History Moluccans



after japanese occupation of dutch east indies during world war ii, netherlands wanted restore old colonial situation. indigenous indonesians against it. however, led rebels , soekarno, struggle independence broke out between 1945 , 1949. reconstituted royal netherlands east indies army (knil) commissioned dutch government maintain order , disarm rebels. moluccan professional soldiers formed important part of army. moluccan community regarded dutch allies , vice versa. government of netherlands had promised them own free state in return assisting netherlands. after international efforts not support netherlands maintain colony, dutch government no longer keep promise moluccans free state. moluccans, seen indonesians collaborators, had go netherlands. moluccans served in command of knil reside temporarily in netherlands. moluccans housed in camps in netherlands, including former westerbork transit camp.


the dutch moluccans had repeatedly drawn attention of dutch government claim free republic of south maluku (republik maluku selatan or rms) state of dutch government had promised earlier. in 1970s escalated more , more. 1 of methods gain attention on matter through violent hijackings of 1975 dutch train hostage crisis in de punt, wijster, hostages taken, , train hijackers killed.







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