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The End of Life of the Old Captain

Westerling went to great lengths to earn a living; utilizing his passion in music, asking for financial aid, and trading, yet nothing was fruitful. He then fell into the trap of debts and alcoholism.

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The Clandestine Mission of the Dutch Prince Consort

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

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An Unimaginable Terror in the East

The memories are still fresh on people's minds how Westerling's atrocity caused so many deaths and sufferings in South Sulawesi. Trauma always entails whenever they recall the tragedy. However, debates over the exact number of victims are still going on until today.

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Pacification Turned Mass Killings

Westerling considered the Dutch way of dealing with the Republicans by bringing them to court to be like scolding a naughty child. Instead, he preferred cleansing and killing.

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A Glimpse of Life of the Turk

Raymond Pierre Paul Westerling, nicknamed the Turk, was born into a polyglot family. As a child, he kept snakes and entertained himself with bloody detective stories.

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Westerling On the Road to Massacre

Medan was his first assignment. Coming on behalf of the Allies, Westerling carried out a secret mission for the Dutch, ruthlessly killing Indonesian Republican fighters along the way.

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The Sandakan Death Marches

The Japanese forced thousands of prisoners of war (POW) and forced laborers (romusha) to march for hundreds of kilometers. Out of more than two thousand POWs, only six from Australia survived at the end of the war because they had escaped the march, while all British prisoners perished.

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The Poignant Tales of Ianfu

Silence has come to an end. Former Indonesian ianfu finally voiced their long-suppressed voices, recalling their poignant life stories when they were being forced to become sex slaves of the Japanese army.

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"We Were Deceived by Emperor Hirohito"

A former Japanese soldier disclosed his account of ianfu (sex slaves for the Japanese army) in Indonesia and his regret for his involvement in the Pacific War. This interview was conducted by Koichi Kimura before Mitsuhiro Tanaka passed away in 1991.

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A Military Tribunal for Dutch Comfort Women

The fate of Indonesian ianfu was completely disregarded by the Allies. The court martial held in Jakarta was only intended for the Dutch women forced into sexual servitude by the Japanese army.