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Memories of Camp Barongan

Family Story, Featured, History, Stories, Witness to the War, World War IIBy The Indo Project March 25, 2019 15 Comments

by Han Mouthaan FOREWORD For clarification purposes: The Dutch civilians of the former Dutch East Indies endured two types of camps during AND after WWII. The first type were the WWII Japanese concentration camps, 1942-1945. The second type of camps were internment camps during the Bersiap period 1945-1947, a tumultuous time that followed the end…

A Brief History of the Dutch East Indies Part 2: Before the VOC.

Blog, JourneyBy Emiel February 2, 2014 2 Comments

By Kathryn Pentecost Indonesia is known as the world’s most populace Muslim nation and its cultural history is richly diverse. Throughout their history, Indonesians have been influenced by a diversity of religious and cultural influences, (though some commentators today fear that the country is becoming a less tolerant place) (Vltchek, 2012). Looking back into Indonesia’s…