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GA-01264 1965-11-06 Leeuwarder Courant rel A

Verklaring Indonesische gepubliceerd: Jonge communisten deden mee aan moordpartij (Statement published: young communists took part in the killing)

Statement published: young communists took part in the killing

Leeuwarder Courant, 6 November 1965, p. 3: relays an armed-forces bulletin story by 'Djamilah', a 15-year-old Pemuda Rakjat member, who says she was ordered to Halim for training and that about 100 Gerwani women were given knives and razor blades and mutilated and stabbed a blindfolded man at dawn on 1 October. The pap

GA-01302 1965-11-06 Nieuwe Haarlemsche Courant rel A

Gruwelijk verhaal communiste: Indonesische generaal met scheermessen afgeslacht (Gruesome story of a communist woman: Indonesian general slaughtered with razors)

Gruesome story of a communist woman: Indonesian general slaughtered with razors

Nieuwe Haarlemsche Courant, 6 November 1965, p. 3: UPI report (headline 'PKI women's section the culprit') relaying the armed-forces bulletin story of 'Djamilah', a pregnant 15-year-old Pemuda Rakjat member, who describes training at Halim and about 100 Gerwani women handed knives and razors who mutilated and stabbed a

GA-02891 2007 rel A

Lubang Buaya: Myth, Misogyny and Massacre (Drakeley, 2007)

Drakeley's 2007 article analysing the army's Oct-Dec 1965 psywar 'Lubang Buaya horror story' as a misogynist attack on Gerwani and a driver of the killings, tracing escalating claims in Angkatan Bersendjata, Antara and others, including the 'confessions' of Djamilah, Sujati and Saina. Core analysis of the slander.