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Tag Archives: prisoner of war

See Jane Run!

Family Story, History, StoriesBy The Indo ProjectFebruary 1, 202317 Comments

by Jane Vogel Mantiri War is hell. My parents survived two wars: World War II and the Indonesian National Revolution that followed. Although those wars ended, my parents’ trauma never did.   This story is dedicated to my parents. I was my parents’ only daughter. My father was a brave, strong, and loving man who lived…

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…

The Indo Girl

Who is The Indo Girl?

Family Story, Indo Profile, StoriesBy The Indo ProjectAugust 10, 20226 Comments

by Benjamin Jacobs The Story Behind the Indo Girl Logo Before the war, my father was an art and engineering student. He was also in the Dutch army. My father was an artist at heart and was creative in everything he did. More importantly, he was a husband and father. Here’s his story and the…

The Disaster of the Poelau-Bras Ship

During WWII, History, StoriesBy The Indo ProjectMay 18, 20223 Comments

“Who was in which lifeboat?” A mission by Peter Versteeg to find out which of the three remaining lifeboats his father traveled in — as one of 116 survivors of the sunken “Poelau Bras” — and who were in the other two lifeboats? www.poelau-bras.nl (To translate this website from Dutch to English: Go to Google…

Exploring Ancestors Through Travel and Writing

Books, Genealogy, StoriesBy The Indo ProjectApril 22, 20221 Comment

by Astrid Berg, PhD During childhood, I had little connection to my Indonesian roots. I rarely heard Maleis (Malay) or Javaans (Javanese) spoken. I only had a slight relationship to Indo/Indische customs and culture. Both my parents appeared European. My mother is Dutch, and the Indonesian influences were subtle in my Indo father. I was…

Indo Movie Highlight: The Past Ended on Mango Street

History, Movie, StoriesBy The Indo ProjectJanuary 25, 20225 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…

Iris on her pony alongside her brothers

Sapphire Promise: From Privilege to POW

History, StoriesBy The Indo ProjectJanuary 17, 20229 Comments

A Young Indo Woman Displays Courage, Cunning, and Hope By Sally Brandle The author notes that Iris passed away early December 2021, just short of her 98th birthday before this article was published. Iris, the little girl on the left, and her brothers are the descendants of an Indo maternal grandmother, a French countess paternal…

Watch was given to Opa Bebelaar to commemorate his 1911 birth along with condolence letter from Queen Wilhelmina to author's Oma

Indo Book Highlight: Time

Family Story, Featured, NewsBy The Indo ProjectOctober 4, 20215 Comments

by David Bebelaar Finding a Box of Letters Searching for information about my grandparents led me to a box of letters they had written to each other. The correspondence documented their lives as a young couple and all of the experiences they had to navigate together. Their relocation from the Netherlands to the Dutch East…

How to expel wind when you have masuk angin.

Blog, During WWII, Witness to the WarBy The Indo Project (JK)January 8, 201313 Comments

By Jan A. Krancher, PhD. Jan. 8, 2013 Have you ever been conned?  I am sure you have, at least once in your lifetime, as I have, and I won’t tell you how often.  But here I am not referring to being “conned” but rather being “coined.”  It is the practice that brings about long…

Sumatra Railway.

Blog, Books, During WWII, Memoir, Military, Stories, Witness to the WarBy indoprojectJanuary 12, 2012Leave a comment

By Jan Krancher Book:  Ambushed under the Southern Cross Author:  Capt. George W. Duffy Highly decorated Capt. George W. Duffy has authored the book “Ambushed under the Southern Cross . . . The Making of an American Merchant Marine Officer and His Ensuing Saga of Courage and Survival”.  Among several of his experiences, he also…

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