THE NOURA VAN KEMMERS

The day before Christmas

"It all started at dinner. It was December 23. Two days before Christmas. Two days we welcome the arrival of Benjamin who has just returned from the Netherland. Benjamin was planning to spend his school holidays with us."

"In his letters, he says he misses the cold and the beautiful atmosphere here. He was also already impatient to play in the river and run around the estate with me. Benjamin comes with Om Frederic and Aunt Alida. They also brought their two children, Marie and George."

"We are making incredible preparations to welcome them. Mama asked Nimah and other workers to cook a variety of food, ranging from chicken satay, meat balls, to various cakes. The house is also cleaned from the front yard to the back."

"Furniture that began to look worn replaced with new ones. The grass that had started to rise was tidied up. Mama also bought us some new clothes. So enthusiastic Mama welcomed the arrival of her favorite child."

"Setiba is here, Ben who is still very tired spends more time in the room. It looks like he still has to adapt again to the weather here. For four years he left Depok to continue his studies in the Netherlands."

"I spent a lot of time playing with Marie and George in the front yard.They were very nimble and funny. My energy seemed endless playing with them. Sometimes I ask Sudarman for help to accompany them on horseback."

"December 23, 1930, at 20:30, it was the most frightening moment. A moment we never expected, because there was no premonition. We were enjoying dinner at the time. We talked to each other and joked. And suddenly the door of the house was knocked over by people. So loud, that we were all shocked."

" By gunpoint, they dragged my family one by one. At that moment I was urinating in the back. While sitting down to enjoy the food and the door was pounded hard, I could not resist the urge to urinate, until I finally passed to the back."

"Heard the noise. I rushed out of the toilet and into the dining room. But Nimah prevented me. He told me to hide.

"Hide, Miss," she said. Then Nimah hid me in a wooden cupboard where I was storing food. The gun sounds. Like being thrown into the air. From behind a small hole in the top of the closet, I saw five native men dressed in all black smashing things in my house. And there was a white man standing at the door. He cursed my papa in a loud voice. That man is Johans Alois."

"Who is he?" my many.

The flash back

"Bangs....Cepet called Si Darman" cried Nimah at her husband.

"Now it's safe, Non. Come outside!" Nimah and Sadeli helped me out of the closet.

Sadeli rushed out to Sudirman's residence to meet him.

"They all brought Non's family. Everyone was told to get into the truck. Nimah's afraid they'll come back here to find Non."

"What do you want them to be, Nimah? that's Mr. Johans Alois. A month ago I saw him fight with my papa on the farm. I'm scared, Nimah."

"Bang Sadeli is picking up Darman. Let Darman accompany Miss. Miss better leave this house for a while. That guy came looking for something. He's rummaging through the files in Mr.'s desk drawer. I'm afraid he'll be back."

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