THE NOURA VAN KEMMERS

Gedoran event

"Why do you suddenly want to ask about them?" Noura looked at me strangely.

"It's okay. Actually, I met someone at La Vita music school. He was a teacher in violin class. He once performed on stage during the opening and closing ceremonies of the song arrangement competition that I participated in with my students. The violin game is very good. He performed the classic opera song with great interest. His name is Jordan Winhern. I'm trying to guess. Why is his last name the same as your neighbor's. Can they still have a relationship?"

"The Winhern family had already left the country a year after the events of Gedoran. At that time, there was a terrifying event here. Some Dutch families are under threat and terror. Not a few of them were killed."

"Gedoran's Event?" my many.

"Yes. I haven't been able to tell you. After the death of Frankie, their second child, who was shot by Nippon soldiers, the Winhern family returned to Holland. They stayed there long enough until the situation was completely safe. It was only after Indonesia became independent that they and their families returned here. They have some assets here, land and plantations.

"Mr Frans Winhern was my papa's best friend. He used to work at Herverman, but only filed for retirement first because he wanted to focus on taking care of his plantation business. He was a few years older than my dad. She's from Amsterdam, has five children."

"Her wife named Lady Bertha was also close to my mother. She was very happy cooking. And he often gives us his own pastries."

"When the calamity that befell your family happened, the Winhern family was not in Depok? I still remember your story about them," I responded to Noura's story.

"Yes. They were in Bandung, visiting their firstborn who lived there."

"When they returned to Depok, and learned of the tragic events that befell my family, Mr. Frans took care of my burial. With doctor Hans, he went back and forth to this house, dropping off some police officers. I kept trying to call Mr. Frans to ask him where my family was. But always can't. I'm staying alone in this house. Until finally Nippon came, there was chaos. So gripping and scary. I could only watch the short-bodied, narrow-eyed soldier walking in front of my house dragging and torturing several Dutch citizens, including Dr. Hans."

"What happened to Gedoran?" I asked Noura again.

"Very scary. Still in an atmosphere of independence, in 1945, there was a brutal action carried out by a group of youth irregulars . They banged on the doors of the houses of people considered to be Dutch followers and also Dutch families to carry out looting. Not only that, they also tortured and hurt Dutch citizens. They kidnapped some family and got him somewhere. They banged on the door shouting, "Hey, Dutch dogs, come out!!!"

"Why is there no resistance?" my many.

"Their numbers are very much. Not worth the number of Dutch family members they went to. They also carried sharp weapons and made a sudden siphon while everyone was off guard."

I think I should read more articles and history books. Noura's account of the events of Gedoran makes me curious to know more.

"I can only see it all without helping. I want to be able to save them, but what's my day?"

"Well, I remember. You ever say that Mr Frans made it back here after Indonesia became independent?"

"Yes. They managed to escape to the port and return to Holland. They are lucky, because they can save themselves, even though they have to lose Frankie. And they thought the Dutch East Indies were safe after Nippon left, but they didn't...Exactly three months after the country became independent, the terrible event took place. The destruction and slaughter of the descendants of the slaves Cornelis Chastelein and also the original Dutch who settled in Depok."

"After the events of Gedoran, I no longer heard from the Winhern family. I don't know if they survived or not."

Seriate.

Remarks :

The existence of a community called the Depoks is inseparable from a landlord named Cornelis Chastelein. He has a large land in Depok and Lenteng Agung. To manage his land, he brought in 150 slaves who came from Bali, Makassar, and other eastern Indonesian regions.

The former slaves Cornelis Chastelein settled in Depok and had calves until they had offspring. The descendants of these former Chastelein slaves had a Dutch-like lifestyle. They speak Dutch as a daily language, eat at the dinner table, use spoons and knives when eating, have a western education, and adhere to Protestant Christianity. Because of this, the local people called them "Dutch Depok".

Locals who live in villages not far from the Dutch Depok live have inferiority complex to them. When they cross paths with the Dutch people of Depok, they will bow and say "tabek tuan", "tabek madam", "tabek nona", and "tabek sinyo". When the locals see the Dutch people in Depok wearing hats, they will take it off and put it in front of the chest while hunchback and say "tabek".

After the Proclamation of Indonesian Independence, there was chaos in some areas. Armed youths began attacking people who had previously worked with the Dutch. Not only the Dutch, but also the Indo and Chinese. This event is known as the Preparation Period.

Depok did not escape this event. The Preparatory Period in Depok began on October 7, 1945 when local residents forbade traders to sell to Europeans and Depoks. Two days later, gangs began raiding the homes of five families in Depok who were suspected of having ties to the Netherlands.

The peak occurred on October 11, 1945. The mob of 4,000 men not only attacked the homes of the Depoks and the Europeans, damaged their belongings, and robbed, but also committed an act of murder. There was even one family that was slaughtered, the De Bruin family. Their bodies were then thrown into the river.

Source: Bearita.com