What WWII tragedies have not received enough attention? What happened in Indonesia during World War II? How many died in Indonesia during WWII? Other interesting stories of WWII?
“Will I ever see Papa again?” Marie Vischer asked her mother, while perched on the wilting fence in front of the house she’d been sharing with over 100 other women and children, in the heart of the Tjideng Women’s Camp on Java Island, Indonesia. It had been three years since Marie and her pregnant mother, toddler brother and elderly grandmother were forced into an internment camp by the invading Japanese army. Three years since her father left to join the conflict with a group of Dutch Navy officers and their small warship was torpedoed by a Japanese destroyer.
Sake Santema from Indies Gallery presents a few works from his collection by Willem G Hofker, whose life and work became deeply intertwined with Indonesia.
USA Today bestselling author Heather B. Moore, of Lehi, has captured the untold story of the Dutch people in Indonesia during World War II in a new novel called \