Gerwani Archive
Researcher log in
Sort: oldest first · newest first · export CSV
GA-03341 1965-12-09 Berita Harian rel A

Wanita yang dipenjarakan (Tears at Bukit Duri), photo story by Kurnipi, UPI

Women in prison: tears at Bukit Duri (photo story, Berita Harian, 1965)

Berita Harian, 9 December 1965, p. 4: UPI photographer Kurnipi visits Bukit Duri women's prison, Jakarta (about 110 detainees), among them Gerwani leaders and MPs Salawati Daud and Umi Sardjono, plus Emi binti Madali, 20, who 'confessed' to killing General Yani, and two small children jailed with their mothers. Women p

GA-01666 1965-12-10 Evening Post rel A

Sukarno the Key to Any Revolution in Indonesia (Evening Post, 10 December 1965)

Evening Post (Wellington), 10 Dec 1965, commentary on the Indonesian Communists after the 30 September coup. It repeats the Lubang Buaya atrocity claim that six generals were 'horribly mutilated by doe-eyed girls' of the PKI's 'Gerwani' women's movement and thrown into a well, with Communist youth dancing at Halim; als

GA-01669 1965-12-10 Evening Post rel A

Sukarno the Key to Any Revolution in Indonesia (Evening Post, 10 December 1965)

Sukarno the Key to Any Revolution in Indonesia (Evening Post, 10 December 1965), clipping on Gerwani claim

Clipping from the Evening Post of 10 Dec 1965: says Sukarno could not back the coup because of its brutality, and that six generals were 'horribly mutilated by doe-eyed girls' of the PKI's 'Gerwani' women's movement and thrown into a well, while Communist youth danced at Halim. This is the Lubang Buaya sexual-atrocity

GA-01700 1965-12-10 Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata, Intisari Berita, 10 Desember 1965

Armed Forces Information Centre, Intisari Berita, 10 December 1965: Chaerul Saleh condemns Lubang Buaya terror, Perwa...

Armed Forces Information Centre bulletin, 10 Desember 1965. Arrest round-up with 'a Gerwani'; Chaerul Saleh condemns the 'terror of Lubang Buaya in which Gerwani took an important part' and announces expulsion of Perwari members also in Gerwani.

GA-01701 1965-12-14 Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata, Intisari Berita, 14 Desember 1965

Armed Forces Information Centre, Intisari Berita, 14 December 1965: Sukarno rejects stories of mutilation at Lubang B...

Armed Forces Information Centre bulletin, 14 Desember 1965. Reports Sukarno's address (13 Dec) rejecting press stories of genital mutilation and eye-gouging at Lubang Buaya; 18 Gerwani among 228 detained in Wonosobo; a Gerwani leader beaten by her own members.

GA-01704 1965-12-22 Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata, Intisari Berita, 22 Desember 1965 (Hari Ibu)

Armed Forces Information Centre, Intisari Berita, 22 December 1965 (Hari Ibu): four more Gerwani girls arrested

Armed Forces Information Centre bulletin, 22 Desember 1965 (Hari Ibu). 'Komdak VII Djaya ringkus 4 Gerwani lagi': four Gerwani girls aged 14–27 whose 'confession' describes recruitment by a neighbourhood head, firearms training at Lubang Buaya in July 1965, a public-kitchen night and witnessing the torture of bound peo

GA-00190 1966-01-04 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 4 Januari 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 4 January 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 4 Jan 1966. Reports the arrest in Tangerang of Sariningsih, called a 'Gerwani Lubang Buaya' fugitive, and a joke on Gerwani 'savagery'; also 1,204 detainees (83 women) in South Jakarta.

GA-00496 1966-01-04 Algemeen Handelsblad rel A

Zorgen van de Indonesische huisvrouw (Kekhawatiran ibu rumah tangga Indonesia)

Worries of the Indonesian housewife

Algemeen Handelsblad feature from Surabaya (1966-01-04) on housewives and domestic servants at Lebaran and rising prices. A key passage repeats the Lubang Buaya claim that Gerwani members had military training and, per arrested women's confessions, took part in the generals' murders, and alleges Gerwani members worked

GA-00191 1966-01-06 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 6 Januari 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 6 January 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 6 Jan 1966. Antara claims PKI leaders 'admitted' Gerwani and Pemuda Rakyat were physically trained in North Sumatra before 1 October; two Pekalongan women 'known as Gerwani' forced to recite the shahada; Soetiman's 'confession'.

GA-00198 1966-01-30 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata (Mingguan), 30 Januari 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata (Weekly), 30 January 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata Sunday edition, 30 Jan 1966. Includes the soldiers' joke 'Gerwani Phobi' equating Gerwani with a kuntilanak who 'snatches' genitals, an early instance of the sexual slander; plus Nasution's daughter posed with an RPKAD rifle.

GA-00401 1966-01-30 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 30 Januari 1966 (edisi Minggu)

Berita Yudha, 30 January 1966 (Sunday edition)

Berita Yudha, 30 Januari 1966 (edisi Minggu). Wayang-based moral column 'Tepa-Palupi (60): Bhatari Durga' retells the cursing of Uma into the demon Durga; Gerwani is invoked implicitly through the female-demon figure.

GA-00199 1966-01-31 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 31 Januari 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 31 January 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 31 Jan 1966. The 'Pos Piket' column jokes about 'kuntilanak GERWANI'; also a 'confession' by Partindo official Waridjan and railway police seizure of 'a suitcase of human hair'.

GA-00201 1966-02-07 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 7 Februari 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 7 February 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 7 Feb 1966. Yogyakarta report that BTI member Suradijo, called an 'executioner of Lubang Buaya', was shot 'fleeing'; his reported confession says Gerwani members tortured and stabbed the generals while singing.

GA-00402 1966-02-07 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 7 Februari 1966

Berita Yudha, 7 February 1966

Berita Yudha, 7 Februari 1966. Boxed Antara report: BTI member Suradijo, called an 'executioner of Lubang Buaya', shot dead while 'escaping'; his reported confession involves Gerwani members stabbing the generals.

GA-00998 1966-02-08 Gereformeerd Gezinsblad rel A

Soebandrio vraagt China om 'wederzijdse achting'

Subandrio asks China for 'mutual respect'

Gereformeerd Gezinsblad roundup (8 Feb 1966, p.3) of Indonesia-China tension (Subandrio, student protest at Chinese embassy) and Indonesian-Japanese trade talks. One paragraph reports that communist Suradijo, shot while escaping, had tortured General Parman with a bamboo spear 'in front of a group of screaming women an

GA-00288 1966-04-15 The Canberra Times rel A

Bloody orgy at Halim air base (Canberra Times, 15 April 1966)

Bloody Orgy at Halim Air Base (Canberra Times, 15 April 1966)

Canberra Times, 15 Apr 1966, p. 10: concluding part of a 'Special Correspondent' account repeating the Lubang Buaya slander. Claims 100 Gerwani women at Halim took razor blades, tortured and mutilated the generals, citing 'Mrs Djamilah' via the Djakarta Mail (15 Nov), singing 'People's Blood'. Adds Nasution escape narr

GA-00289 1966-04-15 The Canberra Times rel A

Bloody orgy at Halim air base (Canberra Times, 15 April 1966)

Bloody Orgy at Halim Air Base (Canberra Times, 15 April 1966), duplicate

Canberra Times, 15 Apr 1966, p. 10: concluding part of a 'Special Correspondent' account repeating the Lubang Buaya slander. Claims 100 Gerwani women at Halim took razor blades, tortured and mutilated the generals, citing 'Mrs Djamilah' via the Djakarta Mail (15 Nov), singing 'People's Blood'. Adds Nasution escape narr

GA-00730 1966-04-23 De Tijd rel A

Gruwelen (Atrocities)

Atrocities: account of the generals' killing and alleged Gerwani role

De Tijd article "Gruwelen" (23 Apr 1966) recounting the 1 Oct 1965 killings of the generals, claiming a hundred Gerwani women at Halim took part in torturing them with knives and razor blades after "training" including sexual orgies and blood oaths, citing a 15-year-old "Miss Djamilah" and the Djakarta Mail of 5 Nov. A

GA-00731 1966-04-23 De Tijd rel A

Gruwelen (Atrocities)

Atrocities: account of the generals' killing and alleged Gerwani role (duplicate record)

De Tijd article "Gruwelen" (23 Apr 1966) recounting the 1 Oct 1965 killings of the generals, claiming a hundred Gerwani women at Halim took part in torturing them with knives and razor blades after "training" including sexual orgies and blood oaths, citing a 15-year-old "Miss Djamilah" and the Djakarta Mail of 5 Nov. D

GA-00409 1966-05-28 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 28 Mei 1966

Berita Yudha, 28 May 1966

Berita Yudha, 28 Mei 1966. Mahmillub trial of ex-Air Force Maj. Sujono: Heru Atmodjo says Sujono was responsible for training PR, SOBSI and Gerwani at Lubang Buaya; deputy Gatot Sukrisno says about 4,000 trained.

GA-00412 1966-06-26 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 26 Juni 1966 (edisi Minggu)

Berita Yudha, 26 June 1966 (Sunday edition)

Berita Yudha, 26 Juni 1966 (edisi Minggu). Interview with Attorney-General Sugih Arto promising Mahmillub trials; asked when 'the Gerwani leaders who are already immoral' will be tried, he falls silent, as the reporter imagines the 'indecent' deeds.

GA-00366 1966-06-29 Tribune rel A

Dossier of a slaughter (Tribune, 29 Juni 1966)

Dossier of a slaughter

Tribune (Sydney), 29 Jun 1966, p. 5: editorial attacking Western press whitewashing of the Suharto regime plus a long reconstruction of 30 Sep-1 Oct 1965 taken from the British New Left Review, portraying the movement as junior officers' action. It mentions that Halim auxiliaries from Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani took par

GA-00367 1966-06-29 Tribune rel A

Dossier of a slaughter (Tribune, 29 Juni 1966)

Dossier of a slaughter

Tribune (Sydney), 29 Jun 1966, p. 5: editorial attacking Western press whitewashing of the Suharto regime plus a long reconstruction of 30 Sep-1 Oct 1965 taken from the British New Left Review, portraying the movement as junior officers' action. It mentions that Halim auxiliaries from Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani took par

GA-00414 1966-09-08 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 8 September 1966

Berita Yudha, 8 September 1966. Police wanted notice: Dr. Ny. Sumijarsi, 'leading figure of Gerwani/HSI/PKI' and 'the Lubang Buaya Doctor', and husband Chaerun Carepaboka, 'creators of the Lubang Buaya barbarity', still at large.

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-00217 1966-09-20 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 20 September 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 20 September 1966. 'Bung Piket' part 13 asserts the PKI held military training 'under cover of volunteer training à la Lubang Buaya' whose core was PR and Gerwani, in the Fifth Force campaign; editorial on Madiun.

GA-01409 1966-09-29 Harian Kami rel A

Harian Kami, 29 September 1966

Harian Kami, 29 September 1966: poem 'We remember again'

Harian Kami, 29 September 1966. Rosihan Anwar's poem 'Kami Mengenang Kembali' narrates the New Order's founding story in verse and pictures the generals at Lubang Buaya being sunk, with Gerwani implied.

GA-00218 1966-10-01 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 1 Oktober 1966 (edisi Hari Kesaktian Pancasila pertama)

Angkatan Bersendjata, 1 October 1966 (First Hari Kesaktian Pancasila Edition)

Angkatan Bersendjata, 1 Oktober 1966 (edisi Hari Kesaktian Pancasila pertama). First-anniversary issue and the richest Gerwani source in the batch: prints the official 'Risalah singkat tragedi nasional' claiming officers were tortured 'beyond humanity by members of Pemuda Rakyat and GERWANI', plus 'Bung Piket' retrospe