Indonesia: Selling colonial war The documentary

“Framing” image of the Dutch colonial history: For decades, the Netherlands maintained its own novel about its colonial past, especially during the 1945-1949 war in Indonesia, which is called “police actions.” Indeed, it was a major military operation in response to the unilateral declaration of independence for Indonesia in August 1945. This two -part series reveals to what extent the Dutch government went to “selling” the war as a local secretariat aimed at restoring peace in what the Indete of the Dutch East. The series reveals how propaganda, selective media coverage and historical omission formed the Dutch collective memory. A wide range of people who have interviewed complex relationships in the previous colony explains and provides a global context. Ultimately, international pressure forced the Dutch government to abandon its colonial war, but carefully organized discrimination is still hanging on the public debate in the Netherlands today. It comes to how to write and rewrite history and is often tampered with to serve strong interests.