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-SAAs 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...
