Poncke Princen

Poncke Princen

Poncke Princen was a Dutch anti-Nazi fighter who after World War 2 was sent to Indonesia to suppress an anti-colonial rebellion. After witnessing the Dutch war crimes, Princen defected to fight with the guerrillas in 1948. He later helped expose the anti-communist massacres of Indonesian dictator Suharto.

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