Josina is a second generation Indo. She was born, raised and lives in the heart of the Netherlands. She will focus on Indo Group activities and reporting on them. She is a journalist, photographer and filmmaker from 1986. She publishes magazines, books and videos for newspapers, bands and private individuals. Her father was the son of…
Jeff Keasberry is a third generation Indo and was born in Amsterdam and raised in his grandmother’s Indonesian restaurant Djokja, of which he became the proprietor at the age of 18. Jeff has a background in the hospitality & shipping industry with experience in business development and supply chain management. As self-proclaimed curator of Indo Dutch…
Priscilla, Founder and Chair of The Indo Project, was born in Jakarta, on the island of Java in the former Dutch East Indies. She is of Indo-European ancestry, with a father of German Dutch descent and mother who is Indonesian. As what so often happened to Indo families after Indonesia’s independence, her family “repatriated” from Indonesia…
Eric is a 2nd generation, California born Indo. My parents, who met and married in the U.S, both made similar treks (born in the DEI, repatriating to the NL) independent of each other, before making their lives here. I am one of the three children they had: my two younger sisters, one also in Cali,…
Maureen was born in Surabaya, on the island of Java. In 1958, Maureen, her father, Martinus de Schepper “ a Steurtje” (born in Magelang), her mother, Norma de Schepper-Van Eekhout (born in Surabaya) and her younger sister “repatriated” to The Netherlands. After two brothers were born in Zwijndrecht, The Netherlands, the family of six was…
Jamie Stern is a third generation Indo born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Her Indo roots come from her loving mother, Terri, who was born in Semarang, Indonesia. Terri’s family left Indonesia in 1958 and repatriated to the Netherlands where they stayed for four years before immigrating to the US in the early 1960s.…
Patricia Teunisse is a second generation Indo. Her parents, Renee Teunisse and Christiaan Teunisse were both born in Indonesia. Renee Teunisse (Pieters) in Jakarta and Christiaan Teunisse in Java. Both survived the war times in their birth country under Japanese occupation but were repatriated to the Netherlands after the Bersiap Periode. They met, fell in…