Berliner Zeitung, 11 Apr 1954, p. 2: Warm reception for the Soviet women's delegation in Surakarta
Berliner Zeitung, 11 April 1954, p. 2. The relevant item is a one-sentence news brief in the page's digest column: thousands of women gave the Soviet women's delegation a warm reception in Surakarta, where it is on a study visit to Indonesia. No Indonesian organisation or person is named, and no Gerwani mention; the pa
Neue Zeit, 20 Feb 1960, p. 4: Kartini did not want 40 secondary wives
Neue Zeit, 20 February 1960, p. 4: women's-page feature "Kartini wollte keine 40 Nebenfrauen", signed Sulami, on Kartini (1879–1904), pioneer of the Indonesian women's movement. It recounts her opposition to child marriage and polygamy under Dutch colonial rule, her letters, and her sympathy for socialism, and quotes P
Freiburger Nachrichten, 8 November 1965: Indonesia - the hunt for communists continues
Freiburger Nachrichten, 8 Nov 1965, 'Indonesia: hunt for Communists continues' (Reuter/AFP). Citing the Army newspaper, paratroopers killed nine women described as 'suicide fighters of Gerwani' who tried to block army tanks near Solo, shot after warning shots; also arrests in Cilacap, suspensions in Kalimantan, a 'holy
Neues Deutschland, 23 Nov 1965, p. 7: New reprisals in Indonesia
Neues Deutschland, 23 November 1965, p. 7: ADN report 'Neue Repressalien in Indonesien' from Jakarta citing the Indonesian press: 1,600 detained in the South Borneo military district and 1,630 arrested in Wonogiri near Surakarta. Antara states all those held belong to the Communist Party, the women's organisation 'Gerw