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GA-00822 1951-07-19 De Waarheid rel C

Amerikaanse opvoeding: gewelddadigheid voor kracht, sadisme normaal gevoel

American upbringing: violence as strength, sadism as normal feeling

De Waarheid, 19 Jul 1951, p. 5: editorial feature mocking US upbringing, drawing on a Saturday Evening Post painting of boys playing gunfights and a New York Times television study, and linking American media to atrocities in Korea as reported by the WIDF commission in which Trees Sunito-Heyligers took part. Cold War p

GA-00823 1951-07-19 De Waarheid rel A

Indonesië viert Internationale Kinderdag: op 4000 gerekend, er kwamen er 25.000

Indonesia celebrates International Children's Day: 25,000 came instead of 4,000

De Waarheid, 19 Jul 1951, p. 5: correspondent's report on Indonesia's first International Children's Day, held in Jakarta on 1 June 1951 with some 25,000 children instead of the expected 4,000. Initiated by the young women's organisation Gerwis, supported by Chinese groups, Pemuda Rakjat, SOBSI and the Peasants' Union

GA-03483 1951-08-09 Friheten (Oslo), Frihetens Kronikk rel B

Vi anklager: International women's delegation report on Korea (WIDF commission incl. Trees Soenito Heyligers), Friheten, 9 Aug 1951

We Accuse: WIDF delegation report on US bombing in Korea (Friheten, 9 Aug 1951)

Page of the Norwegian communist daily Friheten (Oslo), 9 August 1951, with the last chapter of the Women's International Democratic Federation delegation's report on US bombing in Korea. It names the commission members, among them Trees Soenito Heyligers (Netherlands), and describes destruction at Kaichen. The same pag

GA-03484 1951-08-09 Friheten (Oslo), Frihetens Kronikk rel B

Vi anklager: International women's delegation report on Korea (WIDF commission incl. Trees Soenito Heyligers), Friheten, 9 Aug 1951

We Accuse: WIDF delegation report on US bombing in Korea (Friheten, 9 Aug 1951)

Page of the Norwegian communist daily Friheten (Oslo), 9 August 1951, with the last chapter of the Women's International Democratic Federation delegation's report on US bombing in Korea. It names the commission members, among them Trees Soenito Heyligers (Netherlands), and describes destruction at Kaichen. The same pag

GA-03555 1951-08-12 Bekes Megyei Nepujsag rel B

WIDF Korea commission, Trees Soenito Heyligers (Bekes Megyei Nepujsag, 12 Aug 1951)

Hungarian press, Aug 1951: WIDF Korea commission, Trees Soenito Heyligers

Search snippet from the Hungarian daily Bekes Megyei Nepujsag (12 August 1951, no. 187) naming Trees Soenito Heyligers, apparently as secretary of the commission, in coverage of the Women's International Democratic Federation delegation to Korea. Only a fragment; page OCR not retrieved. Complements the Norwegian Frihet

GA-03571 1951-08-14 Somogyi Néplap rel C

Somogyi Néplap, 14 August 1951: WIDF Korea commission, Trees Soenito Heyligers

Hungarian-language press, 1951: WIDF Korea commission, Trees Soenito Heyligers

Hungarian county daily Somogyi Néplap, 14 Aug 1951 (snippet only). Lists the officers of the WIDF commission on Korea: the secretary from Czechoslovakia and, as deputy, Trees Soenito Heyligers of the Netherlands. The catalogue treats her as the Trees Sunito later named as Njono's defence counsel; that identification, a

GA-03556 1951-08-22 Bekes Megyei Nepujsag (no. 194, snippet from page image pg83) rel B

WIDF Korea commission, Trees Soenito Heyligers (Bekes Megyei Nepujsag, 22 Aug 1951)

Hungarian press, Aug 1951: WIDF Korea commission, Trees Soenito Heyligers

Hungarian county daily (Bekes Megyei Nepujsag, 22 Aug 1951); the search snippet lists WIDF Korea commission officers: vice-presidents Miluse Svatosova (Czechoslovakia) and Trees Soenito Heyligers (Netherlands), secretary Monica Felton. The sweep identifies her as Trees Sunito; only a snippet was retrieved, so Gerwani m

GA-00824 1951-08-31 De Waarheid rel B

De arrestaties in Indonesië: oproep van de PKI tegen fascisme te strijden

The arrests in Indonesia: PKI calls for struggle against fascism

De Waarheid, 31 Aug 1951, p. 3: near-verbatim PKI Central Committee statement on the Sukiman government's August 1951 mass arrests, calling them a drift to fascism and a staged 'coup' pretext. It lists Gerwis among organisations whose members were arrested or searched, demands release of all detainees and urges an anti

GA-00825 1951-09-14 De Waarheid rel A

Tweede verjaardag Chinese Volksrepubliek: Indonesiërs uitgenodigd naar Peking

Second anniversary of the Chinese People's Republic: Indonesians invited to Peking

De Waarheid, 14 Sep 1951, p. 3: short item that five Indonesians were invited to Beijing for the second anniversary of the People's Republic of China (1 Oct 1951), among them Mrs. S.K. Trimurti, described as a leader of the women's movement Gerwis; others include Ki Hadjar Dewantara, B.M. Diah and M. Tabrani. Invitatio

GA-03581 1951-09-15 Zala (no. 215, snippet pg51) rel B

WIDF Korea commission, Trees Soenito Heyligers (Zala, 15 Sep 1951)

Hungarian-language press, 1951: WIDF Korea commission, Trees Soenito Heyligers

Hungarian county daily Zala, 15 Sep 1951; the search snippet names Bui Lan (China) and Trees Soenito Heyligers (Netherlands) in connection with the WIDF Korea commission. The sweep identifies her as Trees Sunito; only a fragmentary snippet was retrieved, so Gerwani membership is not shown.

GA-00826 1951-10-27 De Waarheid rel A

Wantoestanden in Indonesische gevangenissen

Abuses in Indonesian prisons: conditions of the August 1951 detainees

De Waarheid, 27 Oct 1951, p. 3: correspondent's article on poor food, medical care and conditions of those arrested in Indonesia since August 1951 under the Sukiman government (Cipinang prison, Malang, Banten), including named detainees. Ends with a Gerwis statement calling the arrest of its leader (S.K.) Trimurti and

GA-00827 1951-10-27 De Waarheid rel A

Wantoestanden in Indonesische gevangenissen (volledige krantenpagina, De Waarheid 27-10-1951)

Abuses in Indonesian prisons (full newspaper page, 27 Oct 1951)

Full De Waarheid page, 27 Oct 1951 (p. 3), mostly unrelated Dutch and international news (British elections, Tito, Rotterdam court, serial novel, notices). Only the Indonesia article, 'Wantoestanden in Indonesische gevangenissen', is relevant: poor prison conditions for those arrested since August 1951, and a Gerwis st

GA-00828 1952-01-16 De Waarheid rel B

Indonesische arbeiders verdedigen hun eenheid

Indonesian workers defend their unity; Gerwis congress resolution on Round Table agreement

De Waarheid, 16 Jan 1952, p. 4: report on workers' protests against Sjahrir's PSI splitting unions (the Perbupri breakaway from SOBSI's plantation union Sarbupri in Jember). A closing section says the Gerwis annual congress in Surabaya unanimously demanded abolition of the Round Table Agreement and return of New Guinea

GA-00829 1952-01-16 De Waarheid rel A

Indonesische vrouwenorganisatie eist invoering van huwelijkswet

Indonesian women's organisation demands introduction of a marriage law

De Waarheid, 16 Jan 1952, p. 5: correspondent report from Surabaya on Gerwis's annual congress (Dec 1951), whose main resolution demands a marriage law setting minimum ages (men 20, women 17) against widespread child marriage, and giving local women's organisations the role of monitoring compliance and prosecuting viol

GA-00830 1952-03-10 De Waarheid rel C

Gerben Wagenaar: Verenigd kunnen wij de oorlog tegenhouden (Internationale Vrouwendag, Amsterdam)

Gerben Wagenaar: United we can stop the war (International Women's Day, Amsterdam)

De Waarheid, 10 Mar 1952, p. 1: report on International Women's Day demonstration of 5,000 in Amsterdam, organised with the NVB, with speeches and a WIDF greeting, demands for peace and release of Piet van Staveren, and a 'Sinar Indonesia' dance performance. Gerben Wagenaar speaks. No Gerwani members; shows Dutch commu

GA-00831 1952-03-18 De Waarheid rel B

Indonesische kabinetscrisis duurt voort

Indonesian cabinet crisis continues; Gerwis appeals after Sukiman's fall

De Waarheid, 18 Mar 1952, p. 2: news item on the Indonesian cabinet crisis after the fall of the Sukiman government over the US Mutual Security agreement signed by Subardjo. Notes that calls for an anti-fascist, anti-imperialist government reached Jakarta from the Gerwis national board, SOBSI and the peasants' union RT

GA-00832 1952-05-02 De Waarheid rel B

Indrukwekkende demonstraties in geheel Indonesië

Impressive demonstrations throughout Indonesia (May Day 1952)

De Waarheid, 2 May 1952, p. 3: dispatch on May Day demonstrations across Indonesian cities by committees including SOBSI, Pemuda Rakjat and the women's organisation Gerwis; Jakarta rally at Merdeka Square. Reports government attempts to prevent them, including bans in Surabaya on discussing germ warfare and carrying po

GA-00833 1952-07-03 De Waarheid rel B

Indonesië toont solidariteit met strijdend Korea

Indonesia shows solidarity with fighting Korea

De Waarheid, 3 Jul 1952, p. 5: dispatch on Indonesian solidarity with Korea on the war's second anniversary. A 17-person delegation of the Indonesian Peace Committee, including Francisca Fanggidaej, visited the US embassy in Jakarta to protest killings of women and children; Ambassador Cochran refused to receive them,

GA-00834 1952-07-25 De Waarheid rel C

De stad van Piet

The city of Piet: reception for released Dutch conscientious objectors

De Waarheid, 25 Jul 1952, p. 4: report on a celebratory reception in The Hague and Amsterdam for released Dutch conscientious objectors to the Indonesian war (Wil van Kempen, Niek de Pater, Jan Maassen) and Piet van Staveren, with CPN, ANJV and NVB speakers. A delegation of Indonesian women and the group Sinar Indonesi

GA-00835 1952-09-13 De Waarheid rel A

Indonesische vredes-delegatie deed Nederland aan: Aziatische volkeren willen geen herbewapend Japan

Indonesian peace delegation visits Netherlands en route to Asia-Pacific Peace Conference

De Waarheid, 13 Sep 1952, p. 1: report from Amsterdam on a 20-member Indonesian delegation en route via Prague and Moscow to the Asia-Pacific Peace Conference in Beijing, led by Antara editor Soeroto, who opposes Japanese rearmament and says the war danger comes from America. Members include Moh. Tam and Umi Sardjono o

GA-00836 1952-12-09 De Waarheid rel B

De arrestatie van Sunito en Go Gien Tjwan: tegenmaatregelen gevraagd in Indonesië

Arrest of Sunito and Go Gien Tjwan: countermeasures demanded in Indonesia

De Waarheid, 9 Dec 1952, p. 4: Jakarta dispatch on reactions to the Dutch arrest of Indonesians Sunito and Go Gien Tjwan in Amsterdam and action against PKI representatives Aidit and Njoto. The PKI Central Committee calls it arbitrary and urges reprisals; Gerwis also asked the government for counter-measures. A Dutch p

GA-00837 1953-02-10 De Waarheid rel B

Twee PvdA-bestuursleden leggen functies neer (met foto van Trees Sunito-Heyligers)

Two PvdA board members resign; photo of Trees Sunito-Heyligers

De Waarheid, 10 Feb 1953, p. 1: two items. A brief note that the Wormerveer PvdA chairman and a board member resigned, and a photo caption showing Trees Sunito-Heyligers with her two children waiting for the bus to Schiphol, where she and Go Gien Tjwan were closely guarded before deportation to Indonesia. Only the capt

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-00840 1953-03-17 De Waarheid rel A

Het overlijden van J.W. Stalin: condoleance van Indonesische vrouwen

Death of J.V. Stalin: condolence from Indonesian women (Gerwis)

De Waarheid, 17 Mar 1953, p. 3: one-sentence Jakarta dispatch (9 March) that the Indonesian women's federation Gerwis sent a condolence telegram to the Anti-Fascist Committee of Soviet Women on Stalin's death. Evidence of Gerwis's ties to the Soviet women's committee.

GA-00841 1953-03-17 De Waarheid rel A

Indonesisch comité voor Internationale Vrouwencongres

Indonesian committee for the International Women's Congress

De Waarheid, 17 Mar 1953, p. 3: Jakarta dispatch (9 March) that a committee was formed in Indonesia to send a delegation to the International Women's Congress in Copenhagen (WIDF, 1953), chaired by Rasuna Said, with Artinah Samsudin vice-chair, Umi Sardjono secretary, Maruto Nitimihardjo and Hanafi treasurers. Document

GA-00842 1953-03-17 De Waarheid rel A

Indonesisch comité voor Internationale Vrouwencongres (volledige krantenpagina, De Waarheid 17-3-1953)

Indonesian committee for the International Women's Congress (full page, 17 Mar 1953)

Full De Waarheid page, 17 Mar 1953 (p. 3), mostly unrelated news (Japan, other items). Indonesia-related snippets: a strike at Jakarta's Anker brewery, the closure of the US information bulletin, Gerwis's condolence telegram on Stalin, and the committee, with Umi Sardjono as secretary, to send an Indonesian delegation

GA-01396 1953-04-11 Alger républicain rel A

Alger républicain: Le Mouvement des femmes indonésiennes Gerwis prépare le Congrès mondial des femmes (Indonesian women's movement Gerwis prepares the World Congress of Women)

Alger republicain: Indonesian women's movement Gerwis prepares the World Congress of Women

Alger républicain (11 Apr 1953, p.4): a short item reports that the Indonesian women's movement Gerwis called on its 141 national branches to put on the agenda for preparing the World Congress of Women (Copenhagen, June 1953) women's rights, recruitment of new members, social and economic work, and strengthening the ch

GA-01397 1953-04-11 Alger républicain rel A

Alger républicain: Le Mouvement des femmes indonésiennes Gerwis prépare le Congrès mondial des femmes (Indonesian women's movement Gerwis prepares the World Congress of Women)

Alger republicain: Indonesian women's movement Gerwis prepares the World Congress of Women (extract)

Alger républicain (11 Apr 1953, p.4; clean snippet extract): a short item reports that the Indonesian women's movement Gerwis called on its 141 national branches to put on the agenda for preparing the World Congress of Women (Copenhagen, June 1953) women's rights, recruitment of new members, social and economic work, a

GA-00843 1953-04-16 De Waarheid rel A

Delegatie naar internationaal vrouwencongres

Delegation to the international women's congress in Copenhagen

De Waarheid, 16 Apr 1953, p. 4: Jakarta dispatch listing members of the Indonesian delegation to the WIDF International Women's Congress in Copenhagen: Trimurti, Kartinah and Maasje Siwi of Gerwis, Ratjih Kartawinata (Wanita Demokrat), Hadiprabowo (Partai Wanita Rakjat), Dr. Towoliu, Yap Oei, Kartowijono, two Sarbupri