Adrianus Petrus Hertogh and Adeline Hertogh, Maria Huberdina Bertha Hertogh's Catholic parents, could never have imagined that circumstances during the Japanese Occupation in Java would catapult their daughter into political controversy during the post-war era of decolonisation. When the Japanese occupied Java and took the Dutch Adrianus as a prisoner of war, his wife - who had five other children to look after - allowed their family friend Che Aminah, who was a Muslim, to take care of Maria, who was nearly five years old at the time. Che Aminah later moved to Singapore with Maria. When the war was over, Adrianus began to claim back his daughter through the Singapore courts.
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机译：Maria Huberdina Bertha Hertogh的天主教父母Adrianus Petrus Hertogh和Adeline Hertogh绝对无法想象，在爪哇岛日本占领期间的情况会在战后非殖民化时期使他们的女儿陷入政治争议。当日本人占领爪哇并把荷兰人阿德里亚努斯（Adrianus）当作战俘时，他的妻子（还有另外五个孩子）要照顾他们的穆斯林穆斯林家人阿米娜（Che Aminah）来照顾将近五个孩子的玛丽亚（Maria）。那时几岁。 Che Aminah随后与Maria一起移居新加坡。战争结束后，阿德里安纳斯（Adrianus）开始通过新加坡法院索回其女儿。
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