Indo Europeesch Verbond

The Indo Europeesch Verbond (IEV) or Indo European Alliance was a social movement and only gradually also political organisation founded in 1919 by the Indo-European (Eurasian) community of the Dutch East Indies that fought for race equality and political say in late colonial Indonesia during the early 20th century.

It was one of the first and largest European organisations in the Dutch East Indies that formulated a desire for an independent nation albeit in relation with a Dutch dominion and supported the Soetardjo Petition of 1936 that aimed for an independent status within a Dutch commonwealth.^[1]

Its vision was to retain an important position for the Indo European (Eurasian) segment of Indonesian society after obtaining independence from the Netherlands.^[1]^{: 81, 140–143} Founding father of this organisation was Karel Zaalberg, chief editor of one of the country's largest newspapers, the Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad, and close friend to famous contemporaries like P.A. Daum, E.du Perron and Ernest Douwes Dekker.

Its main chairman and president (1929–1939) was Dick de Hoog.^[2]

^ ^a ^b Willems, Wim Sporen van een Indisch verleden (1600-1942), Part II by van Hoogevest, W.M. (COMT, Leiden, 1994) P.81,84 ISBN 90-71042-44-8
^ Van Der Steur, P. "Eurasian dilemma in Indonesia" Vol. 20, No. 1 in "The journal of Asian studies" (Publisher: Association of Asian Studies, 1960) P.45-60 [1]

[Willems-1] Willems, Wim Sporen van een Indisch verleden (1600-1942), Part II by van Hoogevest, W.M. (COMT, Leiden, 1994) P.81,84 ISBN 90-71042-44-8

[2] Van Der Steur, P. "Eurasian dilemma in Indonesia" Vol. 20, No. 1 in "The journal of Asian studies" (Publisher: Association of Asian Studies, 1960) P.45-60 [1]

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