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GA-00855 1954-01-15 De Waarheid rel B

Indonesië-avond van NVB

Indonesia evening of the Dutch Women's Movement announced

De Waarheid, 15 Jan 1954, p. 2: brief notice that, in view of an upcoming Gerwis congress, the NVB organises an 'Indonesia evening' on 27 January in the Doelenzaal, Amsterdam, with a speech by Annie Averink, a reading from Max Havelaar by Bep van Geel and a film on Indonesian women's lives.

GA-00858 1954-01-28 De Waarheid rel B

Toch warmte, ondanks koude op Indonesische avond

Warmth despite cold on the Indonesian evening: NVB Amsterdam event report

De Waarheid, 28 Jan 1954, p. 2: report on the NVB Amsterdam 'Indonesia evening' attended by about 200 women, with krontjong music, a reading from Multatuli, a film from the High Commission, and Annie Averink's speech on Indonesia's colonial past and on Gerwis's tens of thousands of members campaigning for a democratic

GA-01242 1956-03-15 Java-Bode rel B

Filmcensuur en filmraad (Film censorship and film council)

Film censorship and film council

Java-Bode, 15 March 1956, p. 2: installation of the new film censorship committee (chair Maria Ulfah Santoso) and film council at the education ministry. Among some thirty censorship members is Setiati Soerasto (Surasto), a figure from the 1953 Copenhagen delegation; the item gives no Gerwani affiliation or comment.

GA-00746 1973-04-02 De Volkskrant rel B

Geen botertje (Not a bit of butter: press freedom in Indonesia)

Not a bit of butter: press freedom and imprisoned writers in Indonesia

Fragment of a De Volkskrant piece (2 Apr 1973) on press freedom in Suharto's Indonesia, listing imprisoned writers and journalists (Bandaharo Harahap, Oei Hay Djun, Mrs. Sugiarti Siswadi, Mrs. Rusijati, Mrs. Lies Sukatno and others) and rebutting H.B. Jassin's claim of press freedom. Gerwani is not named.

GA-00941 1975-09-20 De Waarheid rel B

De literatuur gevangen

Literature imprisoned

De Waarheid, 20 Sep 1975, p. 3: fragment of an article on a visiting Indonesian parliamentary 'delegation' asking whether they discussed Indonesian literature; it lists imprisoned writers (Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Bujung Saleh, Sitor Situmorang, Rivai Apin, Hadi Soesastro, Benny Tjung, Mrs. Sugiarti Siswadi, Samandjaja,

GA-00944 1976-11-06 De Waarheid rel B

Het antwoord van Suharto (Lekra-kunstenaars vervolgd)

Suharto's answer (Lekra artists persecuted)

De Waarheid, 6 Nov 1976, p. 2: fragment on Suharto's destruction of the Lekra cultural movement in 1965 (book burnings, banned art), with a long list of murdered or imprisoned artists, including Pramoedya, Henk Ngantung, Bujung Saleh and writer Sugiarti Siswadi, noted as sentenced to 12 years (OCR garbled). Also an unr

GA-00952 1979-04-24 De Waarheid rel B

Boeken aan banden, schrijvers in de cel: Bandar Harahap, 'Sarinah en ik' (BZZLLETIN)

Books restrained, writers in cell: Bandar Harahap, 'Sarinah and I' (BZZLLETIN)

De Waarheid, 24 Apr 1979, p. 4: review of the BZZLLETIN issue on 'books under restraint', arguing that Indonesian literature is little translated while many writers are jailed under Suharto: Pramoedya on Buru, Bandar Harahap, Buyung Saleh and writer Sudjinah, held since 1966 in Bukit Duri women's prison. Covers Rendra

GA-00968 1987-11-30 De Waarheid rel B

Voor een vrij Indonesië (oprichting Wertheimstichting)

For a free Indonesia (founding of the Wertheim Foundation)

De Waarheid report (30 Nov 1987, p.4) on the launch of the Wertheim Foundation, where W.F. Wertheim praised a Hendra painting of a male and female guerrilla. He argued that the Suharto regime rests on mass murder and falsified history, and that one task is to write the real history of Gerwani, Lekra, SOBSI and the PKI.

GA-00970 1988-04-09 De Waarheid rel B

Tweemaal Indonesië (aankondiging Kartini-avond)

Twice Indonesia (announcement of Kartini evening)

Front-page De Waarheid listing (9 Apr 1988) of paper contents and events: Jan de Wit's story as a refuser, an essay on Kartini by Annie van Ommeren-Averink, a VPRO radio series on conscientious objectors, and a 21 April Kartini evening at the Tropenmuseum where Wertheim speaks and Francisca Fanggidaej discusses the pos