When Dutch Marines Made a Massacre

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In 1977 nine Dutch Moluccans hijacked a train. The effects are still felt today.

00:00 - 01:15: Intro
01:15 - 03:39: Day One
03:39 - 04:20: 1597: Dutch in Indonesia
04:20 - 05:51: Day Two
05:51 - 7:10: 1945: Indonesian Independence
7:10 - 8:13: Day Three
8:13 - 09:41: 1952: Schattenberg
09:41 - 10:25: Day Four: problems at the School
10:25 - 11:02: A free Moluccan state
11:02 - 12:05:: Day 5 - 13: deadlock.
12:05 - 14:14: 1975: Another train hijacking?
14:14 - 15:40: Day 13:
15:40 - 16:28: Day 18: Josina returns
16:28 - 19:52: The plan to attack the train
19:52 - 25:25: Day 20: The attack
25:25 - 28:27: The coverup
28:27 - 33:00: What really happened in the train?
33:00: Conclusion

Sources I've used for this video. A full script with footnotes will be online within 72 hours. Im a bit toast and want to post the video.

Bootsma, Peter. De Molukse acties. Koninklijke Boom uitgevers, 2015.
Zegveld, Liesbeth. Ik wil de waarheid waarom ik de Molukse treinkaping voor de rechter bracht. Atlas contact, 2022.
Manuhutu, Wim, Glenda Pattipeilohy, and Henry Timisela, eds. Toma terus: 70 jaar Molukkers in Nederland. Amsterdam University Press, 2021.
van Joolen Olof, Silvan Schoonhoven en Louise Koopman: Liggen blijven! : achter de schermen bij de mariniers van De Punt en de terreuracties van 1973-1978. Nieuw Amsterdam 2019.
Beëindiging van de gijzeling bij De Punt in 1977, Verslag van een archiefonderzoek (Min.Def & Min.V&J, 19 november 2014)


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