Hi everyone, thank you so much for watching this new video. I hope you enjoyed it and learned something from it. This is the first video where I will dive a lot deeper into subjects (from important moments in Dutch history to our Dutch holidays, traditions, food, etc.) Of course, I will still keep on making video's about things to do in The Netherlands and places to visit. Now, this is only a short video of some things that happened and the facts that were (in my opinion) important to mention for this specific topic of Brielle and its importance for The Netherlands becoming a sovereign nation. Of course, the 80-year-war was a lot more than just a country being fed up and the fight against the Spanish Kingdom. Perhaps I will make separate video about the 80-year-war another time. But, the 80-year-war started in 1568 and lasted until 1648. While Brielle was freed since 1572, and many other places (especially in the Holland and Zeeland regions) joined them, Spain was able to recapture tons of land from the ‘rebels’ and The Netherlands wasn’t united at all in the fight for independence. It was not only a battle for independence between two countries, but also a cruel civil war between the Protestant and Catholic population.
Halo Manon my favorite local guide 😁 As an Indonesian who also has some Japanese ancestry, it is very interesting to know the history of the Netherlands itself. As you also know the Netherlands, Indonesia and Japan are 3 countries that have had 'relationships' in the past, especially Indonesia and the Netherlands for a very very long time. My great-grandfather was killed by the Dutch army for refusing to give his plantation land to the Dutch colonial government. He was killed in front of his wife and his children. One of his children was my grandmother who was still kid at that time. If we look at it from that side only, it sounds as if all the Dutch people at that time were very cruel. But my grandmother also told me that the one who helped them to get their plantation back was a Dutchman who at that time was doing missionary service in Magelang Central Java, and sympathized with the suffering of the local people as a result of Dutch colonialism. I love your content. And I would love to watch more content like this. 🇳🇱🇮🇩
Hellooo, so glad you liked the video! (I saw my comment didn’t post, so here it is haha) So many horrible things have happened during the colonial times, I'm so sorry for your family that they had to suffer like that. There were always people who thought that the empire was a 'good' thing (mainly the wealthy people) and those who were absolutely horrified with everything. I'm very happy to hear that another Dutchman was able to give back the plantation to your family: it was theirs all along. My grandpa was forcefully sent to Indonesia to fight with the Dutch army when he was 18 to fight against the Japanese to restore the Dutch rule in 1946. He was taken from the farm when he was 18 since we had mandatory military service at that time and arrived in Indonesia as a kid. Obviously he knew nothing about fighting or guns, but was simply given a gun. One time he was supposed to go in the back of a military vehicle with some of his mates (you tend to bond quickly with people when you see the most horrible things and when you're somewhere unfamiliar), but he didn't fit anymore so he had to go in the next vehicle. As he saw the truck with his friends drive away it hit a mine a few hundred meters further and the truck and his friends were gone. The Dutch government didn't care about anything that happened to the soldiers and local people there. After a few years they came home and you didn't talk about things that happened, but he suffered from what he has seen for the rest of his life. And, the Dutch government never acknowledged what people went through until July 1996. Around January 1997 (a few years after my grandpa had passed). they sent a bit of money (around 1000 Guilders) as some sort of acknowledgement I guess, but my grandma thought it was bloodmoney and didn’t want it.
Hi everyone, thank you so much for watching this new video. I hope you enjoyed it and learned something from it. This is the first video where I will dive a lot deeper into subjects (from important moments in Dutch history to our Dutch holidays, traditions, food, etc.) Of course, I will still keep on making video's about things to do in The Netherlands and places to visit.
Now, this is only a short video of some things that happened and the facts that were (in my opinion) important to mention for this specific topic of Brielle and its importance for The Netherlands becoming a sovereign nation. Of course, the 80-year-war was a lot more than just a country being fed up and the fight against the Spanish Kingdom. Perhaps I will make separate video about the 80-year-war another time.
But, the 80-year-war started in 1568 and lasted until 1648. While Brielle was freed since 1572, and many other places (especially in the Holland and Zeeland regions) joined them, Spain was able to recapture tons of land from the ‘rebels’ and The Netherlands wasn’t united at all in the fight for independence. It was not only a battle for independence between two countries, but also a cruel civil war between the Protestant and Catholic population.
Nice to know about my netherlands history. awsome :)
I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thank you :)
Halo Manon my favorite local guide 😁
As an Indonesian who also has some Japanese ancestry, it is very interesting to know the history of the Netherlands itself. As you also know the Netherlands, Indonesia and Japan are 3 countries that have had 'relationships' in the past, especially Indonesia and the Netherlands for a very very long time.
My great-grandfather was killed by the Dutch army for refusing to give his plantation land to the Dutch colonial government. He was killed in front of his wife and his children. One of his children was my grandmother who was still kid at that time.
If we look at it from that side only, it sounds as if all the Dutch people at that time were very cruel.
But my grandmother also told me that the one who helped them to get their plantation back was a Dutchman who at that time was doing missionary service in Magelang Central Java, and sympathized with the suffering of the local people as a result of Dutch colonialism.
I love your content. And I would love to watch more content like this. 🇳🇱🇮🇩
Hellooo, so glad you liked the video! (I saw my comment didn’t post, so here it is haha)
So many horrible things have happened during the colonial times, I'm so sorry for your family that they had to suffer like that. There were always people who thought that the empire was a 'good' thing (mainly the wealthy people) and those who were absolutely horrified with everything. I'm very happy to hear that another Dutchman was able to give back the plantation to your family: it was theirs all along.
My grandpa was forcefully sent to Indonesia to fight with the Dutch army when he was 18 to fight against the Japanese to restore the Dutch rule in 1946. He was taken from the farm when he was 18 since we had mandatory military service at that time and arrived in Indonesia as a kid. Obviously he knew nothing about fighting or guns, but was simply given a gun. One time he was supposed to go in the back of a military vehicle with some of his mates (you tend to bond quickly with people when you see the most horrible things and when you're somewhere unfamiliar), but he didn't fit anymore so he had to go in the next vehicle. As he saw the truck with his friends drive away it hit a mine a few hundred meters further and the truck and his friends were gone. The Dutch government didn't care about anything that happened to the soldiers and local people there.
After a few years they came home and you didn't talk about things that happened, but he suffered from what he has seen for the rest of his life. And, the Dutch government never acknowledged what people went through until July 1996. Around January 1997 (a few years after my grandpa had passed). they sent a bit of money (around 1000 Guilders) as some sort of acknowledgement I guess, but my grandma thought it was bloodmoney and didn’t want it.
I Iove history .. je bent echt een kroniek der nederlanden.💞
That's so nice, thank you Linda!
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