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Dutch East IndiesFormer Dutch colony, which in 1945 became independent as Indonesia. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Apart from the latter chapter, which makes references to the influences of a migrant group and the legacies of the Dutch East Indies, there is no other material concerning Southeast Asia proper. As a colony of the Netherlands from the 1600s to 1945, it was called the Dutch East Indies. The family had been living in the Dutch East Indies when in 1941-42 the Japanese invaded the islands and Nel and some thousands of other Dutch men and women, along with their children, were herded into internment camps. |
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