The following is the only written testimony about Bersiap. This is also the main source cited from Bersiap in English Wikipedia.
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Young East Indies Dutch explore their identity
Friday, April 23rd, 2010
Another article about Dutch-Indonesian identity. Original article is from here.
The Indo Project @ Jakarta Post
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
Hi everyone, just recently Mike was interviewed by Jakarta Post regarding the The Indo Project. This post is an archive of the article as usual, you could read the news here.
"Bersiap", Revisionism in Indonesian History Book?
Thursday, December 31st, 2009
There has been a pretty serious discussion over “Bersiap” in the Dutch-Indonesian facebook group. As average Indonesians who were taught in Indonesian schools and reading Indonesian history books, I was very surprised when hearing about “Bersiap”. Many 1st generations of Dutch-Indonesians probably traumatized by this event, but until today, no single book in Indonesian history [...]
Where to find Eurasian Literatures?
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009
Eurasian has been subject of study in many field, including sociology, anthropology and history. I’m amazed how hard these days to find eurasian-related academic literatures. In Indonesia history books, Eurasian is associated solely as Dutch. If you ask average Indonesians about eurasian, they will probably call you “Kompeni”, a allusion to East Indies Company. The [...]
Japanese Minority Policy; The Eurasians on Java and the dilemma of ethnic loyalty
Sunday, August 30th, 2009
In the bottom of this post, I attached an article titled “Japanese Minority Policy; The Eurasians on Java and the dilemma of ethnic loyalty” , written by E. Touwen-Bouwsma. This is another good resource to learn how our ancestors lived during japanese occupation, which as we know, one of the most terrible period in Dutch [...]
Eurasian Invasion @ Time
Monday, August 24th, 2009
Is appearance only the most important matter of being eurasian? Does it necessary to have “exotic” look to call yourself eurasian? Eurasian has stereotype as people who have amazingly beautiful look, until the point one might say “you are ugly, how can you call yourself eurasian?”. There is one good article here from time, about [...]
The Rise of a New Generation: The Dutch-Indonesian Cultural Renaissance in the Netherlands.
Saturday, August 22nd, 2009
original link. This is a very good article about current condition of dutch-indonesians situation in world-wide. (By Boot, Brederode and Krancher, 2006) Before starting this essay, the writers stipulate that they wish to use the term “Dutch-Indonesian” – herein Indo – since this is the most commonly used and accepted form in the United States. The [...]
Tong Tong Festival
Saturday, August 22nd, 2009
Everytime I heard “Tong Tong” it reminds me to Pedagang Kaki Lima, the food peddlers selling their food in the street using gerobak. The term tong-tong is most likely an onomatopoeia, because they tend to make sound “Tong Tong”, using wood to notify their customer. Anyway, Tong Tong festival is one of biggest eurasian event [...]
The Eurasian Minority in Indonesia
Saturday, August 22nd, 2009
“The Eurasian Minority in Indonesia” was written by Justus M. van Der Kroef, first published in American Sociological Review. It’s a 10 page academic journal, would probably bore most of people, but a hidden gem for sociology and eurasian enthusiast. The article was well written and described the life of eurasian minority up to year [...]