Dari 11 Februari sampai 5 Juni 2022 di Rijksmuseum ada pameran yang menarik; pameran tentang Revolusi! Indonesia merdeka (Revolusi! Indonesie onafhankelijk). Isi pameran ini adalah sejarah perang kemerdekaan RI dari sudut pandang Indonesia bukan dari sudut pandang Belanda. Continue reading
Category Archives: Dutch East Indies
Day 5: If you could have dinner with any five people, who would they be?
Any five people I would love to have dinner with are the following: My late father. I am anxious to know how our interaction would be like. I wonder how he would see me as who I am today as an adult woman. Reminiscing our conversations in the past, this would be very interesting. He … Continue reading
4 and 5 May
4 and 5 May are two important dates in The Netherlands. On 4 May the country remembers war victims starting from the second World War to current wars. On 5 May Dutchies celebrate the freedom their country gained after German capitulated on 5 May 1945. These two days mark the end of the second … Continue reading
Voor Altijd
Voor altijd (Forever) is a short documentary about descendants of people of Dutch former colonies. It was released two days ago. In this documentary there are one Indisch/Indo, one Indonesian, one Moluccan and one Javanese from Suriname. To understand it better, here is a brief information about the history background of all four persons who … Continue reading