Veteranen Instituut provides an oral history interview with a Dutch woman who joined the Marva (women's naval corps) in 1945. The interview details her training in England, service as the first woman to serve on a Dutch warship, and her experiences and observations in the Dutch East Indies. The dataset was last updated on October 24, 2025, and is hosted by the DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities Collection.
Use Cases
- Analyze personal narratives of military service based on the detailed life story described.
- Study gender integration in post-WWII armed forces based on the subject's role as a pioneering female sailor.
- Research colonial military culture based on descriptions of interactions between military branches and personal losses.
- Examine veteran experiences and memory based on the first-person account of service in the Dutch East Indies.
Strengths
- First-person historical account from a specific individual with a documented service start date of October 9, 1945.
- Description provides concrete narrative details, including training location and promotions within the Marva.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect the singular perspective and memory bias inherent to a single oral history interview.
Provenance
- Source
- Veteranen Instituut
- Collection Method
- Oral history interview.
- Time Range
- Interview subject's service began in 1945; narrative covers experiences in the Dutch East Indies post-WWII.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2025-10-24 03:32:05; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Netherlands, England, and the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia).