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GA-00113 1961 Nguyen Xuan Tram rel C licensed

Neraka Dunia

Hell on Earth

Api Kartini item (1961), a review of Nguyen Xuan Tram's book 'Hell on Earth' on South Vietnamese women prisoners under Ngo Dinh Diem, including mothers jailed with infants and tortured. It ends by condemning planned US military intervention (General Maxwell Taylor's mission) as a threat to peace in Southeast Asia. Gerw

GA-01634 1991-08-18 Media Indonesia rel B

Media Indonesia, 18 Agustus 1991: 'Novel-esei Romo Mangun' (Durga Umayi)

Media Indonesia, 18 August 1991: Romo Mangun's novel-essay (Durga Umayi)

Media Indonesia, 18 Aug 1991, p. 15: review of Y.B. Mangunwijaya's Durga Umayi summarising the heroine's path from Sukarno's household servant to rape, prostitution and becoming 'an important figure in Gerwani', a political fugitive.

GA-02234 1999-08-29 Tempo rel B licensed

"Gulag" itu Bernama Orde Baru (Resensi memoar Carmel Budiardjo)

Tempo, 29 August 1999: 'Gulag' called the New Order (review of Carmel Budiardjo's memoir)

Tempo book review (29 Aug 1999) of Carmel Budiardjo's prison memoir on New Order detention (Likdam, Bukit Duri, 'bon' interrogations, ET stigma). It records her witness to teenage women political prisoners tortured to make the script of Gerwani's involvement in the Lubang Buaya killings work, and notes she founded Tapo

GA-02726 2002 rel A

Kebenaran tentang Gerwani: Aspek Gender Rezim Suharto (Seri Kartini 03/2002)

Truth about Gerwani: The Gender Aspect of the Suharto Regime (Seri Kartini 03/2002)

2002 Seri Kartini booklet bundling W.F. Wertheim's review of Saskia Wieringa's Gerwani dissertation (Gerwani's puritan sexual politics, army fabrication of Lubang Buaya), a DPP Gerwani statement of 4 June 1962, Sulami's preface and poem, and a memoir of 1945. Survivors' reissue of key Gerwani texts.

GA-02243 2011-03-07 Tempo rel B licensed

Sebuah Kritik bagi Plantungan

Tempo, 7 March 2011: A critique of Plantungan (documentary review)

Tempo review (7 Mar 2011) by Martin Aleida of Putu Oka Sukanta's documentary 'Plantungan', screened at GoetheHaus, finding it under-researched. It features former Plantungan prisoners Siti Suratih, Suci Danarti, Pujiati, Mujiati and Sp. Tican and rebuts the Pengkhianatan G30S/PKI film's slander of women; Aleida adds Ta

GA-02263 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Kesaksian Binal-Bugil dari Republik Preman (The Act of Killing)

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Testimonies from a republic of thugs (The Act of Killing)

Tempo package (1 Oct 2012) on The Act of Killing: Ariel Heryanto's review calling it the most important film on Indonesia, and a profile of Anwar Congo (Medan, Pemuda Pancasila) with his wife Salmah and Joshua Oppenheimer's comments. It stresses perpetrators' impunity and ties to officials. Gerwani is not mentioned.