Prince Bernhard secretly supported Westerling's APRA coup. The husband of the Dutch queen had ambitions to become the viceroy.

Abortion was a common practice in ancient societies. However, the ethical-philosophical issues and methods related to it are often debated.

The memories are still fresh on people's minds how Westerling's atrocity caused so many deaths and sufferings in South Sulawesi.

Westerling considered the Dutch way of dealing with the Republicans to be like scolding a naughty child. He preferred cleansing and killing.

Medan was his first assignment. Westerling carried out a secret mission for the Dutch, ruthlessly killing Republican fighters along the way.

Westerling was born into a polyglot family. As a child, he kept snakes and entertained himself with bloody detective stories.

Interracial marriages had produced generations of mixed-blood children as well a unique tradition of naming children with reversed surnames.

The Japanese forced thousands of POWs to march for hundreds of kilometers. Out of more than two thousand POWs, only six survived.

Marrying a European woman was the dream of European immigrant men living in the Dutch East Indies. To tie the knot, women married gloves.

Kartosoewirjo, leader of the rebellious Darul Islam, was executed and buried on Ubi Island, Jakarta’s Thousand Islands not on Onrust Island.

Former Indonesian ianfu finally voiced their voices, recalling their poignant life stories when they were being forced to become sex slaves.

Sukarno's cooperation with Japan inflicted unimaginable suffering. Romusha and ianfu, two dark sides of history that left painful memories.

Japan established ianjo to fulfill the sexual needs of its soldiers. Still, rapes committed by the Japanese soldiers were prevalent outside.

People of Rengat witnessed the deadliest Dutch military operation. The record of terror-stricken day disappears from both nations history.

More than a hundred thousand people died throughout Indonesian war of independence against the Netherlands. Most were innocent civilians.