by Petrus Titus Reawaruw, member of The Surabaya Information Community and of the Indo Club Surabaya Surabaya – The end of the war in the South Pacific Region has a deep meaning for people all around the world. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombarded by atomic bombs on August 6 and August 9, 1945, bringing an…
The Indo Project was proud to honor Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich with the 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award on August 8, 2026, recognizing her extraordinary contributions to preserving and sharing Indo heritage through film. The award was presented during The Indo Project’s annual commemoration and celebration event in Southern California. For more than 35 years, Hetty has…
By Jamie Stern – Honoring Our History Every August, the morning after The Indo Project Herdenking Gala, our community gathers at the Los Angeles National Cemetery. We come together for the annual memorial originally established by the Comité 15 Augustus 1945 to remember the end of World War II in the former Dutch East Indies…
by Jamie Stern – The second installment in the My Indo Heart series, a year-long collection of holiday tributes honoring the people who shaped us. To the men who helped us in ways big and small; gave us our launching pad to life and helped us to get our feet on the ground — this…
by Jamie Stern – First in a series of holiday tributes Her smile. Her laughter. Her recipes. Her ideas. Her talents. Her loving nature. Her courage. Her legacy. She’s MOM! Resilience Across Oceans Our mothers crossed oceans. They carried joy and trauma in the same suitcase. It required choosing to keep going. But if you…
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…
by Edward E. E. Frietman The Indo Project extends warm wishes to the Frietmans on their 60th anniversary! This article is divided into two parts. The first section highlights the non-profit organizations that the Frietmans are passionate about, and how they graciously requested their anniversary guests to make donations in lieu of gifts. The second…
by Astrid Berg, PhD I interviewed three female cousins, all third-generation Americans in their thirties and forties, who have Indo mothers and African-American fathers. I began the interview by sharing my experience as a white-bodied child of interracial parents—an Indo father and Dutch mother. Growing up, I encountered subtle remarks and impressions from my mother…
New Book ‘The Sun In His Eyes’, a true story by Renée Belloni There is already so much turmoil and distress in the world, and here I am introducing my new book. I dedicate this book to peace in the world and peace starts within ourselves. The more peace there is within ourselves, the more…
The Indo Project is excited to co-host a new TIPTALKS event with SoCal Indo: a presentation about the book Blue Skies, TROUBLED WATERS, featuring co-author Brian Kimmel. The event includes a book reading, sharing, and slides of recently uncovered maps and photos, educating about the culture and history of WWII Indonesia. Food and books to…