After the Second World War, sexual violence against women in internment camps was structural, as evidenced by nearly two hundred testimonies that had not been systematically researched until now and had long remained unused in archives. #seksueelgeweld #historischonderzoek #vrouwenrechten (translated)
"But that signaling is something else than excusing them. They knew of resistance; other views were circulating. They could have positioned themselves differently. 'They too were children of their time, albeit very privileged,' says lead researcher Gert Oostindie." #OranjeKolonie #Slavernijverleden #HistorischOnderzoek (translated)
The research shows that the Oranges hardly benefited financially from the transatlantic slave trade, but actively and unscrupulously supported colonial exploitation and slavery. #OranjeKolonie #Slavernijverleden #HistorischOnderzoek (translated)

King Willem-Alexander receives today the results of the independent research into the role of his family in the colonial history of the Netherlands, an initiative he himself initiated in 2022. #KoningWillemAlexander #slavernijverleden #historischonderzoek (translated)

Leendert van der Valk stelt in zijn recent verschenen boek dat de Nederlandse slavenhandel veel omvangrijker was dan de vaak genoemde 600.000 Afrikaanse slachtoffers, en wijst op het bestaan van miljoenen andere mensen die onder Nederlandse slavernij leefden, waaronder kinderen en mensen uit minder bekende regio's zoals de Indische Oceaan en het Caribisch gebied. #slavernij #NederlandseGeschiedenis #historischOnderzoek
