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GA-02179 1965-10-21 Suara Merdeka rel A

Suara Merdeka, 21 Oktober 1965, hlm. 1

Suara Merdeka, 21 October 1965, p. 1: Anti-PKI mass action in Semarang

Suara Merdeka (Semarang), 21 Oktober 1965, hlm. 1. Front page on the anti-PKI mass action sweeping Semarang on 20 Oct 1965 after RPKAD's arrival under Sarwo Edhie: burning of PKI, SOBSI, CGMI and Baperki buildings; Gerwani appears among targets.

GA-00384 1965-10-28 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 28 Oktober 1965

Berita Yudha, 28 October 1965

Berita Yudha, 28 Oktober 1965. Youth Pledge Day issue: Central Java under a state of war, 104 dead in Banyuwangi with 62 bodies in three pits; Gerwani item on p. 2.

GA-02575 1965-10-29 rel C

Ichtisar Situasi Djawa Tengah, 29 Oktober 1965 (Intelijen AURI)

Situation Summary for Central Java, 29 October 1965 (AURI Intelligence)

Secret Indonesian Air Force intelligence summary, 29 October 1965, on tension between nationalist/religious parties and the PKI in Central Java, with Solo security arrangements under Col. Sarwo Edhie and casualty figures. Early-aftermath regional context; no Gerwani content.

GA-02191 1965-10-30 Suara Merdeka rel A

Suara Merdeka, 30 Oktober 1965, hlm. 2

Suara Merdeka, 30 October 1965, p. 2: Pekanbaru crowds raze PKI and mass-organisation offices

Suara Merdeka (Semarang), 30 Oktober 1965, hlm. 2. After a rally in Pekanbaru crowds razed all offices of the PKI, SOBSI, Pemuda Rakyat, Gerwani, Baperki and BTI within a day; members were 'rescued' from crowds by state organs, some injured.

GA-00392 1965-11-23 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 23 November 1965

Berita Yudha, 23 November 1965. Front page: Maluku Pepelrada dissolves the PKI and its mass organisations and detains 279 on Ambon in religious language denying the 'godless' PKI the right to live; Gerwani item on p. 2.

GA-00393 1965-11-24 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 24 November 1965

Berita Yudha, 24 November 1965. Antara: police and army officer at Harau (Payakumbuh), assisted by villagers, seize 38 Gerwani and 39 PKI members and 'green clothing' and an Aidit book.

GA-00396 1965-12-01 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 1 Desember 1965

Berita Yudha, 1 December 1965

Berita Yudha, 1 Desember 1965. 'Brigpol Tukidjo tidak mempan golok': indoctrination session for local PKI, Gerwani and BTI members who 'declared their organisations dissolved' in Karang Pucung ends with a machete attack and shooting.

GA-00399 1965-12-09 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 9 Desember 1965

Berita Yudha, 9 December 1965

Berita Yudha, 9 Desember 1965. Page 2 rich in Gerwani items: 'Di Klaten G 30 S sediakan 200 Lobang Buaja' claims 200 pits were prepared and Gerwani and Pemuda Rakyat volunteers were involved.

GA-00191 1966-01-06 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 6 Januari 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 6 January 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 6 Jan 1966. Antara claims PKI leaders 'admitted' Gerwani and Pemuda Rakyat were physically trained in North Sumatra before 1 October; two Pekalongan women 'known as Gerwani' forced to recite the shahada; Soetiman's 'confession'.

GA-00205 1966-03-11 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 11 Maret 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 11 March 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 11 Mar 1966 (Supersemar day). Regional column reports Pasaman husbands divorcing wives who are Gerwani, and release of 37 ex-detainees in Pati including six ex-Gerwani; PGRI petition to dissolve the PKI.

GA-00245 1968-08-16 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 16 Agustus 1968

Angkatan Bersendjata, 16 August 1968

Angkatan Bersendjata, 16 Agustus 1968. Operasi Trisula commander Col. Witarmin reports the PKI underground in South Blitar crushed and lists captured leaders including five women, among them Nj. Gatot Sutarjo, 'chair of Gerwani'.

GA-00469 1968-08-19 Duta Masjarakat rel A

Duta Masjarakat, 19 Agustus 1968

Duta Masjarakat, 19 August 1968

Duta Masjarakat, 19 Agustus 1968. Antara report on Operasi Trisula in South Blitar: 30 PKI 'big fish' captured, ten from Jakarta, said to be members of the 'CC and CDB PKI/Gerwani'; resisters 'sent to the hereafter'.

GA-02230 1976-12-11 Tempo rel C licensed

Tapol Dibebaskan (Tapol dibebaskan)

Tempo, 11 December 1976: Political prisoners released

Tempo brief (11 Dec 1976) on release of another 2,500 G30S/PKI prisoners; all 540,000 Group C released, leaving 1,821 Group A, 27,132 Group B, 2,041 Group X. Sudomo says about 500,000 were killed 'but by the people'. Mentions 10 middle-aged women among 319 Group B freed in Jakarta; no Gerwani named.

GA-01619 1989-03-25 Harian Neraca rel B

Harian Neraca, 25 Maret 1989: 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (70)

Harian Neraca serial 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (70): October-November 1965 violence and Suharto's 10 No...

Harian Neraca, 25 Maret 1989, p. 10: instalment 70 of Soegiarso Soerojo's serial. Surveys October–November 1965 violence and Suharto's 10 Nov 1965 'Seruan', with crowd attacks in Aceh and Sumatra on the PKI and Gerwani.

GA-01588 2002-08-11 Bali Post rel B

Bali Post, 11 Agustus 2002: cerpen 'Ngaben' (I Wayan Artika)

Bali Post, 11 August 2002: short story 'Ngaben' (I Wayan Artika)

Bali Post, 11 Aug 2002, p. 10: short story 'Ngaben' about a PKI activist's family fleeing the 1965–66 Bali killings; the father knew of the plans 'from the stories of the Gerwani women'.

GA-02684 2011 rel A

Ini Kisah Ketua Gerwani Kabupaten Blitar (Okezone, 2011)

This Is the Story of the Gerwani Chair of Blitar Regency (Okezone, 2011)

Okezone feature (1 Oct 2011) on Putmainah, then 83, former Gerwani chair for Blitar Regency and PKI legislator, covering her Islamic and leftist family background, Pesindo past, flight after the 1965 coup and later life. Biographical testimony of a regional Gerwani leader.

GA-02245 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

AM: "Kami Tidak Pernah Mengubur..."

Tempo, 1 October 2012: AM - 'We never buried them...' (Ansor member's testimony)

Tempo testimony (1 Oct 2012) of 'AM', 70, a former Ansor/Banser member who took part in night-time 'drop-dropan' killings of village-level PKI leaders in Badas and Pare (Jombang-Kediri), Oct-Nov 1965. He says he felt no pity and left bodies unburied, justifying his hatred by PKI land reform actions. Gerwani is not ment

GA-02246 2012-10-01 Tempo rel B licensed

Film, Teror Negara, dan Luka Bangsa (Ariel Heryanto)

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Film, state terror and the nation's wound (Ariel Heryanto)

Ariel Heryanto essay in Tempo (1 Oct 2012) on state terror, propaganda film and the 1965 wound, from Supersemar and the Pengkhianatan G30S/PKI film to post-1998 indie documentaries and The Act of Killing. One passage states Gerwani leaders were detained, raped, tortured and portrayed as immoral mutilators in army press

GA-02247 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Bangsawan Karaeng Lira: Mengganyang Keluarga Sendiri

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Bangsawan Karaeng Lira - 'Crushing one's own family'

Tempo testimony (1 Oct 2012) of Bangsawan Karaeng Lira, 72, who led the mob that destroyed the BTI leader's house in Bontolanrang, Takalar (South Sulawesi), in late 1965. Describes forced labour (irrigation, roads) by detained PKI/BTI members, with a BTI survivor, Kamaruddin Bella, who lost relatives. Gerwani not menti

GA-02248 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Bapa Tengkorak: Keluarga Pun Harus Dibunuh

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Bapa Tengkorak - 'Even family had to be killed'

Tempo testimony (1 Oct 2012) of 'Bapa Tengkorak', a Maumere prisoner recruited by Kodim 1603 as executioner and sent to behead suspected PKI at Wairita and other Sikka villages, Feb-May 1966; victims included his relatives, and the commander recorded the numbers. Paid Rp 150,000 and rice, then freed. Gerwani not mentio

GA-02250 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Burhan Zainuddin Rusjiman: "Saya Punya License to Kill"

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Burhan Zainuddin Rusjiman - 'I had a licence to kill'

Tempo testimony (1 Oct 2012) of Burhan Zainuddin Rusjiman, 72, 'Burhan Kampak', a former HMI/KAMI/Laskar Ampera member in Yogyakarta given a pistol and 'license to kill' from Nov 1965, who hunted PKI with Kostrad/RPKAD in Yogyakarta, Gunungkidul and Klaten. Motivated by anti-communism and CGMI conflict; Gerwani not men

GA-02251 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Chambali: "Orang Itu Lancar Mengucap Syahadat..."

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Chambali - 'He recited the creed fluently...'

Tempo testimony (1 Oct 2012) of Chambali, 70, former Banser chief of Rengel, Tuban, who describes beheading PKI members at Jurang Watu Rongko in 1965-66 on lists from the district office and military, encouraged by NU leader Kiai Murtadji. Recalls sparing one man who recited the creed. Tempo adds a note on the ravine's

GA-02252 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Dari Gudang Beras ke Kebun Pisang (Pembantaian di Grobogan)

Tempo, 1 October 2012: From the rice warehouse to the banana grove (Grobogan massacre)

Tempo reconstruction (1 Oct 2012) of army-directed killings of PKI members in Grobogan/Purwodadi, 1967-68 (Operasi Kikis), centred on a rice-warehouse detention camp at Kuwu. Draws on Poncke Princen's 1969 exposure, Henk Kolb's list of mass graves, Hanra Inti militia and Kodam Diponegoro intelligence figures. Gerwani i

GA-02253 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Dari Pengakuan Algojo 1965

Tempo, 1 October 2012: From the confessions of 1965 executioners

Tempo column (1 Oct 2012) arguing that reconciliation must start from perpetrators' confession. Discusses victim-count disputes (78,000 to 3 million), The Act of Killing and Anwar Congo, Gus Dur's apology versus NU refusals, the Palu mayor's apology, and calls for lifting the ban on Marxism. Gerwani is not mentioned.

GA-02256 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

I Ketut Mantram: "Ada Daftar dari Kodim"

Tempo, 1 October 2012: I Ketut Mantram - 'There was a list from the Kodim'

Tempo testimony (1 Oct 2012) of I Ketut Mantram, 72, PNI village secretary in Jembrana, Bali, who joined the 37-man 'Tameng/Rantai' squad that executed PKI members on Kodim lists for about three months, burying bodies in coastal pits. Gerwani is not mentioned.

GA-02257 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Ironi Gandhi di Medan

Tempo, 1 October 2012: The irony of Gandhi Street in Medan (detention house)

Tempo report (1 Oct 2012) on the Jalan Gandhi detention house in Medan, a former Baperki school used by Kopkamtib for over a decade; Komnas HAM names it a torture site (beatings, confinement in toilets with faeces). Testimony from Astaman Hasibuan (Lekra) and soldier Eddy Sartimin. Gerwani is not mentioned.

GA-02258 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Jagal-jagal di Ladang Pembantaian (Kediri dan Probolinggo)

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Butchers in the killing fields (Kediri and Probolinggo)

Long Tempo feature (1 Oct 2012) on Kediri and Probolinggo killings: Ansor/Banser, Lirboyo santri led by Gus Maksum and army units, from the 13 Oct 1965 rally and the burning of the PKI office, using 'drop' trucks from Koramil, with the Kanigoro (Jan 1965) background. Testimony of Abdul Malik and Haji SY. Gerwani is not

GA-02260 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Jasad Terapung sampai Jauh (Jembatan Bacem, Bengawan Solo)

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Bodies floating far away (Bacem bridge, Bengawan Solo)

Tempo report (1 Oct 2012) on the Bacem bridge over Bengawan Solo (Sukoharjo), an execution site where bodies were thrown into the river in Oct 1965 and for months after. Local witnesses (Mbah Wiryo, Bibit, Supeno) and historian Sudharmono; dispute over whether Banser NU took part. Gerwani is not mentioned.

GA-02261 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Karena Wibawa Sang Jenderal (Mengapa Jawa Barat luput dari pembantaian)

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Because of the general's authority (why West Java escaped the killings)

Tempo piece (1 Oct 2012) explaining why West Java saw no mass killings: Siliwangi commander Ibrahim Adjie ordered detentions without violence (per Benedict Anderson via Umar Said), and RPKAD, whose arrival triggered killings elsewhere (Cribb, Anderson), did not enter. Notes Suharto's 2 Oct 1965 letter claiming to preve