The Indonesian Reckoning 1-2 () 1080p

After Indonesia’s independence, hundreds of thousands of returnees and thousands of veterans come to the Netherlands. During the post-war reconstruction there is little room to dwell on their experiences. The people, the stories and the facts - certainly when it comes to the war that was waged to preserve the Dutch East Indies - are hidden away as much as possible. But the past continues to gnaw. Hans Goedkoop – himself from a family with roots in the Dutch East Indies – goes in search of the remains of colonial history in a two-part story. He speaks with the first, second and third generations about the reception in the Netherlands, the silence, the humiliations and the bond with a lost country and culture.