by Guido Schenkhuizen – The Heyday of De Soos The “Indo Community Center De Soos” had its heyday from 1963 until 1988, when the second-generation Indo members were the primary dynamo to the success of this very popular club. We performed a variety of plays, revues and musicals under my guidance, which quickly became a…
The Indo Project has watched and lived with trepidation as a large number of members of our community suffer and continue to suffer under the onslaught of incredible firestorm conditions in Southern California. Many in our community originally immigrated to the suburbs surrounding Los Angeles including the Altadena area, once a hub for Dutch dairy…
The annual commemoration ceremonies ‘herdenkingsceremonie,’ was held on Saturday, August 12th at the National Cemetery of Los Angeles. Around 50 people came together out of respect for the fallen forces and civilians, who lost their life in the former Dutch East Indies during the Japanese occupation and the bersiap period. Unfortunately, the number of attendees…