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GA-02650 rel B licensed

Kitab Merah G30S-PKI: Kumpulan Kisah-kisah Tokoh G30S/PKI

Kitab Merah G30S-PKI: Collected Stories of G30S/PKI Figures

Anonymous 2010 Word compilation 'Kitab Merah G30S-PKI' of 82 online articles, mostly Tempo special reports on Aidit, Njoto, Sjam and Untung plus testimonies such as Hersri Setiawan's. A revisionist-leaning dossier despite its anti-communist archive label.

GA-02679 rel C

Tribunal 1965 (IPT 1965), beranda situs

International People's Tribunal 1965: Indonesian Website Homepage

Snapshot (13 Oct 2026) of the Indonesian homepage of the IPT 1965 website, showing site structure, teasers for the hearing documents and final report, and posts including a 60th-anniversary opinion piece and a tribute to coordinator Harry Wibowo. Navigation page, little substantive content.

GA-00383 1965-10-27 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 27 Oktober 1965

Berita Yudha, 27 October 1965

Berita Yudha, 27 Oktober 1965. Demonstration of about 300,000 demands the dismissal of Tjugito and Nj. Umi Sardjono from Kotrar; three Gerwani-related items of central importance.

GA-02186 1965-10-27 Suara Merdeka rel A

Suara Merdeka, 27 Oktober 1965, hlm. 1

Suara Merdeka, 27 October 1965, p. 1: Yogyakarta demands dissolution of PKI and Gerwani; Umi Sardjono

Suara Merdeka (Semarang), 27 Oktober 1965, hlm. 1. Richest page for Gerwani in this set: state of war in Central Java; 55 Yogyakarta organisations demand dissolution of the PKI and Gerwani; a demand to dismiss Umi Sardjono from the Kotrar political bureau.

GA-02187 1965-10-27 Suara Merdeka rel A

Suara Merdeka, 27 Oktober 1965, hlm. 2

Suara Merdeka, 27 October 1965, p. 2: Gerwani Semarang chair Soetjiran says her house was attacked

Suara Merdeka (Semarang), 27 Oktober 1965, hlm. 2. Two key items: at a Kodim 0733 Semarang meeting a freezing decree was read; Soetjiran, chair of Gerwani Semarang, said her house was attacked, members panicked and Gerwani Semarang 'knew nothing' of the events.

GA-02001 1966-04-20 Sinar Harapan rel B

Sinar Harapan, 20 April 1966, hlm. 1

Sinar Harapan, 20 Apr 1966: PKI cadres in West Irian; one Gerwani figure still detained

Sinar Harapan, 20 Apr 1966, p. 1: Brig. Gen. Bintoro of Kodam Cendrawasih says PKI cadres posted to West Irian were easily 'secured', 93 prisoners sent to Java, and 'only one Gerwani figure named Rukinah' remained detained.

GA-00218 1966-10-01 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 1 Oktober 1966 (edisi Hari Kesaktian Pancasila pertama)

Angkatan Bersendjata, 1 October 1966 (First Hari Kesaktian Pancasila Edition)

Angkatan Bersendjata, 1 Oktober 1966 (edisi Hari Kesaktian Pancasila pertama). First-anniversary issue and the richest Gerwani source in the batch: prints the official 'Risalah singkat tragedi nasional' claiming officers were tortured 'beyond humanity by members of Pemuda Rakyat and GERWANI', plus 'Bung Piket' retrospe

GA-03594 1980-01-05 Tempo (edisi 5 Januari 1980) rel A licensed

Bebas dari tahanan (Sutanti Aidit), Tempo 5 Januari 1980

Released from detention (Sutanti Aidit), Tempo, 5 Jan 1980

Short Tempo item, 5 January 1980, on the release of Dr Soetanti Aidit, 57, widow of PKI chairman D.N. Aidit, from detention on 20 December 1979. Held from 1966 in Bukit Duri women's prison and never moved, she was separated from her five children for 13 years, declines to talk about the past and hopes to practise medic

GA-02232 1984-10-06 Tempo rel C licensed

Kisah-Kisah Oktober, 1965

Tempo, 6 October 1984: Stories of October 1965

Long Tempo feature (6 Oct 1984), New Order-era 'scattered stories' of 30 Sept-1 Oct 1965 told by witnesses: Catherine Panjaitan, Dewi Sukarno, Bambang Wijanarko, Mangil, Roeslan Abdulgani, Sugandhi, Salim Said, Syu'bah Asa. Frames events as a PKI coup and describes army/RRI takeover. Gerwani is not mentioned.

GA-01613 1989-03-15 Harian Neraca rel B

Harian Neraca, 15 Maret 1989: 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (62)

Harian Neraca serial 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (62): 1-4 October 1965 and the well at Lubang Buaya

Harian Neraca, 15 Mar 1989, p. 10: instalment 62 on 1–4 October 1965 (Suharto's assumption of command, recapture of RRI and Halim, finding the well via Sukitman); Gerwani appears once.

GA-01629 1989-10-04 Harian Neraca rel B

Harian Neraca, 4 Oktober 1989: peringatan KAP-Gestapu

Harian Neraca, 4 October 1989: commemoration of KAP-Gestapu

Harian Neraca, 4 Oct 1989, p. 11: Antara retrospective on the founding of KAP-Gestapu on 4 Oct 1965 and the 8 Oct 1965 rally, after which youths burned PKI offices; Gerwani mentioned.

GA-03596 1990-04-21 Tempo (weekly), 21 April 1990 rel A licensed

Dari politik ke kebatinan (S.K. Trimurti)

From politics to mysticism: S.K. Trimurti in her own words (Tempo, 21 Apr 1990)

Tempo profile (21 April 1990), in S.K. Trimurti's own first-person voice, of her life from teacher and Partindo cadre to labour minister and spiritualist. She says she co-founded Gerwis around 1950 (Ketua III, Yogyakarta), that Gerwis became Gerwani at its third congress under Umi Sardjono, and that in 1965 she quit Ge

GA-01598 1994-11-09 Berita Yudha rel B

Berita Yudha, 9 November 1994: Buku Putih G30S (bagian 26)

Berita Yudha, 9 November 1994: White Book on G30S (part 26)

Berita Yudha, 9 Nov 1994, p. 4: White Book instalment on Central Java and Yogyakarta, naming Gerwani among PKI mass organisations issuing a support resolution in Wonogiri on 1 Oct 1965; editorial honours Fatmawati.

GA-02235 1999-08-29 Tempo rel A licensed

"Saya Punya Obsesi Membongkar Pembunuhan G30S" (Wawancara Sulami)

Tempo, 29 August 1999: Interview with Sulami - 'I have an obsession to expose the G30S killings'

Tempo interview (29 Aug 1999) with Sulami, former Deputy Secretary-General II of Gerwani, with a short biography: arrested 12 Feb 1967 on Amir Machmud's order, tried 1975, released 1984, torture by rattan between fingers and threats of rape; founded the 1965-66 victims research foundation. She denies any Gerwani role a

GA-02688 2000 rel C

Kesaksianku tentang G30S (Soebandrio, sekitar 2000)

My Testimony about G30S (Soebandrio, c. 2000)

Testimony of Dr Soebandrio, Sukarno's deputy prime minister, written after his 1995 release, arguing the 30 September Movement was a provocation exploited by Suharto's circle. Elite memoir; Gerwani is peripheral context.

GA-03597 2007-10-01 Tempo (Edisi 1 Oktober 2007) rel B licensed

Keluarga Besar Aidit: Sesudah Malam Horor Itu (Tempo, 1 Oct 2007)

The Aidit family: after that night of horror (Tempo, 1 Oct 2007)

Tempo special (1 October 2007) on what happened to D.N. Aidit's family after 30 September 1965. It recounts the fates of his father, siblings and children, and of his wife Dr Soetanti Aidit, who fled, lived in disguise, was arrested, held in Kodim 66 and Bukit Duri until about 1980, and died in 1991. Her Gerwani member

GA-03598 2007-10-01 Tempo (Edisi 1 Oktober 2007) rel C licensed

Malam Terakhir: Setelah Lampu Depan Dimatikan (Tempo, 1 Oct 2007)

The last night: after the headlights went out (Aidit's last night at home, Tempo, 2007)

Tempo piece (1 October 2007) reconstructing D.N. Aidit's last night at home, 30 September 1965, from his son Ilham and brother Murad. His wife Dr Soetanti Aidit angrily quarrels with him and urges him not to leave; he goes anyway. The article sets out the contested versions of where he went that night. Soetanti appears

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

GA-02767 2016 rel B

Merdu yang Dipaksa Sunyi (Arman Dhani, esai pengantar Dunia Milik Kita, 2016)

Merdu yang Dipaksa Sunyi: Arman Dhani's Introductory Essay to Dunia Milik Kita (2016)

Seven-page liner essay by Arman Dhani, issued with the free download of Dialita's album Dunia Milik Kita (2016), framing it as hearing again voices silenced by 'collective sin' after 1965 and introducing the ten songs and their young arrangers. A guide to the women's choir's repertoire.

GA-02303 2023-09-17 Tempo rel B licensed

Mengapa Para Eksil Peristiwa 1965 Tak Mau Pulang? (Tak Lagi Berharap Pulang)

Tempo, 17 September 2023: Why 1965 exiles will not return home

Tempo report (17 Sep 2023, Raymundus Rikang and Stefanus Pramono) on 1965 exiles who decline to return despite visa and residence facilities offered by ministers Mahfud Md. and Yasonna Laoly in Amsterdam and Prague. Sri Budiarti (Aachen, ex-student in Budapest) demands truth and an apology and removal of the stigma tha

GA-02307 2024-12-15 Tempo rel B licensed

Cerita Francisca Fanggidaej Selama Eksil di Cina dan Belanda

Tempo, 15 December 2024: Francisca Fanggidaej's story of exile in China and the Netherlands

Tempo magazine profile (15 Dec 2024, archivist Rika Theo and Iwan Kurniawan) of Francisca Fanggidaej: Pesindo leader, survivor of Madiun 1948, in Chile during 30 Sept 1965, passport revoked 1967, 20 years in Beijing with the Afro-Asian journalists' organisation, then exile in the Netherlands from 1985. She joined the K

GA-02308 2024-12-15 Tempo rel B licensed

Isi Buku Harian Francisca Fanggidaej untuk Anak-Anaknya (Catatan Eksil)

Tempo, 15 December 2024: Inside Francisca Fanggidaej's diaries for her children (notes of exile)

Tempo magazine article (15 Dec 2024, Dian Yuliastuti and Iwan Kurniawan) on Francisca Fanggidaej's papers at the IISH, Amsterdam, notably her diaries 'Sasja' and 'Nila' written in exile in Beijing from Oct 1965 to her children. Her daughters recall the family's separation, stigma at school and her later reunion. It not