NPO Doc: Trail of 100.000 dead (video)
Today, August 15, the Netherlands commemorates all victims of the war against Japan and the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies during World War II.
'Grandchildren commemorate the death railway' (video)
Every year on August 15, we commemorate the official end of the Second World War for the Kingdom of the Netherlands and commemorate all victims of the war with Japan and the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies.
Coffee morning with lecture about 450 km along the Burma railway
Two Dutch soldiers walked 450 km along the Burma railway. They were completely self-sufficient on their journey and had to see where they would sleep. On Thursday morning, January 30, Emiel and Jesse will tell more about this during a coffee morning at the embassy, organized by NVT Bangkok. The coffee morning is from 10 am to 12 am at the residence of the Dutch Embassy in Bangkok, 106 Thanon Witthayu.
Two Dutchmen march down Death Railway as a tribute
On January 1, the Algemeen Dagblad website featured a story about Emiel Garstenveld from Groenlo, who is making a march along the 450-kilometre Burma Railway with his companion Jesse Jordens.
