荷兰首相罗布·耶滕正式为数千名在印尼独立斗争中为荷兰殖民军服务的摩鹿加士兵所遭受的“无情”虐待致歉。大约12,500名来自印尼一些岛屿的士兵于1951年与家人一起身处荷兰，他们中的许多人并没有选择。他们以为这是在印尼赢得独立后的一次临时撤离。他们希望在停留六个月后能够建立自己的摩鹿加共和国，但最终却被强行开除，禁止工作和投票，并被安置在前纳粹过境营地韦斯特博克等地。共和国并未实现，有些人甚至从未打开行李。在鹿特丹港口揭幕的众筹国家纪念碑的仪式上，耶滕说：“对于他们作为士兵的无情和不光彩的解雇，对于他们不充分的接待和住房，对于被忽视和遗弃，对于对家的未竟渴望，对于许多摩鹿加家庭中的悲痛与哀伤，”“为此，我今天代表荷兰政府表示歉意。这不仅是时候，而且如果我们想往前走，这也是必要的。”罗布·耶滕表示他的道歉是“对于我们想向前迈进是必要的”。那些摩鹿加家庭的后裔在1970年代的抗议行动——包括劫持学校和武装劫持火车——以荷兰特种部队的血腥突袭告终。1986年与政府达成了一项协议，包括文化资助和就业计划，但此后压力不断增大，要求正式承认所犯的错误。耶滕强调即将进行的议会调查至关重要，该调查涉及目前约有70,000名后裔的社区。鹿特丹市长卡罗拉·绍滕表示，她希望这个纪念碑能成为可以公开讲述故事的地方。“他们受到了冷落，他们的忠诚代价高昂，往往是一个无声的悲伤，”她在揭幕仪式上说。“承认对你们的不公是重要的。”该项目由艺术家贾伊尔·帕蒂佩洛希和莫里斯·登·博尔创作，代表一艘传统船的船头，历时10年的艰难努力，纪念碑基金会主席约尔迪·塔哈马塔表示。1951年抵达的摩鹿加人希望实现自己的共和国，但这一梦想始终未能实现。“我作为我祖父的孙子站在这里……作为一个在军事命令下来到荷兰并在陌生土地上建立生活的一代人的一部分，他们对未来的预期完全不确定，”他说。“这是关于讲述我们历史的权利，以及将其传递给新一代。”有一些批评意见指出，政府实际上是闯入了一个社区纪念碑的揭幕仪式，此时船无法起航，且道歉的话语对于许多经历过排斥和不公的人来说已经太晚。98岁的爱德华·拉特赫里受到邀请为纪念碑祈福，还有其他几位幸存的士兵和第一代家属。他的孙子丹尼斯·范·彼得森代替拉特赫里发言。“他很感激能来到这里，”他告诉《卫报》。 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