A series of imagesduring the Indonesian national revolution captured by Dutch photographer W.F.J. Pielage were finally published after sitting in storage for more than half a century inthe Netherlands.
In April, the photos were shown atAmsterdam Museum in an exhibition titled"Colonial War 1945-1949 - Desired and Undesired Images".
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These pictures show the brutality of the conflict.
GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING.
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- Fallen Indonesian soldiers and a bamboo spear.
- Injured Indonesian soldiers bound after their capture.
- Dutch soldiers with captured Indonesian fighters.
- Indonesian captives and dead from both sides.
- An Indonesian soldier pulled out of a ditch.
- Dutch soldiers with Indonesian women.
- Indonesian doctor treats a wounded Dutch soldier. The Dutch military detroyed the negative of this image to avoid its publication.
- Dutch marines make an amphibious landing.
- Dutch soldiers on guard as Indonesian workers repair a damaged railway.
- Dutch troops in combat.