September 1, 2023 • 53m
Hans Goedkoop leaves for Indonesia in search of traces of his grandfather Rein van Langen. He was born in Java at the end of the 1...Read more
September 8, 2023 • 52m
In the Dutch East Indies, things could not have happened in the 1920s. The economy is flourishing, the profits are enormous, espec...Read more
September 15, 2023 • 51m
In the Dutch East Indies, the authorities want peace and prosperity, but in the 1930s things were brewing in the colony. There is ...Read more
September 22, 2023 • 52m
When the Germans invaded the Netherlands in May 1940, Hans Goedkoop's grandfather was on extended leave in The Hague. He refuses t...Read more
September 29, 2023 • 51m
Hans Goedkoop's grandfather, officer Rein van Langen, returns to the Dutch East Indies after the Japanese capitulation in 1945. Th...Read more
October 6, 2023 • 52m
After a year of fighting, the Dutch East Indies have still not been reconquered by the Dutch troops in 1947. Frustration is mounti...Read more
October 13, 2023 • 51m
In the battle for the Dutch East Indies, Dutch troops won the main prize in 1948. After a spectacular airborne landing, they conqu...Read more
October 20, 2023 • 49m
At the end of 1949, Dutch rule over Indonesia ended. The colonial army to which Hans Goedkoop's grandfather has been associated al...Read more