
Historian Hans Goedkoop traces back the life of his grandfather: Rein van Langen. 'Grandpa Rein', born on Java, served in the colonial military between 1900 and 1950 - a period when the Dutch rule over the 'East Indies' began to falter.
Air Date: 2023-09-01
Hans Goedkoop leaves for Indonesia in search of traces of his grandfather Rein van Langen. He was born in Java at the...
Air Date: 2023-09-08
In the Dutch East Indies, things could not have happened in the 1920s. The economy is flourishing, the profits are en...
Air Date: 2023-09-15
In the Dutch East Indies, the authorities want peace and prosperity, but in the 1930s things were brewing in the colo...
Air Date: 2023-09-22
When the Germans invaded the Netherlands in May 1940, Hans Goedkoop's grandfather was on extended leave in The Hague....
Air Date: 2023-09-29
Hans Goedkoop's grandfather, officer Rein van Langen, returns to the Dutch East Indies after the Japanese capitulatio...
Air Date: 2023-10-06
After a year of fighting, the Dutch East Indies have still not been reconquered by the Dutch troops in 1947. Frustrat...
Air Date: 2023-10-13
In the battle for the Dutch East Indies, Dutch troops won the main prize in 1948. After a spectacular airborne landin...
Air Date: 2023-10-20
At the end of 1949, Dutch rule over Indonesia ended. The colonial army to which Hans Goedkoop's grandfather has been ...