What were the events that led to the Maria Hertogh riots of 1950?
Events that led to Maria Hertogh riot.
Maria Hertogh is a Dutch Catholic and was born on March 24, 1937. She was the third and yougest daughter among her five siblings. When World War II broke out, Imperial Japanese Army managed to capture he father, Adrianus Petrus Hertogh and was tortured in Japan til 1945. Since he was not able to take care of his family at that moment. Her wife, Adeline Hertogh and her five children had decided to stay with her mother, Nor Louise.
Mrs hertogh gave birth to her sixth child on December 29, 1942. Three days later, Maria went to stay with her grandmother's close friend, Aminah binte Mohammad. since then, Maria was given a Malay name Nadra binte Ma'arof.
After World War II, 1945, Mr Hertogh was free and reunited with his wife. Both of them could not track down where Maria and Aminah were. In September 1949, they were traced by the Red Cross Society, the Indonesian Repatriation Service, the Royal Netherlands Army and local police. They were at a village where they were living in.
Maria was married to a 22-year-old teacher in Bukit Panjang Government School, Mansoor Adabi. Nevertheless, Justice Brown said that the marriage was invalid. Under the Dutch law, the legal age for girls to get married is 16. Therefore, Maria was ordered by the court to be with her biological family.
The first Maria Hertogh riots began on December 11.
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posted by 3-10 Social Studies Work @ 9/05/2008 08:33:00 AM
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