Mar 12 2020
Disney\’s most favorite Indo in SoCal
San Diego based SoCal Indo Christiaan Verbeek for sure made Walt Disney proud if he was still alive, watch him in San Diego\’s FOX 5 morning show !
Mar 12 2020
‘Blauwe Brieven’ (Blue Letters) a deep dive into the Dutch Indies Issue by Henk Harcksen
A deep dive into the political-administrative, historical and legal aspects of the Dutch East Indies issue. How politicians have been wrestling with this subject for more than 70 years. How is that possible? Why are substantiated claims still not honoured? What has been happening since the ’40s, ’50s and ’60s from the previous century until […]
Jul 06 2019
DE INDISCHE KWESTIE
What does the ‘Indische Kwestie’ mean? We want the recognition of and apology for the improper treatment of the Dutch from the Dutch East Indies by the successive Dutch governments after WWII. This also means paying back salaries to soldiers and civil servants for the 41 months of war they endured during which they weren’t paid […]
Jun 30 2019
Sjoekje Sasbone
Long pause…“Give it a try.” “No. It’s ok…(awkward chuckle) I don’t want to say this wrong.” “You’ll say it wrong but try. I won’t die or explode… c’mon… just try it.” “Ok….Saah joke ka gee?” “See! I’m fine. (Smiling) Also that’s wrong. It’s pronounced ‘shoek’ya’” This has been the beginning of every single conversation I’ve […]
Mar 04 2019
Seeking Dutch/Indo WWII Veterans who are still among us.
Wanted Dutch/Indo WWII Veterans who are still among us ! Please share ! In the context of 75 years of liberation in 2019/2020, we are still making an ultimate attempt to find living WWII Dutch/Indo veterans at home and abroad who are still entitled to a military honor! Who are we looking for? Living Dutch/Indo […]
Dec 23 2018
Selamat Hari Natal from Hoezoindo the Netherlands
Michael Contacted me because he is on my Hoezoindo newsletter and caught the fact that I am very busy with my Photo project which is about Indo\’s living worldwide. I am already campaigning for several weeks every day and have 5 day\’s to go. In the next video, I introduce myself a little bit. Do […]
Jun 22 2017
What is an Indo and who is an Indo?
We Indo people or Indos, Dutch Indonesians, Indo-Dutch, or Dutch-Indos consist of Europeans, Asians, and persons of mixed European–Asian blood and we Indo people have been part and experienced the colonial culture of the former Dutch East Indies. We are Indo’s, not equal, but more different. We are sober and magic. We eat Indonesian food, […]
Jun 15 2017
‘INDO’ LEUKAEMIA PATIENTS HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING DONORS
Finding a stem cell donor is hard for ‘Indos’, as they are a rare group. People of mixed Dutch-Indonesian descent hardly occur outside The Netherlands – there’s only a handful abroad (mostly in the U.S.). Hence the international data bank of stem cell donors has little to offer to them, as stem cells of […]
Apr 19 2017
Great read about the difference between Dutch Indo and Indonesian
\’WE ARE INDO DUTCH, NOT Indonesians\’: By Anneke van de Casteele Read the original post in both Dutch and English: http://annekevdcasteele.blogspot.nl/2017/03/wij-zijn-indische-nederlanders-geen.html ‘We are Indische Nederlanders, not Indonesians!’ Last Tuesday night, February 28, 2017, Dutch D66 democrat party leader Alexander Pechtold was one of the guests on TV talkshow ‘Pauw and Jinek’. We saw him […]
