Westerling's Cruelty, Then Amnesty

The extermination method employed by Captain Westerling was seen as effective, neat and widely praised. But why didn't he stand trial?

October 16, 2000

The Eastern Military commander and a resident of South Sulawesi left for Batavia (old name for Jakarta) to discuss the critical situation in South Sulawesi. There, as reported to Lieutenant Governor General Van Mook in Batavia, robberies, murder and terror reigned over the population. On November 16, 1946, they held a meeting at the palace. Attending the meeting were members of the commission-general, the acting minister of internal affairs and t

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