Java-Bode
De Java-Bode was a newspaper that was published from 1852 to 1957 in Batavia in the Dutch East Indies.
History
The newspaper was first published on August 11, 1852, initially appearing twice a week. Under editor-in-chief Conrad Busken Huet, the Java-Bode became a daily newspaper as of December 1, 1869. From March 1942 to 1949 publication was suspended due to the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies. The last issue appeared in March 1957. Batavia was already Jakarta in independent Indonesia.The newspaper had a liberal tone, but under Busken Huet it became more conservative. From 1932 onwards, under Henri Zentgraaff, who remained as editor-in-chief until 1939, the course even became very "right-wing", which was heavily criticized by the writer E. du Perron.
Well-known editors and journalists have been associated with the Java-Bode, including Conrad Busken Huet, Jan Eduard van Someren Brand, Dirk Verbeek, Dominique Willem Berretty, Johan Alberts, Herman Salomonson, Johan Ernst Jasper and Alfred van Sprang .
Archives
An important historical source, some of the Java-Bode archives are available in microfiche. They can also be accessed through Delpher, the digitized news paper portal of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Hague.Literature
- H.F. Joël, Honderd jaar Java Bode: De geschiedenis van een Nederlands dagblad in Indonesië. Uitg. De Koninklijke Unie, Djakarta, 1952, 124 p.