The Netherlands Indies Civil Administration was a semi-military organisation, established in April 1944, tasked with the restoration of civil administration and law of Dutch colonial rule after the ca
Arrival of NICA personnel at Kemayoran Airport in Batavia, November 1945
Hubertus Johannes van Mook
Raden Abdulkadir Widjojoatmodjo
Indonesia flag raising witnesses 17 August 1945 dyk
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Totok is an Indonesian term of Javanese origin, used in Indonesia to refer to recent migrants of Arab, Chinese, or European origins. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries it was popularised among
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…first NICA detachments went ashore at Hollandia (present-day Jayapura) in Western New Guinea, during the Battle of Hollandia. NICA staff consisted of Dutch totoks, Indos, and native Indonesian military or militarized personnel that wore uniforms. The general management was in the hands of Colonel Conrad Giebel…
Dutch Totok couple wearing Dutch traditional clothing on New Year's Day 1926
Totok father with Indo wife and children and Indigenous nanny