Neues Deutschland, 29 March 1952, p. 2: report 'Großberliner Schülerkonferenz' on a Berlin schoolchildren's conference organised by the German Society for the Protection of Children, with WIDF representatives present. The Indonesian kindergarten teacher Darmini, with Jeanette Turner of the USA, described the catastroph
Neues Deutschland, 16 January 1953, p. 2. 'Vorwärts zum Weltkongreß der Frauen 1953!', a staff report on the DFD federal board session in Berlin where Elli Schmidt presented awards. Indonesia is a passing mention only: IDFF (WIDF) representatives from Czechoslovakia, Indonesia and the USA attended as a sign of solidari
Neues Deutschland, 4 June 1953, p. 1: picture caption 'Frauendelegationen zum Weltkongreß verabschiedet'. Delegates from Burma, Indonesia, Austria, the GDR and China were formally seen off in Berlin to the World Congress of Women in Copenhagen (opening 5 June); the photo shows Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher with the Chin
Neues Deutschland, 17 November 1954, p. 8: short item 'Gemeinsam sind wir Frauen stark' on an international WIDF delegation visiting the VEB Werk für Fernmeldewesen in Berlin-Oberschöneweide. The delegation list includes 'Frau Maasie, Indonesien' (probably Maasje Siwi of Gerwani, though the page does not say so). She i
Neues Deutschland, 3 December 1955, p. 1. ADN report 'Rechte der Frauen unantastbar' on the festive rally for the 10th anniversary of the IDFF (WIDF) in the Deutsche Sporthalle, Berlin, with 3,000 women. Indonesia appears only in a list of countries whose WIDF representatives attended; no Indonesian is named and Gerwan
Neues Deutschland, 4 November 1968, p. 4: Paris/Berlin ADN/ND item "Weltorganisationen protestieren bei Suharto". The International Association of Democratic Lawyers condemns the murder of leading Indonesian communists (unnamed) and urges protests to save those facing death sentences. The WIDF (IDFF), in a telegram to
Neues Deutschland, 8 August 1975, p. 2. Short ND item 'IDFF verlangt Freilassung von indonesischen Frauen': the WIDF (IDFF), with 120 organisations in 103 countries, wrote to the President of Indonesia (Suharto, not named in the text) appealing for release of the women sentenced in June 1975 and all women held for poli
Neues Deutschland, 22 October 1975, p. 3: "Beratungen der neun Kommissionen", report from the World Congress of Women in East Berlin (International Women's Year). Under the subhead "Schulwesen abhängig von sozialem System" (Commission 5), the Indonesian delegate Sjamsiddar Moerdono is quoted that 51 percent of the coun