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GA-02000 1964-01-22 Sinar Harapan rel A

Sinar Harapan, 22 Januari 1964, hlm. 2: sidang pleno DPP Gerwani di Bandung

Sinar Harapan, 22 Jan 1964: Gerwani leadership plenum in Bandung

Sinar Harapan, 22 Jan 1964, p. 2. Reports Deputy PM Dr Leimena's written message to the 18-20 January plenary of Gerwani's national leadership (DPP) in Bandung: housewives face food and clothing shortages first-hand, and Gerwani, aware of the causes, should help government programmes. The rest of the page is unrelated

GA-02174 1965-10-12 Suara Merdeka rel B

Suara Merdeka, 12 Oktober 1965, hlm. 1

Suara Merdeka, 12 Oct 1965, p. 1: Krukut 'cleansing operation' claims

Suara Merdeka (Semarang), 12 Oktober 1965, hlm. 1. Berita Yudha-based report on the Krukut 'cleansing operation' of 4–5 October claiming local activists joined the kidnappings and killings at Lubang Buaya. Gerwani is not named.

GA-02178 1965-10-20 Suara Merdeka rel B

Suara Merdeka, 20 Oktober 1965, hlm. 1

Suara Merdeka, 20 October 1965, p. 1: Suharto order of the day and suspension of PKI organisations

Suara Merdeka (Semarang), 20 Oktober 1965, hlm. 1. Front page with Suharto's first order of the day and the RRI report of the Pepelrada Jakarta decree suspending PKI, Pemuda Rakyat, Gerwani, BTI, CGMI, Lekra and others; one of the first formal measures against Gerwani.

GA-01408 1966-08-01 Harian Kami rel B

Harian Kami, 1 Agustus 1966: 'Aidit, Gerpol PKI & Kita'

Harian Kami, 1 August 1966: 'Aidit, PKI political movement and us'

Harian Kami, 1 Agustus 1966: 'Aidit, Gerpol PKI & Kita'. Rosihan Anwar commentary quoting Aidit's alleged confession as published in the Asahi Evening News and The China Quarterly; mentions Gerwani as a 'gerpol' (political movement) front.

GA-02002 1966-09-10 Sinar Harapan rel A

Sinar Harapan, 10 September 1966

Sinar Harapan, 10 Sep 1966: call to arrest 'the Lubang Buaya doctor'

Sinar Harapan, 10 September 1966. Antara report: Pesing police commander urges arrest of Dr. Sumiarsih, 'the Lubang Buaya doctor', a 'PKI/HSI/Gerwani figure' said to have issued 'sick' certificates to those trained there.

GA-02011 1966-12-06 Sinar Harapan rel A

Sinar Harapan, 6 Desember 1966: 'Malam Teror Fajar Harapan' (V)

Sinar Harapan, 6 Dec 1966: 'Night of Terror, Dawn of Hope' (V), Clarence Hall serial

Sinar Harapan, 6 Desember 1966: 'Malam Teror Fajar Harapan' (V). Serial translation of Clarence Hall's 'Indonesia: Night of Terror, Dawn of Hope' ends with the claim that the kidnapped generals were 'handed over to about 100 screaming Gerwani members'; also an essay on education as protection against betrayal.

GA-01410 1967-07-05 Harian Kami rel A

Harian Kami, 5 Juli 1967

Harian Kami, 5 July 1967: Sudisman's lawyers and witnesses

Harian Kami, 5 Juli 1967. List of Sudisman's three defence lawyers and 22 witnesses for his Mahmillub trial includes two Gerwani leaders with underground aliases, including Sulami (alias Siti Alfiah).

GA-01411 1967-09-01 Harian Kami rel A

Harian Kami, 1 September 1967

Harian Kami, 1 September 1967: arrest of Nyonya Djubaedah

Harian Kami, 1 September 1967. Arrest in Jakarta on 29 Aug 1967 of Nyonya Djubaedah, wife of Nun Tjik AR, called 'cashier of Gerwani' and 'G30S/PKI ringleader', after two years in hiding; includes her biography.

GA-00468 1968-07-22 Duta Masjarakat rel A

Duta Masjarakat, 22 Juli 1968

Duta Masjarakat, 22 July 1968

Duta Masjarakat, 22 Juli 1968. NU daily lists 18 alleged PKI/Pemuda Rakyat members arrested by Kodim 0501 in Central Jakarta, including four Gerwani women named by role (ex-treasurer, branch chair).

GA-00470 1968-09-03 Duta Masjarakat rel A

Duta Masjarakat, 3 September 1968: 'Muslimat bukan Gerwani'

Duta Masjarakat, 3 September 1968: Muslimat is not Gerwani

Duta Masjarakat, 3 September 1968: 'Muslimat bukan Gerwani'. Boxed MPRS correction: the report that 'Nj. Chasanah Mansjur of the Gerwani fraction' was detained was wrong; the only MPRS member of that name belongs to Muslimat NU.

GA-00471 1968-11-23 Duta Masjarakat rel A

Duta Masjarakat, 23 November 1968

Duta Masjarakat, 23 November 1968. Ramadan issue: arrest in Parepare of 'a woman Gerwani/PKI ringleader, Patriani Ngatimen', with Pemuda Rakyat leader Kaimmudin, and a Pendam V/Jaya list of thirteen more arrests.

GA-00472 1968-12-07 Duta Masjarakat rel A

Duta Masjarakat, 7 Desember 1968

Duta Masjarakat, 7 December 1968

Duta Masjarakat, 7 Desember 1968. Antara brief from Semarang: an ABRI team raided a meeting of six PKI members, 'two of them Gerwani leaders', in Bringin, Salatiga; two captured wounded.

GA-02227 1972-01-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Soal Pertapolan (Soal tapol)

Tempo, 1972: The political prisoner problem

Tempo article (online archive, dated 1972) on the political prisoner (tapol) problem: Archbishop Leo Soekoto urges society to help, Amnesty and the Red Cross press Jakarta, Buru resettlement of about 5,000 Group B prisoners is presented as the best option, and officials still see ex-PKI as a threat. No Gerwani content.

GA-02228 1972-09-30 Tempo rel C licensed

Laput G30S/PKI (Laporan utama G30S/PKI)

Tempo, 30 September 1972: Cover story G30S/PKI (editor's note)

Short Tempo editor's note (30 Sept 1972) introducing a cover story on alleged underground G30S/PKI activity, with reporters in Central Java and an interview with Jakarta commander Poniman. It describes the editorial process only; the report itself is not included. No Gerwani content.

GA-02229 1974-06-29 Tempo rel A licensed

Ultah SK Trimurti (Ulang tahun S.K. Trimurti)

Tempo, 29 June 1974: S.K. Trimurti's birthday

Tempo profile (29 June 1974) of S.K. Trimurti on her 64th birthday by the Javanese calendar: ex-Minister of Labour (1946-47), journalist since 1933, now editing the spiritual magazine Mawas Diri. Notes her will asking for cremation, her economics degree at 48, a forthcoming biography by Kustiniati Mochtar. No mention o

GA-02230 1976-12-11 Tempo rel C licensed

Tapol Dibebaskan (Tapol dibebaskan)

Tempo, 11 December 1976: Political prisoners released

Tempo brief (11 Dec 1976) on release of another 2,500 G30S/PKI prisoners; all 540,000 Group C released, leaving 1,821 Group A, 27,132 Group B, 2,041 Group X. Sudomo says about 500,000 were killed 'but by the people'. Mentions 10 middle-aged women among 319 Group B freed in Jakarta; no Gerwani named.

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-02231 1980-10-25 Tempo rel C licensed

Kecaman untuk tapol (Kecaman untuk tapol)

Tempo, 25 October 1980: Criticism of Tapol (Carmel Budiardjo vs Derek Davies)

Tempo piece (25 Oct 1980) on the polemic between British activist Carmel Budiardjo, editor of the Tapol bulletin in London, and Far Eastern Economic Review editor Derek Davies, who criticised her past communist links and new sponsors. Concerns advocacy for ex-G30S prisoners; no Gerwani content.

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-03595 1989-09-02 Tempo rel A licensed

Mami, tak dibicarakan lagi (Tempo, 2 September 1989)

Mami, no longer discussed: Sundari Abdulrachman released (Tempo, 2 Sep 1989)

Tempo, 2 Sep 1989. Reports the release from Tangerang women's prison on 17 August 1989 of Sundari Abdulrachman (68), former chair of Gerwani Pusat and PKI member of DPRGR, sentenced to life at Tanjungkarang on 16 Oct 1976 (commuted 1982) for organising Gerwani in Lampung. Officials deny that Inter-Parliamentary Union p

GA-01628 1989-10-02 Harian Neraca rel B

Harian Neraca, 2 Oktober 1989: peringatan Hari Kesaktian Pancasila

Harian Neraca, 2 October 1989: Hari Kesaktian Pancasila commemoration

Harian Neraca, 2 Oct 1989, p. 11: education-women page with Minister Fuad Hassan's speech making Hapsak Pancasila a national tradition, and a report on the Lubang Buaya ceremony that mentions Gerwani.

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-02769 2017 rel C

Kivlan Zen menyemprot Bedjo Untung (YPKP 1965) di ILC, tvOne, 2017

Kivlan Zen Attacks Bedjo Untung (YPKP 1965) on Indonesia Lawyers Club, tvOne, 2017

12-minute clip of tvOne's Indonesia Lawyers Club (2017), episode 'PKI, Hantu atau Nyata?'. Split-screen debate between Bedjo Untung of YPKP 1965 and Kivlan Zen, who per the title attacks him. Shows contemporary anti-communist hostility toward 1965 survivors' advocacy. Description only.