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GA-00812 1949-12-05 De Waarheid rel C

Aziatische vakbondsconferentie geëindigd (Asian trade union conference ended)

Asian trade union conference ended in Peking

Short De Waarheid report (5 Dec 1949) on the close of the Asian trade-union conference in Peking, with resolutions and an appeal to Western workers including the Netherlands; WIDF spoke through Simone Bertrand, and gifts from Indonesia, Korea and Burma were presented. No Indonesian women named.

GA-01487 1949-12-31 China Weekly Review rel C licensed

Women in Colonial Countries: Delegates to the Asian Women's Conference in Peking report

Women in Colonial Countries: delegates to the Asian Women's Conference in Peking report (China Weekly Review, 1949)

China Weekly Review, 31 Dec 1949: report of delegates' speeches at the Asian Women's Conference in Peking (WIDF-aligned) on women in colonial and semi-colonial countries (Africa, Middle East, India, Indonesia, Netherlands, Vietnam, France, China, Korea, Madagascar, Burma). The Indonesian delegate Lillah Suripno traces

GA-00817 1950-12-14 De Waarheid rel C

Het begon in Parijs: Vijf jaar IDVF (It began in Paris: five years of the WIDF)

It began in Paris: five years of the WIDF

De Waarheid retrospective (14 Dec 1950) on five years of the WIDF, founded in Paris in Dec 1945, describing its heroines and growth to 91 million members in 59 countries, the 1946 founding of the Dutch Women's Movement, the 1949 Asian women's conference in Peking and the Stockholm Appeal. Indonesian women are only name

GA-03579 1951-06-01 Uj Szo, no. 127, p. 2 rel B

Uj Szo, 1 June 1951: WIDF Korea commission, Dutch delegate Trees Soenito Heyligers

Hungarian-language press, 1951: WIDF Korea commission, Trees Soenito Heyligers

Hungarian-language daily Uj Szo (1 June 1951, p. 2), search snippet only: a statement by 'Tress Soenito Heiligers', the Dutch woman delegate, about people hunted down and shot en masse; the context is the WIDF commission on Korea. The sweep identifies her as Trees Sunito, a woman later known as a lawyer in Indonesia; t

GA-00820 1951-07-02 De Waarheid rel A

Nederlandse Vrouwen Beweging hield geslaagde landdag

Dutch Women's Movement held successful national day in Hilversum

De Waarheid, 2 Jul 1951, p. 1: report on the NVB national day in Hilversum with 2,000 attendees, opened by chair Rie Lips; speeches by Trees Sunito-Heyligers (WIDF Korea commission) and Alie van Dijk. A motion supports ending the Korean war and letters go to Indonesia-refusers and Piet van Staveren. Shows the Dutch com

GA-00822 1951-07-19 De Waarheid rel C

Amerikaanse opvoeding: gewelddadigheid voor kracht, sadisme normaal gevoel

American upbringing: violence as strength, sadism as normal feeling

De Waarheid, 19 Jul 1951, p. 5: editorial feature mocking US upbringing, drawing on a Saturday Evening Post painting of boys playing gunfights and a New York Times television study, and linking American media to atrocities in Korea as reported by the WIDF commission in which Trees Sunito-Heyligers took part. Cold War p

GA-03483 1951-08-09 Friheten (Oslo), Frihetens Kronikk rel B

Vi anklager: International women's delegation report on Korea (WIDF commission incl. Trees Soenito Heyligers), Friheten, 9 Aug 1951

We Accuse: WIDF delegation report on US bombing in Korea (Friheten, 9 Aug 1951)

Page of the Norwegian communist daily Friheten (Oslo), 9 August 1951, with the last chapter of the Women's International Democratic Federation delegation's report on US bombing in Korea. It names the commission members, among them Trees Soenito Heyligers (Netherlands), and describes destruction at Kaichen. The same pag

GA-03484 1951-08-09 Friheten (Oslo), Frihetens Kronikk rel B

Vi anklager: International women's delegation report on Korea (WIDF commission incl. Trees Soenito Heyligers), Friheten, 9 Aug 1951

We Accuse: WIDF delegation report on US bombing in Korea (Friheten, 9 Aug 1951)

Page of the Norwegian communist daily Friheten (Oslo), 9 August 1951, with the last chapter of the Women's International Democratic Federation delegation's report on US bombing in Korea. It names the commission members, among them Trees Soenito Heyligers (Netherlands), and describes destruction at Kaichen. The same pag

GA-03555 1951-08-12 Bekes Megyei Nepujsag rel B

WIDF Korea commission, Trees Soenito Heyligers (Bekes Megyei Nepujsag, 12 Aug 1951)

Hungarian press, Aug 1951: WIDF Korea commission, Trees Soenito Heyligers

Search snippet from the Hungarian daily Bekes Megyei Nepujsag (12 August 1951, no. 187) naming Trees Soenito Heyligers, apparently as secretary of the commission, in coverage of the Women's International Democratic Federation delegation to Korea. Only a fragment; page OCR not retrieved. Complements the Norwegian Frihet

GA-03571 1951-08-14 Somogyi Néplap rel C

Somogyi Néplap, 14 August 1951: WIDF Korea commission, Trees Soenito Heyligers

Hungarian-language press, 1951: WIDF Korea commission, Trees Soenito Heyligers

Hungarian county daily Somogyi Néplap, 14 Aug 1951 (snippet only). Lists the officers of the WIDF commission on Korea: the secretary from Czechoslovakia and, as deputy, Trees Soenito Heyligers of the Netherlands. The catalogue treats her as the Trees Sunito later named as Njono's defence counsel; that identification, a

GA-03556 1951-08-22 Bekes Megyei Nepujsag (no. 194, snippet from page image pg83) rel B

WIDF Korea commission, Trees Soenito Heyligers (Bekes Megyei Nepujsag, 22 Aug 1951)

Hungarian press, Aug 1951: WIDF Korea commission, Trees Soenito Heyligers

Hungarian county daily (Bekes Megyei Nepujsag, 22 Aug 1951); the search snippet lists WIDF Korea commission officers: vice-presidents Miluse Svatosova (Czechoslovakia) and Trees Soenito Heyligers (Netherlands), secretary Monica Felton. The sweep identifies her as Trees Sunito; only a snippet was retrieved, so Gerwani m

GA-03581 1951-09-15 Zala (no. 215, snippet pg51) rel B

WIDF Korea commission, Trees Soenito Heyligers (Zala, 15 Sep 1951)

Hungarian-language press, 1951: WIDF Korea commission, Trees Soenito Heyligers

Hungarian county daily Zala, 15 Sep 1951; the search snippet names Bui Lan (China) and Trees Soenito Heyligers (Netherlands) in connection with the WIDF Korea commission. The sweep identifies her as Trees Sunito; only a fragmentary snippet was retrieved, so Gerwani membership is not shown.

GA-01711 1952-03-06 Renmin Ribao rel A licensed

全国民主妇联致电各国妇女团体 庆祝三月八日国际妇女节 (ACDWF telegrams to women's organisations abroad for 8 March, incl. Cai Chang to Gerwis)

ACDWF telegrams for 8 March 1952, including Cai Chang to Gerwis (Renmin Ribao, 6 March 1952)

Renmin Ribao, 6 Mar 1952 (p. 4): All-China Democratic Women's Federation (Cai Chang) telegrams for International Women's Day to the WIDF, Soviet, Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese, Indian, German and Burmese women's bodies and to the Indonesian Gerwis. The Gerwis message praises Indonesian women's role in the independence s

GA-01712 1952-03-06 Renmin Ribao rel A licensed

全国民主妇联致电各国妇女团体 庆祝三月八日国际妇女节 (ACDWF telegrams to women's organisations abroad for 8 March, incl. Cai Chang to Gerwis)

ACDWF telegrams for 8 March 1952, including Cai Chang to Gerwis (Renmin Ribao, 6 March 1952)

Renmin Ribao, 6 Mar 1952 (p. 4): All-China Democratic Women's Federation (Cai Chang) telegrams for International Women's Day to the WIDF, Soviet, Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese, Indian, German and Burmese women's bodies and to the Indonesian Gerwis. The Gerwis message praises Indonesian women's role in the independence s

GA-00321 1953-10-14 Tribune rel B

Australian women tell about World Congress (Tribune, 14 Oktober 1953)

Australian women tell about World Congress

Tribune (Sydney), 14 Oct 1953, p. 6: three Australian delegates (Flo Davis, Joyce Egan, Fuchsia Lewin) describe the WIDF World Congress of Women, Copenhagen, June 1953 (1,187 women, 70 countries). They stress peace, equal pay and socialist-bloc childcare. Indonesia appears briefly: Indonesian women urge support for a K

GA-00322 1953-10-14 Tribune rel B

Australian women tell about World Congress (Tribune, 14 Oktober 1953)

Australian women tell about World Congress

Tribune (Sydney), 14 Oct 1953, p. 6: three Australian delegates (Flo Davis, Joyce Egan, Fuchsia Lewin) describe the WIDF World Congress of Women, Copenhagen, June 1953 (1,187 women, 70 countries). They stress peace, equal pay and socialist-bloc childcare. Indonesia appears briefly: Indonesian women urge support for a K

GA-00886 1956-03-19 De Waarheid rel C

Lilly Wachter (portret, De Waarheid 19-3-1956)

Lilly Wachter portrait: West German delegate at the Dutch Women's Movement congress

De Waarheid, 19 Mar 1956, p. 3: profile of Lilly Wachter (West Germany), attending the NVB congress for the WIDF. Recalls the 1951 WIDF commission to Korea, in which Trees Sunito-Heyligers represented the NVB, and how Wachter was jailed 25 days and fined 12,000 marks after signing its report blaming US forces. Sunito a

GA-03418 1965-11-27 Neue Zeit rel C licensed

Neue Zeit, 27. November 1965, S. 4: Die Kraft liegt in der Einigkeit. Zwanzig Jahre Internationale Demokratische Frauenföderation

Neue Zeit, 27 Nov 1965, p. 4: Strength lies in unity: twenty years of the Women's International Democratic Federation

Neue Zeit, 27 November 1965, p. 4 (women's page): 'Die Kraft liegt in der Einigkeit', a history of 20 years of the WIDF (IDFF). Indonesia appears once, in a list of imperialist armed aggressions (Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaya, Korea) against which the WIDF organised protests. The article also stresses the DFD's role and I