Last year, Gert Oostindie published a book about the Dutch military in the Indonesian Revolution. He is now touring with Ireen Hoogenboom, who contributed greatly to the book, in Indonesia to promote the translated edition, Serdadu Belanda di Indonesia, 1945-1950. There has been a lot of interest, and as well as some emotional encounters.
By Gert Oostindie
Last year, we published a book about the Indonesian Revolution, based on 100,000 pages of ego documents such as letters and diaries produced by Dutch veterans. There is a heated debate in the Netherlands about the war, particularly about war crimes. In Soldaat in Indonesië, 1945-1950, I argue that there were probably tens of thousands of war crimes. Lees verder











