A bronze horse gave a boy a reason to survive
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A bronze horse gave a boy a reason to survive
This episode tells the story of Aarnout Alexander Loudon, a Dutch boy interned during World War II, who later became a powerful figure in European industry. It explores how a simple object and a mother's determination shaped a life defined by resilience and the pursuit of influence.
Person: Aarnout Alexander Loudon
Date: 1942
Location: Dutch East Indies
Event: Japanese internment camps
Object: Bronze horse
- Aarnout Loudon was five years old when he was interned in a Japanese camp near Batavia in 1942.
- His mother, Henriëtte, gave him a small bronze horse with the instruction to carry it, a symbol of continuity and a connection to his absent father.
- Aarnout's father, Hugo Loudon, was separated from his family and later died at sea when the Jun'yō Maru, a Japanese transport ship carrying prisoners, was sunk by an Allied torpedo.
- After the war, Aarnout returned to the Netherlands, completed a law degree, and served in the horse artillery, a branch of the military named after the animal his mother gave him.
- Aarnout Loudon went on to become a significant figure in European industry, building institutions and sitting on boards of major financial and industrial bodies.
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