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Dutch Memorial Day: Erasing people after death

  • Written by Annemarie Toebosch, Director of Dutch and Flemish Studies, University of Michigan
Dutch Memorial Day commemorated in Amsterdam, May 4, 2014Nationaal Comité 4 en 5 mei, Jasper Juinen, CC BY-SA

As the anniversary of Indonesian independence from the Netherlands approaches, a close look reveals a Dutch narrative that erases people along racial lines.

Indonesia declared independence from the Netherlands on Aug. 17, 1945. This...

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