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15 August 1945 Commemoration and Liberation Ball 2023

Events, Featured, NewsBy The Indo Project August 20, 2023 4 Comments

De Geest Overwint The Indo Project was honored to host its first annual Commemoration and Liberation Ball on Saturday, August 12, 2023, in Buena Park, California. This important event is about our shared heritage and a tribute to generations that came before us. The event’s theme was “De Geest Overwint” which in Dutch translates to…

Annual Commemoration August 15, 1945 in LA focussed on younger generations

BlogBy Editor 1 July 23, 2018 Leave a comment

Most people commemorate the end of the Second World War in the Netherlands on May 4th and 5th May, but in fact the war only came to an end on 15 August. Then the Japanese domination of the Dutch East Indies stopped. Each year Dutch people with roots in the former Dutch East Indies come…