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GA-03704 1971 Interim Reports Series, Modern Indonesia Project, Cornell University (compilation on Internet Archive) rel A

Archive of the Event of 1965 in Indonesia (compilation incl. Anderson and McVey, A Preliminary Analysis of the October 1, 1965 Coup)

Archive of the Event of 1965 in Indonesia (compilation incl. Anderson and McVey, Preliminary Analysis of the October 1,

Internet Archive compilation on the 1965 events whose main text is Anderson and McVey's Cornell 'Preliminary Analysis of the October 1, 1965 Coup' (1971), with source documents. It says Gerwani and Pemuda Rakjat trainees at Lubang Buaya were drawn into the killings (pp. 22-23) while stressing the army-fed 'orgy' storie

GA-03705 1971 Interim Reports Series, Modern Indonesia Project, Cornell University (compilation on Internet Archive) rel A

Archive of the Event of 1965 in Indonesia (compilation incl. Anderson and McVey, A Preliminary Analysis of the October 1, 1965 Coup)

Archive of the Event of 1965 in Indonesia (compilation incl. Anderson and McVey, Preliminary Analysis of the October 1,

Internet Archive compilation on the 1965 events whose main text is Anderson and McVey's Cornell 'Preliminary Analysis of the October 1, 1965 Coup' (1971), with source documents. It says Gerwani and Pemuda Rakjat trainees at Lubang Buaya were drawn into the killings (pp. 22-23) while stressing the army-fed 'orgy' storie

GA-03713 2012 KITLV Press (Verhandelingen 274), Leiden rel B

Heirs to World Culture: Being Indonesian 1950–1965

Heirs to World Culture: Being Indonesian 1950-1965 (KITLV Press, 2012)

Edited volume (KITLV Press, Leiden, 2012) by Jennifer Lindsay and Maya H.T. Liem on Indonesian culture and its international links, 1950-65. Gerwani appears only in passing: Michael Bodden's chapter on Lekra theatre says Gerwani, like Lekra and CGMI, was pressed by the PKI in 1964 to declare itself communist (p. 470, c

GA-03714 2012 KITLV Press (Verhandelingen 274), Leiden rel B

Heirs to World Culture: Being Indonesian 1950–1965

Heirs to World Culture: Being Indonesian 1950-1965 (KITLV Press, 2012)

Edited volume (KITLV Press, Leiden, 2012) by Jennifer Lindsay and Maya H.T. Liem on Indonesian culture and its international links, 1950-65. Gerwani appears only in passing: Michael Bodden's chapter on Lekra theatre says Gerwani, like Lekra and CGMI, was pressed by the PKI in 1964 to declare itself communist (p. 470, c

GA-02943 2013 rel A

Truth Will Out: Indonesian Accounts of the 1965 Mass Violence (Baskara T. Wardaya, ed., 2013)

Truth Will Out: Indonesian Accounts of the 1965 Mass Violence (Wardaya, ed., 2013)

Wardaya's 2013 English edition of oral histories gathered 2008-11 by Sanata Dharma University's PUSdEP: witnesses from military, Muhammadiyah, Kejawen and Catholic backgrounds and survivors including women detained as alleged Gerwani; foreword summarises the Gerwani mutilation narrative and autopsy. Oral history source

GA-03652 2015-10 Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), Jakarta, with Komnas Perempuan rel A

Bertahan dalam Impunitas: Kisah Para Perempuan Penyintas yang Tak Kunjung Meraih Keadilan

Surviving in Impunity: Stories of Women Survivors Still Denied Justice (AJAR/Komnas Perempuan, 2015)

Book by AJAR with Komnas Perempuan (Oct 2015) from participatory research with women survivors. In the 1965 context chapter (pp. 39-40) it describes false rumours about Gerwani and the sexual slander of the generals, with violence against Gerwani members. Survivor testimonies name Christina Sumarmiyati (arrested again

GA-03653 2015-10 Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), Jakarta, with Komnas Perempuan rel A

Bertahan dalam Impunitas: Kisah Para Perempuan Penyintas yang Tak Kunjung Meraih Keadilan

Surviving in Impunity: Stories of Women Survivors Still Denied Justice (AJAR/Komnas Perempuan, 2015)

Book by AJAR with Komnas Perempuan (Oct 2015) from participatory research with women survivors. In the 1965 context chapter (pp. 39-40) it describes false rumours about Gerwani and the sexual slander of the generals, with violence against Gerwani members. Survivor testimonies name Christina Sumarmiyati (arrested again

GA-03706 2022 Brill (Social Sciences in Asia, vol. 41) rel A

Detention Camps in Asia: The Conditions of Confinement in Modern Asian History

Detention Camps in Asia (Brill, 2022): 'Torture Camps in Indonesia, 1965-1970' (Pohlman), opening with Sudjinah's memoir

Brill edited volume (2022) on detention camps in modern Asia; the chapter 'Torture Camps in Indonesia, 1965-1970' (Annie Pohlman, pp. 137-155) opens with Sudjinah's memoir Terempas Gelombang Pasang. It names Sudjinah and Sulami as fellow leaders of Gerwani who, after eighteen months underground and a clandestine pamphl

GA-03707 2022 Brill (Social Sciences in Asia, vol. 41) rel A

Detention Camps in Asia: The Conditions of Confinement in Modern Asian History

Detention Camps in Asia (Brill, 2022): 'Torture Camps in Indonesia, 1965-1970' (Pohlman), opening with Sudjinah's memoir

Brill edited volume (2022) on detention camps in modern Asia; the chapter 'Torture Camps in Indonesia, 1965-1970' (Annie Pohlman, pp. 137-155) opens with Sudjinah's memoir Terempas Gelombang Pasang. It names Sudjinah and Sulami as fellow leaders of Gerwani who, after eighteen months underground and a clandestine pamphl

GA-03709 2023 Revolutionary Worlds: Local Perspectives and Dynamics during the Indonesian Independence War, 1945-1949 (Amsterdam University Press / KITLV) rel B

Revolutionary Worlds: Local Perspectives and Dynamics during the Indonesian Independence War, 1945-1949 (Oostindie et al. eds, 2023; catalogued for Francisca Fanggidaej)

Revolutionary Worlds: Local Perspectives and Dynamics during the Indonesian Independence War, 1945-1949 (2023)

Open-access edited volume (Oostindie et al., KITLV/NIMH/NIOD, Amsterdam University Press 2023) on local experiences of the Indonesian revolution 1945-49. In Galuh Ambar Sasi's chapter on Yogyakarta (pp. 65-66) Suripno and Francisca Fanggidaej, 'heads of Pesindo', tour Republican towns after visiting Europe and India, r

GA-03710 2023 Revolutionary Worlds: Local Perspectives and Dynamics during the Indonesian Independence War, 1945-1949 (Amsterdam University Press / KITLV) rel B

Revolutionary Worlds: Local Perspectives and Dynamics during the Indonesian Independence War, 1945-1949 (Oostindie et al. eds, 2023; catalogued for Francisca Fanggidaej)

Revolutionary Worlds: Local Perspectives and Dynamics during the Indonesian Independence War, 1945-1949 (2023)

Open-access edited volume (Oostindie et al., KITLV/NIMH/NIOD, Amsterdam University Press 2023) on local experiences of the Indonesian revolution 1945-49. In Galuh Ambar Sasi's chapter on Yogyakarta (pp. 65-66) Suripno and Francisca Fanggidaej, 'heads of Pesindo', tour Republican towns after visiting Europe and India, r

GA-03711 2025 Bersemai Sekebun and Lauk Buku (zine) rel B

Tamasya Taman Bunga: Mencari Mia Bustam (zine, 2025)

Tamasya Taman Bunga: In Search of Mia Bustam (zine, 2025)

Booklet by the Bersemai Sekebun community and Lauk Buku (2025) retracing the life of artist and Lekra figure Mia Bustam through Semarang sites, with essays and a tour report. It covers her 1965 arrest, imprisonment in Plantungan camp and Bulu women's prison, and her four memoirs. Gerwani is not named; it concerns women

GA-03712 2025 Bersemai Sekebun and Lauk Buku (zine) rel B

Tamasya Taman Bunga: Mencari Mia Bustam (zine, 2025)

Tamasya Taman Bunga: In Search of Mia Bustam (zine, 2025)

Booklet by the Bersemai Sekebun community and Lauk Buku (2025) retracing the life of artist and Lekra figure Mia Bustam through Semarang sites, with essays and a tour report. It covers her 1965 arrest, imprisonment in Plantungan camp and Bulu women's prison, and her four memoirs. Gerwani is not named; it concerns women