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'Historical Justice': Dutch PM Makes Formal Apology to Moluccans
Jetten said the Dutch government was sorry for decades of mistreatment after 12,500 Moluccans were brought to the Netherlands in 1949.
- On Sunday, Prime Minister Rob Jetten issued a formal apology to the Moluccan community in Rotterdam for decades of mistreatment by the Netherlands, offering it on behalf of the Dutch government.
- After Indonesia gained independence in 1949, around 12,500 Moluccans were transferred to the Netherlands in a state-organized transfer, though the Dutch government reneged on promises to repatriate them and housed them in dire conditions.
- Jetten unveiled The Ulu Kora monument on the Lloydkade in Rotterdam, where many discharged soldiers had been sent to former concentration camps used to gather Jews in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands.
- Telling community members, "I do hope that the words I just spoke are perceived as a form of recognition and an act of historical justice for you," Jetten addressed families clutching photos of the deceased.
- Tensions have persisted for decades, including violent actions in the 1970s when second-generation Moluccans felt betrayed by the Netherlands for failing to secure an independent homeland.
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The Museum Maluku in The Hague is willing to cooperate with the investigation that Prime Minister Rob Jetten announced on Sunday following his apology to the Moluccan community in the Netherlands.
·Apeldoorn, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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·Amsterdam, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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Prior to the inauguration of a national monument to Moluccans on Rotterdam's Lloydkade, Prime Minister Rob Jetten apologized on Sunday, which had long been hoped for. The recognition is “very much needed”, say attendees. “Our life is here, it's good, but far from our island, isn't it?”
·Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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Moluccans had to wait 75 years for it. Nevertheless, the apologies offered to the Moluccans on Sunday are an important start, writes our editor-in-chief Rennie Rijpma.
·Amersfoort, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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