Harian Rakjat, 20 Mei 1955, hlm. 1
Harian Rakjat, 20 May 1955, p. 1
Harian Rakjat, 20 Mei 1955, hlm. 1. Front page for National Awakening Day and the PKI's 35th anniversary; Kartini appears as the token woman pioneer; no Gerwani item.
Harian Rakjat, 21 Mei 1955, hlm. 1
Harian Rakjat, 21 May 1955, p. 1
Harian Rakjat, 21 Mei 1955, hlm. 1. Front page with the CC PKI anniversary message 'Perluas persatuan untuk menang dalam pemilihan umum'; women appear only in cartoons; no Gerwani item.
Harian Rakjat, 26 Mei 1955, hlm. 1
Harian Rakjat, 26 May 1955, p. 1
Harian Rakjat, 26 Mei 1955, hlm. 1. Front page reporting the PKI's 35th-anniversary celebrations in Jakarta; Aidit's speech and greetings including from 'wanita' at home.
Kankakee Daily Journal, 12 Maret 1956: Gerwani member Sansia arrested during Dulles visit to Jakarta
Gerwani member Sansia arrested during Dulles visit to Jakarta (Kankakee Daily Journal, 12 March 1956)
Full 20-page issue of the Kankakee Daily Journal (Illinois), 12 March 1956. Front-page AP/UP report on US Secretary of State Dulles's visit to Jakarta (talks with Sukarno) says police arrested a woman named Sansia, who said she was a member of Gerwani, 'a leftist women's organization founded in 1954', over a banner pro
Berita Yudha, 7 Oktober 1965
Berita Yudha, 7 October 1965
Berita Yudha, 7 Oktober 1965. Week after 30 September: Pemuda Rakyat members captured in Krukut allegedly took part in the Lubang Buaya killings; Sukarno's Bogor cabinet session condemns the killings; Gerwani mentioned on p. 2.
Berita Yudha, 8 Oktober 1965
Berita Yudha, 8 October 1965
Berita Yudha, 8 Oktober 1965. First issue using 'Gestapu': Gerwani appears five times as an organisation to be dissolved, including Perti, PMKRI and Sarbumusi backing the NU-PSII demand to dissolve 'PKI, PR, Gerwani, CGMI, Lekra'.
Berita Yudha, 18 Oktober 1965
Berita Yudha, 18 October 1965
Berita Yudha, 18 Oktober 1965. Crowds raiding the Matraman house of 'Gestapu ringleader' Tjugito reportedly found 'a list of Gerwani members who were combat ready' and Gerwani banners; Suharto installed as Army commander.
Berita Yudha, 20 Oktober 1965
Berita Yudha, 20 October 1965
Berita Yudha, 20 Oktober 1965. Richest issue in the set for Gerwani: Jakarta commander freezes activities of 'PKI, Gerwani, Pemuda Rakyat, BTI, CGMI...' and the women's volunteer corps leader Ibu Soemarno speaks; formal freeze of Gerwani.
Berita Yudha, 22 Oktober 1965
Berita Yudha, 22 October 1965
Berita Yudha, 22 Oktober 1965. Page 2 key items on Gerwani after the Cabinet Presidium's 20 Oct instruction to freeze implicated mass organisations in state enterprises and dismiss employees; Riau 'Malaysian' subversion reports.
Berita Yudha, 27 Oktober 1965
Berita Yudha, 27 October 1965
Berita Yudha, 27 Oktober 1965. Demonstration of about 300,000 demands the dismissal of Tjugito and Nj. Umi Sardjono from Kotrar; three Gerwani-related items of central importance.
Berita Yudha, 30 Oktober 1965
Berita Yudha, 30 October 1965
Berita Yudha, 30 Oktober 1965. Gerwani appears in six items: a Pemuda Rakyat detainee describes Lubang Buaya training of thousands of men and women, seeing 'many members of Gerwani' lined up; one month after 1 October.
Berita Yudha, 9 November 1965
Berita Yudha, 9 November 1965. Front-page 'Peranan dan jeritan kaum ibu' on a demonstration of over 30,000 Jakarta women (8 Nov) organised by the anti-G30S front's women's section; key document of the gendered campaign against Gerwani.
Berita Yudha, 10 November 1965
Berita Yudha, 10 November 1965. Heroes' Day issue: the humour column 'Soal silet' treats the razor-blade mutilation story as common knowledge ('barbaric deeds of Gerwani who slashed our generals with razor blades').
Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata, Intisari Berita, 22 November 1965
Armed Forces Information Centre, Intisari Berita, 22 November 1965: arrest of Ny. Suning and 'self-dissolution' of Ge...
Armed Forces Information Centre bulletin, 22 November 1965. Arrest in Tebet of Ny. Suning, chair of Gerwani's Jakarta Raya DPD, under an alias; Puspen AD report on the 'self-dissolution' of Gerwani, Baperki, IPPI and Partindo in Purwodadi.
Berita Yudha, 26 November 1965
Berita Yudha, 26 November 1965. Humour box 'Lagi-lagi soal silet': a lecturer asks 'is there a Gerwani here? why is there a razor blade?', showing the Lubang Buaya razor-blade slander as a classroom joke.
Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata, Intisari Berita, 28 November 1965 (edisi mingguan)
Armed Forces Information Centre, Intisari Berita, 28 November 1965 (weekly edition): 1 October attributed to PKI mass...
Armed Forces Information Centre bulletin, 28 November 1965 (edisi mingguan). Lead 'Militer' feature attributes 1 October to the PKI and to its mass organisations, 'especially Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani', as perpetrators, and insists on crushing Gestapu 'to the roots'.
Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata, Intisari Berita, 2 Desember 1965
Armed Forces Information Centre, Intisari Berita, 2 December 1965: arrests of Gerwani members in Jakarta and Central...
Armed Forces Information Centre bulletin, 2 Desember 1965. Three Gerwani items: arrest of a woman Misnah, 'a Gerwani', at a Jakarta coffee stall with insinuations about 25 September; three Gerwani among those seized by Kodam Diponegoro; executioners' confessions in Blitar.
Berita Yudha, 3 Desember 1965
Berita Yudha, 3 December 1965
Berita Yudha, 3 Desember 1965. Army's version of the 'confession' of SOBSI chair and Politburo member Njono, with Gerwani items on pp. 1–2.
Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata, Intisari Berita, 3 Desember 1965
Armed Forces Information Centre, Intisari Berita, 3 December 1965: Puspenad statement on PKI as sole executor of G30S
Armed Forces Information Centre bulletin, 3 Desember 1965. Puspenad statement declaring the PKI sole executor of the 30 September Movement; Gerwani cited among armed 'auxiliary forces' trained at Lubang Buaya and as forces Njono organised; self-dissolution of a Kebayoran Gerwani ranting.
Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata, Intisari Berita, 4 Desember 1965
Armed Forces Information Centre, Intisari Berita, 4 December 1965: 'How the PKI poisons children's minds'
Armed Forces Information Centre bulletin, 4 Desember 1965. Item 'Cara PKI meracuni jiwa anak-anak' claims in PKI kindergartens run by 'Gerwani' women children were taught God does not exist because He could not give pencils; demonisation through religion and education.
Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata, Intisari Berita, 6 Desember 1965
Armed Forces Information Centre, Intisari Berita, 6 December 1965: speech linking godless knowledge to Lubang Buaya
Armed Forces Information Centre bulletin, 6 Desember 1965. Speech at the Akademi Bahasa Asing Indonesia warning that godless knowledge led PR, CGMI and Gerwani/PKI to 'strip naked and sleep together at Lubang Buaya' because it held that 'women and men are equal'.
Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata, Intisari Berita, 10 Desember 1965
Armed Forces Information Centre, Intisari Berita, 10 December 1965: Chaerul Saleh condemns Lubang Buaya terror, Perwa...
Armed Forces Information Centre bulletin, 10 Desember 1965. Arrest round-up with 'a Gerwani'; Chaerul Saleh condemns the 'terror of Lubang Buaya in which Gerwani took an important part' and announces expulsion of Perwari members also in Gerwani.
Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata, Intisari Berita, 22 Desember 1965 (Hari Ibu)
Armed Forces Information Centre, Intisari Berita, 22 December 1965 (Hari Ibu): four more Gerwani girls arrested
Armed Forces Information Centre bulletin, 22 Desember 1965 (Hari Ibu). 'Komdak VII Djaya ringkus 4 Gerwani lagi': four Gerwani girls aged 14–27 whose 'confession' describes recruitment by a neighbourhood head, firearms training at Lubang Buaya in July 1965, a public-kitchen night and witnessing the torture of bound peo
Angkatan Bersendjata, 4 Januari 1966
Angkatan Bersendjata, 4 January 1966
Angkatan Bersendjata, 4 Jan 1966. Reports the arrest in Tangerang of Sariningsih, called a 'Gerwani Lubang Buaya' fugitive, and a joke on Gerwani 'savagery'; also 1,204 detainees (83 women) in South Jakarta.
Angkatan Bersendjata, 14 Januari 1966: 'Pertempuran setengah jam di Lubang Buaja'
Angkatan Bersendjata, 14 January 1966: 'Half-Hour Battle at Lubang Buaya'
Angkatan Bersendjata, 14 Jan 1966. Feature from Soetiman's 17 Dec 1965 statement: Gerwani and Pemuda Rakyat 'warmly welcomed' Yani's body and fought a half-hour battle on 2 October. Gerwani militarised but no mutilation or sexual element yet.
Berita Yudha, 25 Februari 1966
Berita Yudha, 25 February 1966
Berita Yudha, 25 Februari 1966. Reports of the Mahmillub trial sessions of Lt. Col. Untung with two Gerwani items; Sukarno warns he will not be 'dongkel'-ed amid KAMI blockades.
Angkatan Bersendjata, 12 Maret 1966 (edisi Supersemar)
Angkatan Bersendjata, 12 March 1966 (Supersemar Edition)
Angkatan Bersendjata, 12 Mar 1966, the Supersemar issue, with Sukarno's 8 March International Women's Day address, Muslimat NU's Mahmudah Mawardi demanding a PKI ban 'because women feel the effects', and the decree dissolving the PKI.
Berita Yudha, 11 Mei 1966: 'Kongres Wanita Indonesia' (Barindi)
Berita Yudha, 11 May 1966: Indonesian Women's Congress (Barindi)
Berita Yudha, 11 Mei 1966: 'Kongres Wanita Indonesia' (Barindi). Opinion article on the reorganisation of KOWANI after Subandrio's arrest: removal of coordinator Hurustiati Subandrio and the secretary, with a congress planned; accuses Hurustiati of dictating.
Angkatan Bersendjata, 14 Mei 1966
Angkatan Bersendjata, 14 May 1966
Angkatan Bersendjata, 14 Mei 1966. Front-page report of Ibu Soeharto telling armed forces wives to adopt their husbands' ideology: 'let it not happen that an ABRI wife becomes a member of Gerwani'.
Berita Yudha, 11 Juni 1966
Berita Yudha, 11 June 1966
Berita Yudha, 11 Juni 1966. Front page: Lt-Gen. Suharto at Perwari's 10th congress, where he is honoured 'Penyelamat Revolusi' and claims 40% of Central Java army units had been infiltrated; Gerwani mentioned.