Michel Wilhelm Nuboer (1916-1980) left Paramaribo in 1941/42 as an Assistant in the engine’s department of a freight ship bound to Curaçao during the Second World War. The ship may have likely been carrying aluminum aggregates for making fighter planes in the U.S. as cargo. Upon arrival, he probably was a gunner first, but then became a Medical Assistant stationed on Bonaire. During the 1960s - 1974+ he was a First Aid Medical Trainer in the Volunteer Corps Curaçao (VKC). On August 21st , 1969, Michel Wilhelm Nuboer received the Order of Orange-Nassau (no. 122) from Her Majesty the Queen.
Resources for more!
On this page we will direct you to different sources to find more information about the history of the Second World War in general and in Curacao.
Introduction to the Second World War
- Wikipedia page about the Second World War: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
- History Channel portal on World War II:
http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/world-war-ii-history
Second World War in the Dutch Kingdom
- Dutch website on World War II with links, background information, sources and digital exhibition: http://www.tweedewereldoorlog.nl/
- Dutch portal with most images and videos about the war: http://www.beeldbankwo2.nl/
- Dutch national TV history channel portal on WWII: http://www.npogeschiedenis.nl/dossiers/WO-II-Algemeen.html
- Book of Jos Rozenburg: Antilles at World War II, contact National Archive Curacao Contactform
Second World War in Curaçao
- Dutch long article detailing different themes about the Second World War in Curacao and Aruba:
http://www.bevrijdingintercultureel.nl/bi/antillen.html - Page dedicated to a exhibition WERELDOORLOG IN DE WEST – SURINAME, DE NEDERLANDSE ANTILLEN EN ARUBA 1940-1945, by Het Verzetsmuseum in Amsterdam about WWII in Suriname, Netherlands Antilles and Suriname:
http://www.verzetsmuseum.org/museum/nl/tweede-wereldoorlog/koninkrijkdernederlanden/suriname_antillen_aruba - Dutch portal to different links about WWII in the former Netherlands Antilles and Aruba:
http://www.tweedewereldoorlog.nl/themas/nederlanders-wereldwijd/suriname-nederlandse-antillen-en-aruba/ - Dutch archives inventory with pages dedicated to the former Netherlands Antilles:
http://www.archievenwo2.nl/thema-overzicht - Dutch war institute portal with chapters about the former Netherlands Antilles:
http://www.niod.knaw.nl/ - Article in Dutch about WWII in Aruba:
http://www.historiadiaruba.aw/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=26&lang=nl - Article on Dutch historical portal on George Maduro, well-known Antillean resistance hero during WWII:
http://historiek.net/george-maduro-1916-1945/5633/ - Article on the Coastal Artillery Battalion in Aruba and Curaçao by Mr. William C. Gaines:
http://www.lago-colony.com/AMERICANS_IN_ARUBA/COAST%20ARTILLERY%20COMMAND.htm - Website with 50 windows of history of Curaçao with one of them about WWII: https://canoncuracao.cw/
