Hubertus Johannes "Huib" van Mook was a Dutch administrator in the East Indies. During the Indonesian National Revolution, he served as the Acting Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies from 1942 to 1948. Van Mook also had a son named Cornelius van Mook who studied marine engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He also wrote about Java - and his work on Kota Gede is a good example of a colonial bureaucrat capable of examining and writing about local folklore.
Hubertus van Mook in 1947
Indonesians awaiting Van Mook's return to the country.
Indonesian National Revolution
The Indonesian National Revolution also known as the Indonesian War of Independence, was an armed conflict and diplomatic struggle between the Republic of Indonesia and the Dutch Empire and an internal social revolution during postwar and postcolonial Indonesia. It took place between Indonesia's declaration of independence in 1945 and the Netherlands' transfer of sovereignty over the Dutch East Indies to the Republic of the United States of Indonesia at the end of 1949.
Image: Indonesia declaration of independence 17 August 1945
Image: Een afdeling TNI militairen marcheert door een lege straat, Bestanddeelnr 888
Image: La Salle 1940 Series 52 Sedan Burnt Out During The British Occupation of Java SE5724
Image: Militairen rennen in een kampong, waar een aantal huizen in brand staan, Bestanddeelnr 39 4 6
