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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-01692 1965-11-27 Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata, Intisari Berita, 27 November 1965

Armed Forces Information Centre, Intisari Berita, 27 November 1965: Klaten training claims and 'razored Heroes' allusion

Armed Forces Information Centre bulletin, 27 November 1965. Serial 'Mengikuti Operasi RPKAD' says the PKI in Klaten held training for Gerwani, PR and BTI, and insists its claims are as true as 'the Gerwani who razored our Heroes of the Revolution'.

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-01703 1965-12-18 Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata, Intisari Berita, 18 Desember 1965

Armed Forces Information Centre, Intisari Berita, 18 December 1965: KKO tour of Cilacap and fleeing villagers

Armed Forces Information Centre bulletin, 18 Desember 1965. Last instalment of a KKO tour of Cilacap: fleeing 'PKI/Gestapu, BTI, Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani' are driven by warning fire and a young woman cries 'I'm not Gerwani, I'm a Marhaen woman', told as a 'touching joke'.

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-01636 2002-10-07 Waspada rel A

Waspada, 7 Oktober 2002: peringatan di monumen Sudjono, Bandarbetsy

Waspada, 7 October 2002: Commemoration at the Sudjono monument, Bandar Betsy

Waspada, 7 Oct 2002, p. 11: feature on the 1 Oct 2002 commemoration at the Sudjono monument in Bandarbetsy, retelling the 1965 killing of Peltu Sudjono by BTI squatters joined by Pemuda Rakyat, Gerwani and Lekra who 'sang and danced'.

GA-02266 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Mengambil Jatah di Daerah Merah (Boyolali dan Klaten)

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Taking quotas in the red zone (Boyolali and Klaten)

Tempo report (1 Oct 2012) on the killing fields of Boyolali and Klaten at the foot of Merapi from 22 Oct 1965, with RPKAD and Kodam Diponegoro. Testimony of Soepomo (Pemuda Rakyat, now head of the 1965 victims research foundation) and Gito Sudarmo, who 'took quotas' of suspected PKI for execution at sites such as Sonol

GA-02269 2012-10-01 Tempo rel B licensed

Pengakuan Anwar Congo

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Anwar Congo's confession

Tempo piece (1 Oct 2012) on how Joshua Oppenheimer met perpetrators, from Matapao plantation workers to Anwar Congo and the Pasukan Kodok / Pemuda Pancasila in Medan. It cites Amir Hasan's pamphlet 'Embun Berdarah' on Teluk Mengkudu, which lists 702 PKI-linked villagers by affiliation, including Gerwani, and records an

GA-02273 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Sebuah Pengakuan dari Kerumunan Pohon Kapuk (Palu)

Tempo, 1 October 2012: A confession from the clump of kapok trees (Palu)

Tempo report (1 Oct 2012) on Palu, Central Sulawesi: ex-soldier Ahmad Bantam confesses to digging the grave for three PKI leaders executed in May 1967 and tells their families; Solidaritas Korban documents 1,000+ victims; Mayor Rusdi Mastura publicly apologises (24 Mar 2012) and promises health care, scholarships, a mo

GA-02275 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Setelah Pistol Menyalak di Tegalbadeng (Pembantaian di Bali)

Tempo, 1 October 2012: After the pistol fired at Tegalbadeng (killings in Bali)

Tempo report (1 Oct 2012) on how mass killing began in Bali from Tegalbadeng, Jembrana, after a shooting on 30 Nov 1965; PNI 'Tameng Marhaenis' squads, trucks and beach executions, with RPKAD arrival in Dec (Geoffrey Robinson). Testimony from Ida Bagus Raka Negara and others on the Toko Wong detention site. Gerwani is

GA-02296 2021-10-02 Tempo rel A licensed

Propaganda Hitam terhadap Gerwani

Tempo, 2 October 2021: Black propaganda against Gerwani (Ita Fatia Nadia)

Op-ed by Ita Fatia Nadia in Tempo (2 Oct 2021) tracing the army-controlled press campaign from 7 Oct 1965 that cast Gerwani as sexually sadistic, contradicted by the military doctors' autopsy (Roebiono Kertapati). It links the slander to the mass killings, Kowani's expulsion of Gerwani (29 Oct 1965), Lubang Buaya volun