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GA-03579 1951-06-01 Uj Szo, no. 127, p. 2 rel B

Uj Szo, 1 June 1951: WIDF Korea commission, Dutch delegate Trees Soenito Heyligers

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

Hungarian-language daily Uj Szo (1 June 1951, p. 2), search snippet only: a statement by 'Tress Soenito Heiligers', the Dutch woman delegate, about people hunted down and shot en masse; the context is the WIDF commission on Korea. The sweep identifies her as Trees Sunito, a woman later known as a lawyer in Indonesia; t

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-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-00601 1951-09-07 De Heerenveensche Koerier rel B

Advertentie: verslag van reis naar Korea door mevr. Trees Soenito-Heiligers (Advertisement: report on journey to Korea)

Advertisement: report on journey to Korea by Mrs Trees Soenito-Heiligers

Page of small advertisements in De Heerenveensche Koerier, 7 Sept 1951. The only relevant item announces that Mrs Trees Soenito-Heiligers will report on her journey to Korea at S. Brinksma's in Jubbega on 8 Sept (entrance 25 cents). The other adverts (trade schools, cattle shows, fairs) are unrelated.

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-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-00662 1968-01-05 De Nieuwe Limburger rel A

Nederlandse juriste in Djakarta gearresteerd (Dutch woman lawyer arrested in Jakarta)

Dutch woman lawyer arrested in Jakarta on suspicion of HSI membership

De Nieuwe Limburger, 5 Jan 1968 (Reuters): Jakarta police arrest Dutch lawyer Mrs Mr Trees Soenito-Heyligers, from Zwolle, on suspicion of membership of the banned communist scholars' association HSI. Two years earlier she had defended trade union leader Njono, sentenced to death for the 1965 coup.

GA-01272 1968-01-05 Limburgsch Dagblad rel B

Uit Nederland afkomstige juriste in Indonesië gearresteerd (Dutch-born jurist arrested in Indonesia)

Dutch-born jurist arrested in Indonesia

Limburgsch Dagblad, 5 January 1968, p. 1: Reuters/ANP report that Jakarta police arrested Dutch-born lawyer Trees Soenito-Heyligers (52, from Zwolle) as a suspected member of the banned scholars' association HSI; she had defended trade-union leader Njono, sentenced to death. Her husband Soenito, parliament secretary an

GA-01274 1968-01-06 Nederlands Dagblad Gereformeerd Gezinsblad Hoofdred. P. Jongeling... [Et Al.] rel B

Nederlandse juriste gearresteerd (Dutch jurist arrested)

Dutch jurist arrested

Nederlands Dagblad, 6 January 1968, p. 1: brief report that Jakarta police arrested Dutch-born lawyer Trees Soenito-Heyligers on suspicion of membership in the banned scholars' association HSI; she had defended SOBSI leader Njono, who was sentenced to death for the 1965 coup. A second item on Cyprus is unrelated. No Ge

GA-00969 1988-02-06 De Waarheid rel C

Jan Maassen wil de Indië-weigeraars nog eens bij elkaar zien

Jan Maassen wants to see the Indies refusers together once more

De Waarheid article by Joop Morriën (6 Feb 1988, p.9) on Jan Maassen's plan for a reunion of Dutch conscripts who refused to serve in Indonesia in 1948-49 (Schoonhoven boys), recounting his three years' imprisonment and the arbitrary sentencing. Lawyers Trees Sunito-Heyligers and Clara Enthoven defended refusers by lin

GA-00971 1988-04-30 De Waarheid rel C

Troepenverschepingen onwettig (bespreking van De Jong)

Troop shipments unlawful (review of De Jong)

De Waarheid book review (30 Apr 1988, p.5) of a De Jong volume on Dutch troop shipments to Indonesia, arguing the 1946-47 deployments lacked a constitutional basis and that resistance (Amsterdam strike of Sept 1946, Indonesia refusers, Schoonhoven boys) was more significant than De Jong suggests. Lawyers Trees Sunito-H

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