Open letter of Pemuda Rakyat to Chinese youth, Francisca Fanggidaej (Harian Rakjat, 5 May 1952)
Harian Rakjat, 5 May 1952. On p. 4 the open letter of Pemuda Rakyat's central leadership (DPP) to Chinese youth for the 4 May anniversary, signed by deputy chair Francisca Fanggidaej, praises the May Fourth tradition and anti-imperialist, anti-fascist solidarity. The same page mentions Gerwis's Rawasari branch kinderga
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,
Francisca Fanggidaej leaves for Copenhagen (Harian Rakjat, 28 July 1952)
Harian Rakjat, 28 Jul 1952, p. 4: brief news note that Francisca Fanggidaej was to leave for Copenhagen at the invitation of the preparatory committee of an international youth conference, as part of an Indonesian national youth delegation. Pemuda Rakyat approved her departure; the planned 19th departure was cancelled
Biographical Profiles of DPR-GR Members, Aug 1960
Compilation of US embassy Djakarta biographical despatches (2 Aug 1960) on members of the new Gotong Royong parliament. Contains profiles of Gerwani figures: Umi Sardjono (Gerwis then Gerwani chairwoman, WIDF delegate 1960), Francisca Fanggidaej (PKI women's group Gerwani board), Setiati Surasto (SARBUPRI, Gerwani link
Francisca Fanggidaej with a Korean Delegation, KWAA Jakarta, 1963
IISG photograph (1963): black-and-white group photo at the Jakarta KWAA (Afro-Asian writers' body) with a Korean delegation. Francisca Fanggidaej, in glasses and holding flowers, stands among men and women beside a film camera. Caption identification comes from the file title only.
Tempo, 2 October 2021: The burden of trauma of 1965 (why Umi Sardjono was not open about Gerwani's history)
Tempo feature (2 Oct 2021, Dini Pramita and Bagja Hidayat) on why Gerwani chair Umi Sardjono (Suharti Sumodiwiryo) said little after 13 years in Bukit Duri (to 1978). Drawn from Ita Nadia, Ruth Indiah Rahayu, others: she wept at accounts of rape and Sudjinah's injury, 'it is my responsibility'; friendships with Fransis
Tempo, 15 December 2024: Francisca Fanggidaej's story of exile in China and the Netherlands
Tempo magazine profile (15 Dec 2024, archivist Rika Theo and Iwan Kurniawan) of Francisca Fanggidaej: Pesindo leader, survivor of Madiun 1948, in Chile during 30 Sept 1965, passport revoked 1967, 20 years in Beijing with the Afro-Asian journalists' organisation, then exile in the Netherlands from 1985. She joined the K
Tempo, 15 December 2024: Inside Francisca Fanggidaej's diaries for her children (notes of exile)
Tempo magazine article (15 Dec 2024, Dian Yuliastuti and Iwan Kurniawan) on Francisca Fanggidaej's papers at the IISH, Amsterdam, notably her diaries 'Sasja' and 'Nila' written in exile in Beijing from Oct 1965 to her children. Her daughters recall the family's separation, stigma at school and her later reunion. It not