Dutch Memorial Day: Maintaining colonial innocence by excluding people of color
- Written by Annemarie Toebosch, Director of Dutch and Flemish Studies, University of Michigan
On Dutch Memorial Day – May 4 – the Netherlands remembers its war dead from World War II and after.
A close look at the holiday reveals a culture that maintains its innocence about a history of colonial oppression.
Indonesia declared independence from the Netherlands on Aug. 17, 1945. This followed 350 years of Dutch East India Company...
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