will take place on Tuesday, MAY 27th at the University of California Irvine (UCI). To order & print your tickets, please go to this link. For directions to the Student Center, UCI, please click on the this link. To read more about Buitenkampers, please…
By Lidy Nicolase – March 18, 2014. Translation of Article in the Volkskran.nl The Netherlands government still owes millions of euros to 380,000 Dutch people who had to flee Indonesia between 1950 and 1970. Banks, as well as insurance companies, also have enormous debts to redeem. A substantial part of life insurance policies and money…
By Jamie Stern Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Let’s all celebrate with the Irish! Interestingly, among our TIP supporters we have discovered at least 30 of our constituents are Irish and Indo mixes. And it’s likely that we have plenty more out there! Meanwhile, the rest of us can make-believe that we each have a just…
by Jamie Stern Love is universal—but we already know that! This isn’t something new—it’s been around for a very long time. We know that love enriches lives. We know that love sometimes complicates lives! And still we gravitate toward love because it makes life more fun, more interesting, more comforting and more exciting. Love gives…