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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 4311005, member: 2844&quot;]You might enjoy some more Dutch East Indies family photos. Not related to the subject, but another glimpse into colonial life.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Two sons of my husband&#039;s Dutch great-grandfather and his Madurese-Javanese wife, a princess of the Setyoningrat family, Madurese regents in East Java.</p><p><br /></p><p>First my husband&#039;s grandfather, a remarkable man of many talents.</p><p>He was a member of the Resistance on Java in WWII. He was captured by the Japanese and tortured. He came out of captivity as strong-willed as ever, and was a very loving grandfather to his grandson. (They only let him go because he was a civil engineer with the railroads, he made the trains run on time.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />)</p><p>It looks like the photo is just the head, but he is actually wearing a similar white suit to his brother&#039;s below.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]350758[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>His brother with his wife, I love the &#039;tropical&#039; suit:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]350764[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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