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GA-02689 rel A

Tossed Down by the Rising Waves (Sudjinah, prison memoir)

Tossed Down by the Rising Waves (Sudjinah, Prison Memoir)

English typescript prison memoir by Sudjinah, Gerwani translator and journalist (c. 2000): courier in 1945-49, WIDF secretariat in Berlin, Gerwani HQ in 1965, capture in 1967, torture and detention at Bukit Duri and Tangerang. Key Gerwani survivor memoir.

GA-02187 1965-10-27 Suara Merdeka rel A

Suara Merdeka, 27 Oktober 1965, hlm. 2

Suara Merdeka, 27 October 1965, p. 2: Gerwani Semarang chair Soetjiran says her house was attacked

Suara Merdeka (Semarang), 27 Oktober 1965, hlm. 2. Two key items: at a Kodim 0733 Semarang meeting a freezing decree was read; Soetjiran, chair of Gerwani Semarang, said her house was attacked, members panicked and Gerwani Semarang 'knew nothing' of the events.

GA-02388 1971-01 rel A

Penyiksaan Para Jenderal Diceritakan: Kesaksian Emi Marijam (Kompas, 12 Januari 1971; terjemahan JPRS)

Torture of the generals recounted: testimony of Emi Marijam (Kompas, 12 January 1971; JPRS translation)

JPRS translation of Kompas, 12 Jan 1971: Emi Marijam, 24, described as a Jakarta Gerwani activist, testifies as witness in the subversion trial of Pemuda Rakjat secretary-general Sukatno. She says she and three women were assigned to torture the generals at Lubang Buaja, gouging eyes for one million rupiah, after train

GA-01612 1989-03-14 Harian Neraca rel A

Harian Neraca, 14 Maret 1989: 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (61)

Harian Neraca serial 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (61): army's 1965 sexual slander retold

Harian Neraca, 14 Mar 1989, p. 10: instalment 61, the serial's most important Gerwani item, reprinting the army's 1965 slander: PR and Gerwani dancing naked in a 'flower-scent party', sex permitted, stimulant injections, per 17-year-old Djamilah.

GA-02683 2002 rel A

Kisah Singkat Seorang Sulami (LPKP-65, 2002)

A Short Story of One Sulami (LPKP-65, 2002)

December 2002 LPKP-65 memorial booklet for Sulami (1926-2002), former Gerwani leader and YPKP 1965/66 chair, with her biography (arrested 1967, 20-year sentence, released 1984) and documents on exhumations, letters to Komnas HAM and forensic work.

GA-01633 2014-10-01 Koran Memo rel A

Koran Memo, 1 Oktober 2014: 'Pengakuan mantan Gerwani Blitar'

Koran Memo, 1 October 2014: Confession of a former Gerwani member in Blitar

Koran Memo (Kediri), 1 Oct 2014, p. 5: interview with Putmainah (86), former chair of Gerwani in Blitar regency and PKI member of the DPR-GR, ten years in Plantungan; recalls PKI and NU as allies in local parliament.

GA-02920 2015 rel A

Women, Sexual Violence and the Indonesian Killings of 1965-1966 (Annie Pohlman, 2015)

Women, Sexual Violence and the Indonesian Killings of 1965-1966 (Pohlman, 2015)

Annie Pohlman's 2015 monograph, the first book-length study of gendered violence in 1965-66, based on about 150 women survivors: patterns of arrest, torture, rape, sexualised mutilation, strip searches for the 'Gerwani mark', sexual slavery and 'wife-taking'. Key scholarly source.