On May 4 (Remembrance Day) and May 5 (Liberation Day), we reflect extensively on the horrors of the Second World War. But for the Dutch in the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia), liberation did not come until August 15, 1945, after the capitulation of Japan. This is being commemorated in more and more places in Brabant. "At home, there was little to no talk about what happened to them. The Indies silence." Hans van de Ven (63) from Udenho…
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On May 4 (Remembrance Day) and May 5 (Liberation Day), we reflect extensively on the horrors of the Second World War. But for the Dutch in the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia), liberation did not come until August 15, 1945, after the capitulation of Japan. This is being commemorated in more and more places in Brabant. "At home, there was little to no talk about what happened to them. The Indies silence." Hans van de Ven (63) from Udenho…