From Thursday, July 30, the exhibition 'Samangat! Moluccan in Amsterdam' is open at the Kop van Java. On display there are 31 portraits of Moluccan Amsterdammers about their family history and their relationship with the city.
Exactly 75 years ago, ships such as De Grote Beer and the Asturias docked at the Javakade. Around 1,900 Moluccan soldiers and their families went ashore.
During the Indonesian War of Independence, they fought for the Dut…
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From Thursday, July 30, the exhibition 'Samangat! Moluccan in Amsterdam' is open at the Kop van Java. On display there are 31 portraits of Moluccan Amsterdammers about their family history and their relationship with the city.
Exactly 75 years ago, ships such as De Grote Beer and the Asturias docked at the Javakade. Around 1,900 Moluccan soldiers and their families went ashore.
During the Indonesian War of Independence, they fought for the Dut…