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GA-00820 1951-07-02 De Waarheid rel A

Nederlandse Vrouwen Beweging hield geslaagde landdag

Dutch Women's Movement held successful national day in Hilversum

De Waarheid, 2 Jul 1951, p. 1: report on the NVB national day in Hilversum with 2,000 attendees, opened by chair Rie Lips; speeches by Trees Sunito-Heyligers (WIDF Korea commission) and Alie van Dijk. A motion supports ending the Korean war and letters go to Indonesia-refusers and Piet van Staveren. Shows the Dutch com

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-00886 1956-03-19 De Waarheid rel C

Lilly Wachter (portret, De Waarheid 19-3-1956)

Lilly Wachter portrait: West German delegate at the Dutch Women's Movement congress

De Waarheid, 19 Mar 1956, p. 3: profile of Lilly Wachter (West Germany), attending the NVB congress for the WIDF. Recalls the 1951 WIDF commission to Korea, in which Trees Sunito-Heyligers represented the NVB, and how Wachter was jailed 25 days and fined 12,000 marks after signing its report blaming US forces. Sunito a

GA-00916 1966-11-07 De Waarheid rel A

Levendige discussie (20 jaar NVB)

Lively discussion: twenty years of the Dutch Women's Movement

De Waarheid, 7 Nov 1966, p. 3: report on the NVB's 20th-anniversary congress and gathering in Amsterdam. Chair Heiltje de Vos recalls NVB solidarity with Indonesia and proudly notes that first NVB chair Trees Sunito-Heyligers recently defended PKI leader Njono before the generals' military tribunal in Jakarta. Greeting

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