a social fund was named after him. He was at the height of his fame and had acquired significant nicknames such as the 'uncrowned King of the IEV' and the 'Indo general'. His health however started failing and after several heart failures he suffered a fatal stroke at age 57. His death in 1939 was front-page news in both the Dutch East Indies and the Netherlands and his burial in Bandung was an impressive event paying homage to his work for the Indo community. Although during his lifetime he was widely acknowledged as the undisputed leader of the IEV and a popular and respected champion of Indo emancipation in the Dutch East Indies, his organisation was unable to build up enough influence to reverse the ongoing marginalisation of the vulnerable Indo community. After the great change of paradigm during WWII the IEV was unable to surmount the vicissitudes of the clash between Dutch colonialism and the Indonesian independence movement. See also Karel Zaalberg Indo Europeesch Verbond References Bibliography Van der Veur, P.W.J. Introduction to a socio-political study of the Eurasians of Indonesia (Publisher: Ann Arbour, 1955); Daruch, Agus De nationalistische beweging onder de Indo- Europeanen (Djakarta, 1957) Van Neijenhof, G. Het leven en werken van Dick de Hoog, de 'grote' voorman van het IEV (Master Thesis, Utrecht University, 1993) Postma, Ulbe Karel Zaalberg, journalist en strijder voor de Indo. (Publisher KITLV, Leiden, 1997) External links Online biography at the Institute for Dutch History. Retrieved 6 November 2010 Notes and citations 1881 births 1939 deaths Indo people Dutch politicians Dutch people of Indonesian descent Indonesian people of Dutch descent Dutch Freemasons People from Ambon, Maluku Members of the Volksraad (Dutch East Indies) Indonesian Freemasons