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Tag Archives: internment camp

The ‘Indisch Monument’ in The Hague, Netherlands

History, StoriesBy The Indo ProjectNovember 28, 2022Leave a comment

by Astrid Berg, author of Mixed Bood: Reconciling My Colonial Family’s History in the Dutch East Indies. In August while visiting The Hague and riding my bike, I came upon the Indisch Monument in de Scheveningse Bosjes (large park in The Hague) near Madurodam. I had been there many times before. This time I had…

Deer at Our Father’s Grave in Tanah Abang, Jakarta

Family Story, History, StoriesBy The Indo ProjectFebruary 1, 20229 Comments

By Ronny Geenen (IndoWorld) Roots in the Dutch East Indies My youngest sister Peggy Geenen was born in Padang, in the former Dutch East Indies, during World War ll in 1943. Over 50 years later, in 1996, she, her friend Jaap, and six others decided to take a trip through the islands Sumatra and Java,…

Indo Movie Highlight: The Past Ended on Mango Street

History, Movie, StoriesBy The Indo ProjectJanuary 25, 20224 Comments

A Search for the Truth Interview with Thomas Watson by Patricia Teunisse, Secretary of The Indo Project. Also published in Moesson International. On October 31, 2021, The Indo Project and Moesson attended the Netherlands premiere of The Past Ended on Mango Street. The documentary is the vision of Thomas Watson, who  narrates the film and…

Indo Hannie Blaauw in New Guinea

An Indo Profile: Hannie Blaauw – Camp Stories and More

During WWII, Indo Profile, Stories, Witness to the WarBy The Indo ProjectMarch 17, 20216 Comments

Read TIP’s Indo Profile about war camp survivor and musician Hannie Blaauw. Hannie Blaauw is my very special friend. I met him about twenty years ago when I moved to Arizona. Born and raised on Java, he is eleven years older than I, so he was a teenager during the years of Japanese oppression. He…

Opa: Dutch for Hero.

After Immigration, Blog, During WWII, Family Story, Immigration, POW TRIBUTEBy indoprojectFebruary 7, 20121 Comment

By Jason A. Dixon, grandson   Name: Richard E. Coert Born:   October 5, 1922, Dutch East Indies Died:   October 17, 2003, California, USA POW:   Burma-Siam Railway Richard E. Coert was born in 1922 in what is now Indonesia, where he grew up.  He dreamed of becoming a pilot in the Dutch air…

Animated Map.

Blog, During WWII, Military, News, Pre-WWIIBy indoprojectJanuary 11, 2012Leave a comment

  This is a remarkable web site called Pacific War Animated.  How did the war end up in the Dutch East Indies ?  With dramatic music in the background, you can follow the progression of invading Japanese forces (link below).  At the bottom is a red arrow pointing to each red-framed window which you click.…

Indo Profile William Paatje Boon

Paatje Boon

During WWII, Family Story, Immigration, Indo Profile, Memoir, POW TRIBUTE, Profiles, Witness to the WarBy indoprojectDecember 6, 201113 Comments

By Sylvia Boon Couto, daughter Name:  William Boon Born:    December 17, 1917, Java, Dutch East Indies Died:    June 10, 2011, California, USA POW:   Camp Tjimahi, West Java, Nov 20 , 1942 camp 4e Bataljon The Early Years Dad was born on December 17, 1917 on the island of Java, Indonesia to a…

The Camps

During WWII, History, Military, Stories, Witness to the WarBy indoprojectOctober 27, 201134 Comments

By Jan Krancher, California, USA Overview of the Japanese Imprisonment Experience The Japanese High Command on Java attempted to coerce the Indo-European members of the former Royal Netherlands-Indies Army, Navy and Air Force to enlist in the Japanese army.  A goodly number of Indos who refused were summarily executed and many ended up in camps. …

Wartime Humanity.

Blog, During WWII, Military, Stories, Witness to the WarBy indoprojectAugust 19, 20111 Comment

By Joyce Kater, New Mexico, USA LITTLE MOMENTS OF HUMANITY AT WARTIME   Although this incident happened a lifetime ago in the Second World War in South East Asia, it still lingers in my memory.  It took place in the months before our family was torn apart and put in different Japanese concentration camps on Java…

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