Tag: Indies
End of World War II in the former Dutch East Indies commemorated throughout Utrecht
Every year on 15 August, the official end of World War II in the former Dutch East Indies is commemorated. All victims of the war against Japan and the Japanese…
The end of the Second World War in the former Dutch East Indies is commemorated throughout the province
In Soest, the commemoration is traditionally held at the Resistance Monument on the Verzetsplein. The ceremony, organized by the Stichting Comité 4 en 5 mei Soest en Soesterberg in collaboration…
The “responsibility” of the State recognized in the chlordecone scandal in the West Indies: “We are delighted but it is not enough”
The State’s responsibility in the health scandal involving chlordecone, a pesticide long used in banana plantations in the Antilles, is officially recognized by the National Assembly. According to a study…
Emotional commemoration of the Dutch East Indies: ‘Important, no matter how difficult it is’
In Soest, about fifty people gathered at the Verzetsplein despite the rain. “It’s an emotional day,” says veteran Marinus Mooijwater. “You see the people who think it’s important to be…
KNIL daughter Nona Salakory at the Indies commemoration in Baarn: ‘You can forgive and make up for injustice’
“I lived like this for twenty years,” says Nona, who lived with her family successively in Amersfoort, Vught, Eijsden, Aardenburg and Wierden. “In single-walled wooden barracks, where sometimes the ice…
In the West Indies, the thorny fights against the scourge of sargassum
“2023 is a dark year.” Sylvie Gustave-dit-Duflo, vice-president of the Guadeloupe region, is not one to get carried away for no reason. Also president of the French Office for Biodiversity,…
Relatives wanted of East Indies visitors from Soest
The National Indies commemoration in The Hague will be broadcast live on TV on Tuesday evening by the NOS. In more and more municipalities, local commemorations are also spread throughout…
from Mont-Saint-Michel to the West Indies, 80 days of journey
Mont-Saint-Michel, West Indies, Palace of Versailles: for more than two months from May 8, 2024, the Olympic flame will cross more than 400 French cities, a journey that is intended…
West Indies: exposure to chlordecone would harm the cognitive development of children
News Published on 02/28/2023 at 3:11 p.m. Updated 02/28/2023 at 3:11 p.m. Reading 2 mins. According to an Inserm study, pre or postnatal exposure to chlordecone would have a harmful…
This is why Utrecht is reflecting on the Dutch East Indies: ‘Haarlemmer oil for appreciation and recognition’
According to current definitions, the extreme violence committed by Dutch soldiers in Indonesia between 1945 and 1949 could be classified as war crimes, the government acknowledged in a letter to…