Astrid’s Substack
Astrid BergI’ll share from my work tracing ancestors across centuries, exploring how their unresolved experiences move through generations, along with reflections on how intuition is shaped by research and how ancestral and collective history becomes narrative.
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Where the Colors Faded
By the late nineteenth century, many Dutch and Indo-European families in the Dutch East Indies sent their children to the Netherlands for schooling, often with relatives or trusted family friends. Amsterdam, the country’s largest port, brou...
After the Ash Fell
Krakatau, 26–27 August 1883
Lotta softly taps Gerrit on the shoulder. He is usually up before dawn, but lately he lingers in bed.
“It’s already eight o’clock and it’s still dark,” Lotta says. “Can you smell that? Sulfur... and smoke....
The Stories She Carried
Stories on the Veranda
My father loved to tell stories about his childhood in Java. One was about his Oma Adele.
“I don’t remember everything about Oma Adele. I was only seven when she died. After supper, Oma would call me to sit bes...
Where Two Houses Meet
By the late 1800s, the Dutch colonial government had become firmly established across Java. Since the introduction of the Cultivation System in 1830, the colonial administration had expanded steadily, relying on Dutch officials and Javanese...
Where the House Remembered
Batavia, 1844
Neither her own remedies nor Hendrik’s medicine could heal her. It was brief. There was little time to prepare. Soelimah died at twenty-five, leaving behind Bert, three, and Gerrit, two. Their older half-sister Huibertin...
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