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Belgium Denounces Its Colonial Past, and the Netherlands Lags Behind
12 December 2022
For decades the Netherlands has been wrestling with its colonial past in Indonesia. Now there is a research report that shows that the armed forces used extreme, structural violence during the Indonesian independence struggle of 1945-1949. Belgium has also researched its colonial history but has tak
A Façade of Decency. How the Netherlands Deals With Its Colonial Past
25 May 2020
For the Netherlands, the year 1945 was not an end to its war history. The country started a ruthless war, lasting almost five years, against Indonesian independence. Dutch colonialism had a façade of decency about it, a façade that has endured long after the so-called “police actions”. Dutch t