15 augustus by efron_241
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Today we remember the end of the War in Our Indië and the rest of Asia.. 66 years ago..
with a photo of my grandfather -Judge- in Batavia, in the 1920's. He died in 1986, but the scarves of war never left him and are in me too.
Today we remember at the Indische Monument in Den Haag / The Hague. The sad nick-name of my city is
"Weduwe van Indië", "Widow of the Dutch Indies"
(Indië is also called Indonesië, Batavia is also called Jakarta)
Comments (18)
This is interestin to learn about. Thanks for sharing.
great!
wow--amazing bit of history--do thank you for sharing it
People often forget and it's nice that they should be reminded of era's past
Interesting image! The effects of war last for several lifetimes.
Excellent picture!
My attention is always attracted by these kind of photo's. My father was born in 1909 in Ned Indië, but left in the 1920-ties as teenager and never returned. My grand father, it could be very well that he had contact, or that they knew each other by name. My grandfather was well known in Ned Indië, he was Colonel in the KNIL, however he was especially known because he was not only "fluently" in Malay, but also in Japanese. In the 1910-'s he lived in Japan with his family. When he returned to the Netherlands, my grandmother passed away before I was born in Ned Indië,he always lived to the best of my knowledge in the Hague, as my father did, and I was born in the Hague!! Its a small world regards Henk
great tribute!
This was very educational Chris, thank you so much for sharing
Very nice old picture!
Thank you for This great photo, and i am from Indonesia
wist niet dat jij ook een indische achtergrond had, fascinating, geweldige foto, heb je daar nog meer van?
Amazing photo my friend, spectacular record of the war!
Great tribute and thanks for the info!!!
Your Grandfather couldn't afford chairs? what's up with that??? lol
Wonderful capture of your history- thanks for sharing! :)
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A good day to remember... a bad time for history and your country. Fantastic image, thanks for sharing this. seth
Great tribute!