Hidden behind a quiet home in Cisarua, West Java,<br />lies a forgotten Dutch graveyard — silent, abandoned, but full of untold stories.<br />Among the eight remaining graves,<br />one stands out…<br />a marble tomb with two little girls embracing, carved in eternal love.<br />The inscription reads:<br />“Gewijd Aan de Nagedachtenis van onze Lievelingen”<br />— “Dedicated to the memory of our beloved.”<br />They were Charlotte Jeannette Françoise and Mathilde Cornelie,<br />who passed away one year apart — in August 1878 and August 1879.<br />Who were they?<br />Why were they buried together in this hidden place?<br />No one knows for sure…<br />But their statues remain, holding each other,<br />as if refusing to be separated —<br />even by death.<br />A forgotten corner.<br />A lasting bond.<br />A story that lingers in the silence of Cisarua.
