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4 itemsTopic: biography ✕Person: Go Gien Tjwan ✕Place: Jakarta ✕
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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-00481 1966-02-15 Algemeen Dagblad rel B

Nederlandse vrouw enige verdedigster (Perempuan Belanda satu-satunya pembela)

Dutch woman sole defender

ANP report in Algemeen Dagblad (1966-02-15) on Dutch-born lawyer Trees Sunito-Heyligers, the only Indonesian jurist willing to defend PKI/SOBSI leader Njono before the special military tribunal. Her husband Sunito was jailed after the coup and she was dismissed from the state bank. No Gerwani mention; context for the 1

GA-00994 1968-01-05 Friese Koerier OnafhankelijK Dagblad Voor Friesland En Aangrenzende Gebieden rel C

Uit Zwolle afkomstig mevrouw Soenito in Indonesië gearresteerd

Mrs Soenito from Zwolle arrested in Indonesia

Friese Koerier Reuters item (5 Jan 1968, p.11): Jakarta police arrested Dutch-born lawyer Trees Soenito-Heyligers, 52, on suspicion of membership of the banned communist scholars' association HSI. She had defended trade unionist Njono two years earlier; her husband Soenito, parliament secretary, was arrested after the

GA-01333 1988-04-30 NRC Handelsblad rel C

De Chinees: Op schoolfeesten waren we gelijk, dat was modern (The Chinese: At school parties we were equal, that was modern)

The Chinese: at school parties we were equal, that was modern (Go Gien Tjwan)

Interview with Dr Go Gien Tjwan in NRC Handelsblad's 'Hun Indië' series (30 Apr 1988): memories of peranakan Chinese life in colonial Malang, racial hierarchy, schooling, Chinese revival in the 1930s and student politics at Batavia under Wertheim. Background on Chinese Indonesians; no Gerwani content.