“My father was Willem Pim Maugenest — a man of French, Dutch and Indonesian descent who was part of the Dutch East Indies Army,” Margaret Maugenest, 63, said.

The movie is an intense look at the extreme and historically controversial measures the Royal Netherlands Indies Army (KNIL) used as it tried to put down the rebellion.

The Dutch government announced in October last year that it would set aside €20.4 million between 2021 and 2024 for the Dutch East Indies communities. The formation of the commission this week “will ...

Dutch forces drive a column of M3 Stuart tanks down a road in the Dutch East Indies, December 20, 1948. Credit: Nationaal Archief.

His current research focuses on the history of the establishment of the Reformed church in the East Indies during the time of the Dutch East India Company. Sponsored by the Asian Studies program.