Dutch Veteran Interview on Post-WWII Indonesia, 1945-1950

Veteranen Instituut IPNV interview 543 is an oral history recording with a Dutch war volunteer. The interview focuses on inter-ethnic relations in Indonesia between 1945 and 1950 and the veteran's experience establishing a cheese factory there. The dataset was last updated on 2025-10-24 and is part of the DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities Collection.

Use Cases

• Analyze narratives of colonial transition based on the veteran's account of restoring Dutch control.
• Study inter-ethnic relations in post-colonial societies based on descriptions of population groups in Indonesia.
• Research veteran entrepreneurship based on the mention of establishing a cheese factory in Indonesia.

Strengths

• Interview provides a first-person account of a specific historical period (1945-1950).
• Dataset is hosted by an authoritative institution (Veteranen Instituut) within a trusted repository (DANS).
• Last update timestamp (2025-10-24) indicates recent metadata management.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file format are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The single-interview scope limits generalizability for quantitative analysis.

Provenance

Source

Veteranen Instituut

Collection Method

Oral history interview.

Time Range

Primarily covers 1945 to 1950, with context from WWII and later.

Freshness

Last updated 2025-10-24 03:31:14; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Netherlands, Indonesia (formerly Dutch East Indies).