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GA-00838 1953-02-10 De Waarheid rel A

Velen namen afscheid van Go en Sunito

Many said farewell to Go and Sunito at Schiphol

De Waarheid, 10 Feb 1953, p. 1: report on the departure from Schiphol on 9 Feb 1953 of the families of Sunito and Go Gien Tjwan, expelled from the Netherlands, under heavy police guard. Trees Sunito-Heyligers, former NVB vice-chair, was seen off by Rie Lips and Annie Averink; she called her husband's arrest 'shameful a

GA-00839 1953-02-24 De Waarheid rel A

Brief van Trees Sunito aan Nederlandse Vrouwen Beweging

Letter from Trees Sunito to the Dutch Women's Movement

De Waarheid, 24 Feb 1953, p. 3: letter from Trees Sunito-Heyligers to the NVB executive, sent by KLM post between Dhahran and Karachi on her way to Indonesia after the family's expulsion. She thanks the NVB for the send-off, says she felt bound to the Netherlands of the peace movement and the February strike, and expec

GA-00918 1968-01-05 De Waarheid rel A

Protesttelegram hoofdbestuur NVB (arrestatie Trees Sunito-Heyligers)

Protest telegram from NVB executive over arrest of Trees Sunito-Heyligers

De Waarheid, 5 Jan 1968, p. 1: telegram from the NVB executive to the Indonesian ambassador in The Hague protesting the arrest of lawyer Trees Sunito-Heyligers, recalling her anti-fascist work, her defence of Dutch soldiers who refused colonial war and her defence of union leader Njono, and demanding release of her and

GA-00973 1988-10-15 De Waarheid rel C

Trees Sunito (in memoriam)

De Waarheid obituary-style note (15 Oct 1988, p.7) on Trees Sunito-Heyligers, Dutch lawyer who defended the Schoonhoven refusers and Piet van Staveren and was first chair of the Nederlandse Vrouwen Beweging (NVB) in 1946; her husband chaired Perhimpunan Indonesia. It summarises her defence arguments linking refusal to

GA-00974 1988-10-17 De Waarheid rel C

Honderden Indonesië-weigeraars haalden herinneringen op (reünie in Dronten)

Hundreds of Indonesia refusers recalled memories (reunion in Dronten)

De Waarheid report (17 Oct 1988, p.2) on the reunion of hundreds of Dutch Indonesia refusers in Dronten, organised by Jan Maassen, with historian Ger Harmsen speaking and a 'comité eerherstel' formed to explore rehabilitation. Trees Soenito-Heyligers is honoured as defender of many refusers; supporting bodies include t