In 1629, the newly built ‘Batavia’ was sailing to the Dutch East Indies on her maiden voyage, laden with silver coins for the purchase of spices, when she became the […]
Indonesia
This is part of a series called “War and Forgiveness” about the victims and perpetrators of wartime atrocities, produced by Radio Netherlands together with WNYC and Sound Print. In this […]
The most famous Dutch novel of the 19th century is “Max Havelaar” by Multatuli (pen name of Eduard Douwes Dekker (1820-1887). It not only became a classic of European literature […]
In August 1945, Indonesians proclaimed independence from the Netherlands. After hundreds of years of Dutch colonial rule, the East Indies was one of the world’s largest, richest and most coveted […]
What’s the difference between 1946, 1962 and 1982 when it comes to radio propaganda? There are interesting parallels, in fact, between the Indonesian struggle for independence from Dutch colonial rule, […]
This second episode on the history of radio propaganda looks at the media wars in the Dutch East Indies, present-day Indonesia, in the 1940’s. The programme discusses NIROM, the official […]