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Indies Monument in The Hague, Netherlands Royalty Free Stock Photo

Large bell at the Indies monument in The Hague, Netherlands Royalty Free Stock Photo

Indonesia Second World War monument The Hague

Netherlands, province South Holland, city The Hague: In The Scheveningen Woods is the Indian memorial to all Dutch citizens and soldiers in the Second World War have become the victims of the occupation of Japan, Japanese [1941-1945] of the former Dutch East Indies. They perished in the battle, the camps or during forced labor. It was designed by Jaroslawa Dankowa also known by the name of Dankowa-den Broek, a Dutch sculptor, artist. The monument consists of 17, seventeen, images and text `spirit overcomes. Plates placed in front of the earth`s seven cemeteries in Southeast Asia bricked and the text: `the Indian monument is a sign of their suffering and symbol of the struggle against oppression and terror. Countless soldiers, resistance fighters and civilians of all ethnicities in and outside the camps lost their lives `. For the Indian community is August 15 their Liberation Day, because the Japanese surrender in the Dutch East Indies on 15 August 1945.