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Assistent-Resident of Pidie, Cornelis Eduard Maier, gave government aid of rice to Acehnese women in Sigli, 1935


Acehnese girls in traditional clothing preparing to welcome Assistant-Resident CE Maier in Sigli, 1935


Group portrait of Governor of Aceh, Anton Philip van Aken and coterie during a touring visit to Pidie, 1935


Govenor van Aken and his group visiting Teuku Ahmad, chief of Mukim II Aree in Pidie, 1936


Dutch and Acehnese officials in Pidie, 1936


Dutch and Acehnese officials and family members posing with the raja of Sigli in 1937


Detail of Dutch officials and family members with raja of Sigli, Panglima Polim Sri Moeda Perkasa Dawood in 1937


Dutch officials dining in society hall De Oude Poes, "The Old Cat" in Blangkejeren, Southeast Aceh, on 26 October 1933:
(sitting left - right) Assistent-Resident of Gajo en Alasland, CE Maier; Mrs de Jong; Governor of Atjeh Anton Philip van Aken; Mrs Palmer van den Broek; Colonel Bongrets; Mrs van der Kolk.
(standing left-right) dr JW Walraven de Quartel; Mrs A Walraven de Quartel-Vincent; controleur de Jong; Captain van den Bergen; Captain de Quandt; First Lieutenant Kazeger; Lieutenant van der Kolk; Captain Palmer van den Broek


Assistent-Resident Maier and family picnicking on a boat in Lake Tawar, Central Aceh


Dutch women and children by the Lake Tawar in Takengon, Central Aceh

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I wonder if any of these officials met their demise in a Japanese concentration camp.

dood! why is that doods eyes so big! Hehe... cool

That is his glass. He is Sumatra Acheh guerilla leader. I think this photo taken at the time the peace treaty truce between dutch and his troop being signed.
Seems he is not so happy at the time look at his long face while all dutch smiling and laughing.
Or is it his style? Sumatran generally has outspoken, proud and gregarious attitude.

hehe it looks very strange tho! but he would probably chop off your head if u comment about it huh?

Sorry mate, Aceh sure offered one of the longest and perhaps the toughest resistance to Dutch rule, but by early 1910s, 40 years after Dutch invasion, Aceh is mostly pacified under Dutch rule. Cut Meutia, one of the last guerilla leader in Pidie, was killed in 1910.

The majority of Acehnese nobility (uleebalang) like Panglima Polim above, had long since surrendered and enjoyed a high position under Dutch colonial system. He surrendered to the Dutch in 1903, signed the Korte Verklaring (Short Declaration) acknowledging his loyalty to Queen Wilhelmina and her governor-general in Batavia, and as reward became raja of Sigli where he died in 1939. In this photograph, Panglima Polim was receiving the inspection tour of Dutch governor of Atjeh, van Aken. By this time (1937), he was a compliant part of Dutch system of indirect rule. Just look at the Dutch medals in his jacket, which included Order of the House of Orange. The idea of continuous resistance to Dutch rule by the Acehnese is a romantic idea, but was simply not true.

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Dutch officials having a garden party serenaded by guitarists from the Royal Netherlands Indies Army (KNIL) in Blangkejeren, Southeast Aceh in 1933.


Office of the Dutch Assistent-Resident of Gajo en Alaslanden, 1934.


Dutch ladies preparing to swim in Lake Tawar, Central Aceh in 1934


Dutch officials and family picnicking at Lake Tawar, Central Aceh in 1934


Dutch women and children in a pine forest at Gayo Highlands, Central Aceh in 1934


Office of Dutch Assistant-Resident in Sigli, capital of Pidie district in Aceh, 1924


Family of Dutch assistent-resident CE Maier having a pyjama party in Sigli - Pidie in 1927


Having tea in Bireuen, 1925


Dutch inspection tour posing with Teuku Raja Hussein of V Mukim Reubee, raja of Reubee in Pidie from 1908-1931


Dutch and Acehnese staff of assistent-resident's office in Sigli posed in 1929, during the farewell ceremony for CE Maier who was moving to Batavia (Jakarta) after the end of his tenure as assistent-resident

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Christmas tree in Assistant-Resident's house in Meulaboh, West Aceh in 1932


Christmas decoration in the garden of the same house in Meulaboh, 1932


One of the limited facilites enjoyed by the Dutch in Aceh: a swimming pool in Tapaktuan, South Aceh in 1932


Crossing a river near Tapaktuan in South Aceh, 1932


Dutch colonel and his son posing by the beach with their chaffeur in Tjalang, now in Aceh Jaya district, 1932


Dutch Assistant-Resident's house in Meulaboh, West Aceh in 1933


Assistant-Resident Maier's family holidaying in Brastagi, North Sumatera


Dutch captain's house in Tapaktuan, South Aceh


Church in Koetaradja (now Banda Aceh), capital of Aceh in 1934


Maier family meets Dutch governor van Aken in Aceh governor's office, 1934

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Dutch amateur drama actresses in Koetaradja (Banda Aceh), 1934


Dutch ladies sightseeing in Koetaradja, 1934


Sitting by the beach at Uelee-Lhee near Koetaradja, 1934


Mr and Mrs de Jong touring Koetaradja, 1934


Dutch ladies walking their dog around Koetaradja wearing the latest fashion-model from Paris, 1934


Farewell dinner for CE Maier in Koetaradja, 1935. Maier would be leaving for Sigli for another term as Dutch assistant-resident there.

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Cornelis Eduard Maier (1893-1943) was executed by firing squad in the Japanese concentration camp in Palembang, 9 November 1943


His wife, Greta Linda Maier-Goossens (1895-1945), died of dysentry in Japanese concentration camp in Lubuk Linggau, 13 August 1945

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Aceh War !!


The invasion of Aceh in 1873 was the brainchild of Isaac Dignus Fransen van de Putte (1822-1902), Netherlands Minister of Colonies, to prevent encroachment by Britain into Sumatra from British colonies in Malay Peninsula


Van de Putte's idea was strongly supported by his close friend the Dutch governor-general in Batavia (now Jakarta), James Loudon (1824-1900)


Map of the defeated Dutch first invasion of Aceh in 1873, and successful second invasion in 1874


Optimistic reporting of the first Dutch invasion of Aceh in Java-Bode newspaper, 10 April 1873


Generaal-Majoor JHR Kohler, leader of first Dutch expedition to Aceh. His 2000 soldiers managed to penetrate to the Koetaradja Market and the Baiturrahman Mosque. The Dutch stopped to burn down the mosque, in which courtyard they set up a camp.

On the night of 14 April 1873, a suicidal Acehnese sneaked into the camp and shot Kohler in the chest. Kohler was killed instantly. The next days, the Dutch faced suicidal Acehnese attacks from all sides.

On 24 April 1873, they were forced to retreat back to their ships. Dutch casualties were 50 dead (including Kohler) and 500 wounded


Kohler Tree, under which General Kohler was shot dead. Photograph from 1936 Dutch magazine.


Generaal Jan van Swieten (1807-1888), leader of second Dutch invasion in 1873. Swieten was an experienced soldier, fighting in Java War (1825-1830), Belgian War of Independence (1830), Padri War (1830-1837), Bali Expeditions 1848 and 1849, Bone War 1859.

The second expedition sailed with the force of 18 warships, 7 supply ships, 12 auxillary ships, 2 patrol boats, and 22 transport ships carrying more than 13,000 soldiers. Landing on 9 December 1873 some distance from Koetaradja, by 24 January 1874 had successfully occupied the capital. The three-year-old Acehnese sultan, Mohammad Daud, was taken to the jungle by his followers to continue guerilla warfare.


Engraving of the deadly fighting during Dutch second expedition.


After successfully occupying the royal palace, van Swieten declared victory and opened up the champagne crates to celebrate. Governor-General Loudon telegramed Minister van de Putte back in The Netherlands, informing him that "Atjeh is ons", "Aceh is ours". According to past experience, other Dutch wars of conquest in Indonesia was usually won by occupying the capital of the particular region to be conquered. This is not the case in Aceh.

After failed attempts to retake Koetaradja, by April 1874 the Acehnese settled to lay siege on the town, cutting all supplies from coming in from the interior. Road between Koetaradja and Oelee-Lhee port, where Dutch supplies came from, was unsafe due to frequent Acehnese attacks. By 1875, 25% of Dutch troops in Koetaradja had been put out of action by disease, hunger, and war wounds.


Coinciding with silver jubilee of King Willem III's coronation in 1874, Generaal van Swieten received the Militaire Willemsorde medal above for his "victory" over the Acehnese. However, by 1875, only around 0.1% of Aceh is under Dutch control, which is Koetaradja and the port of Oelee-Lhee.

Interesting stuff indeed. I just love your posts.

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In May 1875, Generaal van Swieten, 68 years old and well-above retirement age, turned over command to Generaal-Majoor Pieter Cornelius van Pel (photo and Jakarta grave above).

Van Pel's tenure saw increasing Acehnese attacks on Dutch-held areas around Koetaradja. The Dutch lost control of Peukan Bada, Blang Kala Pass, Pagar Ajer, and Koetaradja suburbs of Moekim IX and VI. These disastrous losses caused Generaal-Majoor van Pel to be recalled. He sailed for Batavia on June 1877, replaced by one-eyed Generaal Karel van der Heyden


Generaal Karel van der Heyden (1824-1901), half-Dutch and half-Bugis general who took over command of Aceh troops in 1877. He was known as generaal een-oog (one-eyed general) by his troops and setan seblah mata (one-eyed demon) by his Acehnese opponents.

He strengthened Koetaradja's defences and secured the road between Koetaradja and Oelee-Lhee. On 29 June 1878, he launced an attack from Koetaradja, successfully capturing strategic Glitaroenpass, leading to the capture of Montasik plains, the stronghold of Acehnese guerilla leader Panglima Polim. By the end of his tenure in 1880, van der Heyden had secured tenuos Dutch control over most of Groot-Atjeh, the area surrounding Koetaradja (now Aceh Besar district).


Among the important leaders of Acehnese resistance in this early part of the war is Tengku Chik di Tiro, an Islamic cleric who led Acehnese contingent from Pidie in the fighting around Koetaradja. He declared jihad, holy war against infidel Dutch invaders who had burnt the Baiturrahman mosque, centre of Acehnese Islam. He decreed the war a perang sabil, in which Acehnese killed by the Dutch would be assured a place in paradise. In 1876, he presided over the re-coronation of the child Sultan Muhammad Daud in Indrapoeri Mosque as symbol of the continuation of Acehnese sultanate.

Militarily, he launched unsuccessful seaborne attacks on Breueh and Nasi islands off Koetaradja in 1880, attempting to disturb Dutch sea supply routes. In May 1881, he successfully assaulted the Dutch fort at Lambaro, Groot Atjeh. In 1891, an Acehnese under the pay of the Dutch killed Chik di Tiro by poisoning his food.


Habib Abdoerrachman Al-Zahir, a Turkish cleric, travelled to Turkey to gather support for Aceh from the Ottoman Empire, the chief Muslim state at the time; to Singapore where he met United States consul; and to Penang where he promised the British the island of Sabang if they would help Aceh against the Dutch.
Failing in his efforts, Habib Abdoerrachman surrendered to the Dutch at Koetaradja on July 1878, secured an annual subsidy of $500 from the Dutch government, then sailed back to Istanbul where he died in 1902.


Tjoet Nja Dhien (1850-1908), a famous female guerilla leader from Lampisang, just west of Koetaradja. She first led a unit under her father, Nanta Setia and husband, Teuku Ibrahim in the successful fighting in 1870s. In 1881 her husband was killed in a battle, whereby she married her cousin Teuku Umar, another guerilla leader.


Teuku Umar (1854-1899), leader of contingent from West Aceh in fighting around Koetaradja. His father Mahmoed is the brother of Nanta Setia, father of Tjoet Nja Dhien whom he married in 1884. After ten years as effective guerilla leader against the Dutch, Teuku Umar surrendered to the Dutch on 30 September 1893, receiving the title Teuku Djohan Pahlawan, "Lord Hero-Winner" and substantial amount of guns and ammunition to help the Dutch fight other insurgents.


Teuku Umar (sitting left), partially wearing Dutch uniform.

In 1896, Teuku Umar abandoned the Dutch, carrying off 880 rifles, 25000 bullets, 500 kg of explosives, 5000 kg of lead balls, and $18000 worth of cash back to the jungles.

This extraordinary exploit send shockwaves all the way to The Netherlands. A popular poem was sung by the Dutch:

Teuku Umar die moet hangen
Aan en touw, aan en touw
Teuku Umar en zijn vrouw
meaning
Teuku Umar must be hanged
On the rope, on the rope
Teuku Umar and his wife!

Upon hearing Teuku Umar's deed, Queen Wilhelmina and Dowager Emma send a telegram to Dutch commander in Koetaradja demanding they recover the lost honour inflicted on the name of The Netherlands.

Three years later, on 11 February 1899, Teuku Umar and his 800 men was ambushed by 20 men of special Marechausse troops near Meulaboh, West Aceh. Umar was shot in the chest and died days later in front of his wife, Tjoet Nja Dhien.


Dutch memorial on the site of Teuku Umar's fall on February 1899


Tjoet Nja Dhien and Pang Laot after her capture.
Tjoet Nja Dhien continued guerilla warfare in West Aceh area, assited by Pang Laot. Years of living in the jungle caused her to go blind and she also suffered rheumatism, yet she refused to surrender. On 16 October 1905, Pang Laot, unable to let Tjoet Nja Dhien suffered anymore, led a Dutch Marechausse squad under Luitenant Van Vuuren to her hideout. She was arrested and exiled to West Java, where she died in 1908.

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After 30 years of endless warfare without prospect of winning, Acehnese guerilla leaders started to surrender. On 5 January 1903, Sultan Mohammad Daoed, now 33 years old, surrendered in Sigli after living in the jungle for 30 years!


Sultan Mohammad Daoed swore oath of loyalty to the portrait of Queen Wilhelmina in Atjeh governor's office on February 1903.


Sultan Mohammad Daoed on January 1903 after his surrender in Sigli, Pidie. He abdicate from the throne, and acknowledged the suzerainity of Queen Wilhelmina over his former sultanate of Atjeh. He spend his days under Dutch house-arrest in Koetaradja and died there in 1928.


Panglima Polim Sri Moeda Perkasa Shah (centre), who had fought the Dutch in Koetaradja since 1873 and was a guerilla leader in Lhokseumawe area, surrendered to the Dutch Kapitein Hendricus Colijn (third from right) in Lhokseumawe in 6 September 1903, together with 150 of his men. He was given the post raja of Sigli by the Dutch. In 1928, Panglima Polim received the cross of Nassau-Oranje Orde


Old Panglima Polim, raja of Sigli, wearing medal of The House of Orange in 1938, one year before his death.

The Dutch Point of View
Throughout the 1880s, Dutch control over Aceh is limited in Koetaradja and its surrounds, while cooperative local rulers allowed the Dutch footholds in Idi, Langsa, Lhokseumawe, Meulaboh, Tapaktuan, and Trumon. The Dutch were unable to contol the rural areas due to its unfamiliarity to guerilla warfare.


To protect Koetaradja from constant Acehnese raids, Generaal van der Heyden decided to establish a line of 16 forts linked with barbed wire, telephone and telegraph lines, and a tramline. This fortification system is called the concentration line (geconcentreerde linie) and was finished in 1884.


Dutch family on the concentration line tramline, 1880s


Damaged tramcar line after Acehnese attack, 1890s


Unable to defeat the Acehnese militarily, the Dutch tried a cultural approach. They asked the advice of Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857-1933), an expert on Islam who had visited Mecca in 1884 posing as an Arab. His advice was basically to woo the Acehnese nobility (uleebalang) and crush the remaining resistance mercilessly.

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In accordance the advice of Snouck Hurgronje, a Dutch officer named Koloneel, later Generaal Johannes Benedictus van Heutsz (1851-1924) came up with the idea of highly mobile and independent units capable of fighting the Acehnese insurgents deep in the jungles, at the home of the guerillas themselves.


The idea was realised in 1896 with the establishment of Korps Marechausse. Each of its units consisted of 20 native soldiers (due to their natural ability to live in the jungle) led by a Dutch officer and an Ambonese corporal. Each soldier was armed with the new M95 self-loading rifle and a klewang, a native sword. Their motto was "Berani soempah!" (Dare to swear!)


First commander of the Korps Marechausse, Kapitein Jonkheer GJWCH Graafland


Ceremonial uniform of the Korps Marechausse, worn by a Luitenant Geldorp


The regimental banner of the Korps Marechausse


Generaal van Heutsz (centre) watching the assault on Acehnese fortress Batee Iliek in Tiro, Pidie on 3 February 1901. To his right were Kolonel van Dussen, Majoor Doorman, Kapitein Spruijt, Luitenant Schutstal van Woudenberg, and controleur Frijling. The defeated Acehnese lost 71 men, the Dutch lost 5 killed and 37 wounded.


Van Heutsz was military governor of Aceh fron 1898-1904. He became governor-general of the Netherlands East Indies from 1904-1909. He later returned to Europe and died in Montreux in 1924. Above picture was the Van Heutsz Memorial in Koetaradja in 1932.


Van Heutsz Monument in Batavia (Jakarta), demolished in 1945


Van Heutsz Monument in Vijzelstraat 32 Amsterdam. His son, Johannes Benedictus van Heutsz Jr joined the German army during World War II, reaching the rank SS-Sturmbahnfuhrer der Waffen-SS, and was killed in Russia in 1943.

Van Heutsz is credited as the first person in history to unite the Indonesian Archipelago under one political unit. In his Amsterdam Monument, the epitaph was written:

JB VAN HEUTSZ
GOUVERNEUR-GENERAAL VAN NEDERLANDS-INDIE
1904 TOT 1909
HIJ SCHIEP ORDE, RUST, EN WELVAART
EN HEEFT DE VOLKEN VAN NEDERLANDS-INDIE
TOT EEN EENHEID GESMEED
meaning
JB VAN HEUTSZ
GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF NETHERLANDS INDIES
1904 TO 1909
HE SHAPED ORDER, PEACE, AND WELFARE
AND GUIDE THE PEOPLE OF NETHERLANDS INDIES
TOWARDS THE GATE OF UNITY


Koos Speenhoff and Caesarina Speenhoff-Prinz (1907), anti-war folk singers who specialised in slamming the bloody Dutch war in Aceh.

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Other Dutch generals:


Luitenant-Kolonel HNA Swart (1857-1922), ruthlessly eliminated Acehnese guerillas in Lhokseumawe-Bireuen area, govenor of Atjeh 1908-1912, vice-president of Raad van Indie (Indies Council advising the governor-general) in Batavia till his death in 1922. His governorship on Aceh saw the last guerilla bands destroyed by Marechausse troops, hence he was known as "pacifier of Aceh".


Luitenant Hendrikus Colijn (1869-1944), adjudant to van Heutsz, the person receiving surrender of Panglima Polim, later Prime Minister of The Netherlands (1925-1926; 1933-1939). Colijn died under German custody in 1944.


Kapitein Heinz Christoffel, organised Tijger Colonne that devastate the Panton Laboe and Pidie areas, destroying the guerilla's base there. He received the Militaire Willemsorde and later led the Dutch "pacification" of Flores, Buton, and East Borneo in 1907-1912.


Christoffel leading a Tijger Colonne in Aceh


Kolonel Gotfried Coenraad Ernst van Daalen (1863-1930), Dutch colonel who devastate the Gayo-Alas area from February-July 1904, subjugating the highland tribes under Dutch rule. His method was known as van-daal-isme (van-daal-ism).



Remnants of Koeta Reh village in Gayo Highlands after a vist by van Daalen


Van Daalen resting on the hanging cot while leading a patrol into Gayo Highlands in 1904


Men of Korps Marechausse posing after a sucessful operation.

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Korps Marechausse men in their egelstelling "porcupine formation" in Aceh.


Captured Acehnese guerillas.


Medals given to veterans of Aceh War in 1870s, bearing the likeness of Dutch king Willem III, father of future Queen Wilhelmina


A Surabaya restaurant 1902 menu celebrated recent Dutch victories over Indonesians in Aceh and elsewhere in the archipelago by naming its dishes after vanquished Indonesian cities


Aceh War veterans reunion in 1938.


Toekoe Oemar Spel, a popular children's game in 1890s Netherlands involving 25 white figurines (Dutch soldiers) chasing one black figure (Teuku Umar)!


Dutch anti-war cartoon from 1900 ridiculing the awarding of Militaire Willemsorde to "bloodhounds".


Another cartoon depicting Dutch missionaries spreading the Bible to "pacified" natives.

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That fu-king dutch troop did genocide to Achehnese Gayo civillian.
The way they won the war by killing all civillian related to Achehnese warrior.
I heard/read somewhere most this barbaric act done by fanatic Cristian Ambonese soldier and some of them also Javanse soldier which Indonesian who fought against dutch called them at that time "black dutch" since Ambonese is black/dark skin typical melanesian. They are more cruel than dutch itself.

Bandung, West Java


The first buildings of Technische Hogeschoole te Bandoeng (THB), now the Institut Tekhnologi Bandung (ITB) when it was opened in 1920. First president Soekarno would later enrolled in the THB in 1924.


Alun-alun (Town Square) and Grand Mosque area in Bandung


Pasteurstraat, showing the current Biofarma building


Bragastraat, the main shopping avenue of Dutch Bandoeng


European residential area


A street in European residential area


Bethel Church, built 1926


Aerial photograph of northern Bandoeng


Welcoming Queen Wilhelmina in Alun-alun area


Black-and-white film of Bandoeng in 1930 and 1912

Black-and-white film of Batavia (Jakarta) in 1919

ohh Bandung, my sweet hometown, it's much more crowded and hectic but I still love my Bandung. Can't help to wonder if only we had a better city planning and not destroy some of the beautiful heritage buildings- but it's quite heart-warming too to see that some of buildings from the movie clip still look exactly the same. Oh and Purnomor, you just posted my grandfather's old house under "European residential area". The row of houses on top of the stonewalls, it is Jalan Wastukencana and my grandfather's house is on the right. He sold the house in the 80's when my grandmother passed away.

Civic Heraldry from the Dutch colonial era city authorities


Civic seal of Amboina (Ambon), Maluku


Civic seal of Bandoeng, West Java


Civic seal of Batavia (Jakarta)


Civic seal of Buitenzorg (Bogor), West Java


Civic seal of Tjeribon, West Java


Civic seal of Madioen, East Java


Civic seal of Makassar, South Celebes


Civic seal of Medan, North Sumatera


Civic seal of Malang, East Java


Civic seal of Padang, West Sumatera

Civic seal of Pekalongan, Central Java


Civic seal of Semarang, Central Java


Civic seal of Tegal, Central Java


Civic seal of Tjiandjoer, West Java


Coat-of-arms of Netherlands East Indies, same with coat-of-arms of The Netherlands

International Civic Heraldry Website

some of the pics here looks like the old manila before ww2 when the japanese f'ed it up bad. the rape of manila and the battle of manila really made manila so f'ed up it never recovered. but yeah nice pics really nice. many of them structures still up or what.

^ yeap, most of 'em still standing

I am so ignorant when it comes to Indonesian history. I wish I knew more, I am learning a lot from reading these forums, it has really broadened my understanding. Can anyone tell me if Christianity was forced upon Indonesians? I hate Christianity. Most of my family are Christian and most of the Indonesians I know here in Canada are as well. It is a dumb fu-king religion that has ruined much of Asian culture throughout many Asian countries. It is a white man's religion that is detrimental to the Asian way of life as well. Don't get me wrong, I am happy that in Indonesia Muslims and Christians get along. I wouldn't have it any other way. But I believe that all people should be able to live together in harmony and not try and influence others to change. I see so many stupid Chinese here in Canada that are so concerned with the White man's opinion that they naturally turn to Christianity. It is truly sad.

Sody

No religion should be forced to another, that's how we should live in a plural country.

How nice that the photos from my wife's grandfather -CE Maier- have been found! Thanks for filling me in on names of places and Teukuhs etc.

so those are the photos of yours? Wow! Could you tell me the history of her?

I am working on a short history of my wife's family in colonial times. In short, they meant well but not always did. I certainly will post a reference for you guys when it is ready. Maybe you have seen the films? they are on: http://www.vandervelde.net/familie/fammaier/film00.htm.

Thanks for the interesting link!

Oh that used to be your grandfather's house?
I think the house in that area are beautiful !
Had u been there?

BTW, i just know about this thread.
Interesting thread!

@ purnomor, where did you find the infos on indonesia's history? Were they online somewhere or did you actually went to a library? I've tried neither of them however...

seems like the dutch has been a good time in indonesia.

ewww the Indonesian are soo skinny!

wahh tempat lahirku

you will probably never come back, but I am so offended with what you just said up there

http://www.ngw.nl/images/rykswap.gif

nice!

Interesting fotos here, pur. Btw, do u know what was the Chinese mandarin doing in the group above (second from right)? Was he the ambassador from China?



Is that how the meaning of the word 'Vandalism' came about?

And the following were acts of vandalism by this van Daalen butcher?

^ woahhhhhhh

Yes they have....thats why all the Indische Nederlanders desire to "Tempo Doeloe", they all want to go back to the time that they live in a beautiful country with nice weather where they can suppres the inlanders...


Yes, they are all warcriminals.
Thanks Pur for all the pictures and info!

Wow, gr8 pics,pur!And rasibiduk, what a shame!I love those houses on Wastukencana. I wonder who owns them nowadays....

Back in colonial times, the ethnic-Chinese, ethnic-Arab, and other immigrant communities in each Indonesian city was led by a government-appointed officer with honorary ranks of majoor, kapitein, or luitenant (the larger the community, the higher the rank) who functioned as liason officer between the community and the Dutch colonial government. This fellow with the mandarin uniform should be the local Chinese officer of Lhokseumawe who attended the surrender of Panglima Polim in his role as civic dignitary.



No, "vandalism" came from the Roman Empire period after the name of a particularly destructive barbarian tribe the Vandals. The Dutch press made a pun out of the similarity between the word "vandalism" and the name van Daalen.



Yeap, quite a nasty fellow, isn't he?

^i thought you indonesians loved the dutch?

^ That's a strange thought, considering Indonesia expelled the Dutch government through war of independence, and later on we also expelled 200,000 Dutch settlers in 1957-1958.

I think it is Malaysians who love the British like a puppy loves its master.

I don't have nothing against the dutch..

I think it's more like Msian royalty instead who cavorted with the English colonials and tried to imitate their ways - love for horseracing, pre and post prandial cocktails, savoy tailor suits... do u recall your royalty like Tengku Rahman? The likes of him were seen celebrated by the Brits as brown englishmen..

That's the trouble with the Msian identity crisis since way before colonial times when their ruling houses were running from persecution by the Indonesian ruling houses, they mimicked the Islamic missionaries came later, then the British ruling class. They have been paranoid abt the encroachment of the chinese. Instead of celebrating their common identity with Indonesians, they take pains to distinguish themselves from Indonesia particularly in the areas of wealth & prestige status, and take pleasure in dissing the minority Chinese as a race.

The colonial Englishmen no longer casts a shadow on their elite ruling houses, but the shadow of the Arabs are creeping up on the Msian ruling class big time. Where is the true and authentic Msian identity? Afraid there is none anymore. Their ruling classes are shadow people. Wayang Kulits themselves.

I hope u won't flame me bandung...it's juz a neutral observation.

How can you say that we LOVE the Dutch people when they have been torturing us for 350 years? Think before you speak. By the way, I ain't got no beef with Dutch people... after all I've lived there.

JOURNEY OF KERLEN FAMILY OF SEMARANG, A TYPICAL DUTCH SETTLER FAMILY IN INDONESIA


Johannes Godfried Kerlen (1850-1927) was born in Zuthpen, Netherlands. He arrived in Indonesia in 1870 as a lieutenant with the KNIL (Royal Netherlands Indies Army). He had a distinguished military career as army engineer, participating in the first and second Aceh invasions of 1873 and 1874, and spending most of the following decades fighting the rebellious Acehnese. He received knighthood with the title ridder 1e klasse in de orde van Nederlandsche Leeuw. He retired as a general, and died in Bandoeng in 1927 aged 77.


In 1878, JG Kerlen married half-Chinese daughter of a German settler, Charlotte Baumgarten. They had five children, Johannes (born 1883), Jopie (born 1884), Greta (born 1885), Milly (born 1886), and Charlotte (born 1887). Charlotte Baumgarten died in Medan soon after giving birth to her fifth child. Afterwards, Johannes Kerlen gave away his three daughters to an orphanage in Batavia, while keeping his two sons. He married again twice, with Hendrika Cornelia Polkijn who died in an 1888 malaria outbreak and Agnes Maria Naessens who died in 1900 due to miscarriage.


Johannes Godfried Kerlen Jr (1883-1940), the eldest son, was born in Bengkalis - Riau. He worked as sugar factory manager in Semarang - Central Java. There, he married daughter of a local Dutch settler, Caroline Juliana van Zanten in 1912. Here Johannes Kerlen Jr posed with his eldest son Hans in 1912.


Here, Johannes Kerlen Jr posed with Hans and newborn second son Ernst, in 1914.


Caroline Juliana van Zanten-Kerlen posing with Hans, Ernst, and newborn baby daughter Marijke in a 1915 letter sent to relatives back in the Netherlands.


Caroline van Zanten-Kerlen with Hans, Ernst, Marijke, and two neighbours' children in front of their Semarang home in 1918.


Hans, Ernst, and Marijke posing with their mother and three cousins (children of Jopie Kerlen) in 1921.


Ernst, Marijke, and their two cousins in 1921.


Kerlen children playing with the family car


Johannes and Caroline Kerlen with teenage Ernst in 1930

My Indonesian grandfather and Indonesian grandmother got a lot of old pictures like that. I never asked the real reason why they had to leave Indonesia, because i got the feeling it lays deep. I better study some Indonesian history more, since i am learning the language and want to go back to my roots. But i dont want to go to deep in it, because history sharpens up national feelings and hate. I don't want that, because i am a man of the world and not of a country.

Proud grandparents Johannes and Caroline Kerlen with their daughter Marijke, and grandson Mark Lindo (Marijke's son) in 1937




Comfortable interior of the Kerlen family house in Semarang





The Kerlen house compound, during colonial times on average the annual income of a white settler in Indonesia was 60 times the average income of a native and 10 times the average income of Foreign Orientals (Chinese and Arab settlers).

During World War II, the Kerlen family was imprisoned in Japanese concentration camp. After the war, the first son Hans Kerlen decided to stay in independent Indonesia. He lived in Bandung until he was expelled along with all Dutch citizens in 1956 by Sukarno, upon which he moved to South Africa where he died in 2003. The second son Ernst Kerlen and his wife Lydia de Leeuw emigrated to Australia, a popular destination for Dutch refugees fleeing Indonesian war of independence. Ernst died while in Netherlands in 1991. Marijke Kerlen moved with her family to Netherlands to escape the war of independence, where she died in 1995.

Are they Europeans/Eurasians?

In Indonesia, the people has generally forgotten the past colonial injustices since the Dutch was expelled such a long time ago. Nowadays, most Indonesians view the Dutch just as a European country with no bitterness involved.