Beware the Communist Revival (Audio Lecture)
Audio item (description only, no transcript): 'Mewaspadai Kebangkitan Komunis', a 55:44 Islamic lecture by Ustadz Ayip Syafruddin, broadcast by Radio Al I'tishom (tag date 2016), from the Internet Archive collection 'Waspada! Bahaya! Komunis dll.'. It warns against a supposed communist revival; an example of post-New O
International People's Tribunal 1965: Indonesian Website Homepage
Snapshot (13 Oct 2026) of the Indonesian homepage of the IPT 1965 website, showing site structure, teasers for the hearing documents and final report, and posts including a 60th-anniversary opinion piece and a tribute to coordinator Harry Wibowo. Navigation page, little substantive content.
Online Library of the 1965-1966 Genocide: Website Homepage
Snapshot (13 Oct 2026) of the Perpustakaan Online Genosida 1965-1966 homepage, a volunteer digital library with teasers on the IPT 1965 report, West Kalimantan stories, the Buru documentary BABE and Plantungan archival footage. Navigation page.
PDI campaign rally at Lapangan Banteng with Moh. Isnaeni, S.K. Trimurti and Wilopo (Idayu photo album, c. 1977)
Undated photograph from the S.K. Trimurti albums (Perpusnas Khastara), captioned as a PDI campaign rally at Lapangan Banteng with speakers Moh. Isnaeni, Dra. SK. Trimurti and Wilopo. It shows Trimurti campaigning for the PDI under the New Order; Gerwani is not mentioned. Date unknown; description based on caption only.
Only workers; youth organisations merge into a new front
Short items in De Vrije Pers (11 Apr 1950): a clarification about banknote distribution for workers, and a merger of Front Pemuda Indonesia and eight youth groups into Gerakan Pemuda Rakyat, with A.L. Fanggidaej as one of the secretaries. Gerwis/Gerwani is not mentioned; the Fanggidaej named here is not identified as F
Singing competition
De Locomotief, 22 Aug 1950: announcement of a Semarang singing competition in September, with Annie Landau, Ribut Rawit and Sulami among the contestants; proceeds for a Chinese orphanage, invalids and the Indonesian war cemetery. Gerwis is not mentioned and this Sulami is probably not the Gerwani leader; identity uncon
Advertisement: Blue Band prize competition
De Locomotief, 29 Mar 1952: a Blue Band margarine advertisement listing prize-competition winners. It was retrieved only because of the name Sumijarsi/M. Caropeboka (Bogor) in the winners' list; no Gerwani-related content. False hit, much OCR unreadable.
Coalition parties in Austria forget the Russian occupation; Indonesian women swept away by river
De Nieuwsgier, 5 Apr 1952: a long report on Austria's coalition parties and Soviet occupation, with a one-line item that two Indonesian women, Nji Atjien and Nji Darsiah, were swept away by a river near Sukabumi. No connection to Gerwani or Soetanti Aidit; false hit.
Notice of thanks from Mulyono and Sutanti after their wedding
De Locomotief, 18 Nov 1952: Indonesian-language thank-you notice by the Milono family and by newlyweds Mulyono and Sutanti after their wedding on 13 Nov 1952, plus a subscription form. No connection to Gerwani; the bride Sutanti is not shown to be Soetanti Aidit. False hit.
University examinations: Jakarta medical faculty pass list
De Locomotief, 27 Dec 1955: list of passes in Jakarta medical faculty examinations; 'Miss Soetanti Aidit' passed the first part of her exam. Gerwani is not mentioned and the item does not state she is D.N. Aidit's relative.
Woman and the Changing Marriage Pattern of Indonesia (van der Kroef, 1957)
Journal article by Justus M. van der Kroef (American Catholic Sociological Review, June 1957) on women's status and marriage in Indonesia: adat versus Islamic law, polygamy, divorce rates, colonial and revolutionary change. Surveys women's organisations (Perwari, Kowani) and notes Kowani's early left turn and WIDF cont
Exposition of Asian fashion
Java-Bode, 8 February 1957, p. 2: report on an exposition of national costumes and music by Pan-Pacific and Southeast Asian women's organisations at the Plaza Hotel, New York; Indonesian participants included Sukanti Surjotjondro, Nelly Kawilarang and Sulami Sujud. A second snippet about a clandestine bank on Bangka is
WIDF magazine 1958, International Women's Day feature 'Good Recipes around the World': tips on preparing vegetables and recipes from several countries, including two Indonesian dishes (beef fried with cloves and atjar cucumber salad), plus Bulgarian, Italian, Chinese. No Gerwani or political content.
WIDF magazine 1958, one page carrying two pieces: a profile of R. A. Kartini for Indonesia's Kartini Day (born 1879, regent's daughter, quoted letters on education, polygamy and anti-colonial sympathy, died aged 25), and 'The Growing Family of the WIDF' on new affiliations (India, Japan, Sudan, Cameroons, Senegal, Ceyl
WIDF magazine 1958, one page carrying two pieces: a profile of R. A. Kartini for Indonesia's Kartini Day (born 1879, regent's daughter, quoted letters on education, polygamy and anti-colonial sympathy, died aged 25), and 'The Growing Family of the WIDF' on new affiliations (India, Japan, Sudan, Cameroons, Senegal, Ceyl
Sukarno, the arch-intriguer: profile including the Hartini marriage
Long profile of Sukarno by C.H. Schaap in De Tijd (6 Feb 1958) tracing his career and manoeuvres. It notes that in Oct 1954 his marriage to Hartini caused general indignation among Indonesian women, who remembered his book "Sarinah", and that Fatmawati left him. Gerwani is not named.
Sukarno, the master intriguer
Profile of President Sukarno in the Curaçao weekly Amigoe di Curaçao (18 Feb 1958, p. 4), portraying him as a charming but ruthless 'master intriguer' and authoritarian. It narrates his career and notes women's indignation at his 1954 marriage to Hartini despite his book Sarinah. Gerwani is not mentioned.
Sukarno, the master intriguer [duplicate]
Second copy (different Delpher ID) of the Amigoe di Curaçao profile of Sukarno, 18 Feb 1958: an unflattering account of him as authoritarian master intriguer, from 1920s nationalism to the 1957 cabinet. Mentions the general women's indignation at his marriage to Hartini despite writing Sarinah. Gerwani is not named.
Welcoming National Day
Api Kartini (1959) editorial column 'Celebrating National Day': after Indonesia's 17 August, urges readers to welcome the national days of friendly states upholding the Bandung principles. Features the Democratic Republic of Vietnam's 2 September National Day with a poem by Ho Chi Minh. Solidarity propaganda with Asian
A Brief Look Back
Article by Kukilowarsi (1959) for 17 August, recalling women's roles in the Indonesian revolution: 1926 rebels and Digul exiles, anti-Japanese resistance, women's guerrilla brigades, Red Cross and kitchens, and stories of Suparmi and a mother fighter. It cites the first women's congress of 1928, the 1955 vote, and dema
Ottawa Citizen, 22 April 1959, p.27: society-page report of a Kartini Day tea and sherry party given by Mrs. L. N. Palar, wife of Indonesia's minister to Canada, marking the birthday of Kartini (b. 21 April 1879), described as a nationalist and pioneer of the Indonesian women's movement and symbol of women's emancipati
Indonesia's New Governmental Bodies (OIR report, Oct 1959)
State Department intelligence report (13 Oct 1959) on Indonesia's new governmental bodies under Guided Democracy: Cabinet, National Advisory Council, National Planning Council. Appendices list members with functional-group labels, including S.K. Trimurti (teachers), Umi Sardjono (women), Rasuna Said and Emma Puradiredj
Deventer population register: arrivals and departures (21 Jan 1960)
Deventer Dagblad population register notice (21 Jan 1960, p.6) listing residents leaving Deventer, including 'A. G. Soedjinah' (Nieuwstraat 41) departing for Indonesia. Nothing links this entry to the Gerwani figure Sudjinah; the match came from the name alone, and the page contains no Gerwani content.
FBIS, 8 March 1960: Furtseva article hails Women's Day
FBIS-monitored Moscow text (8 Mar 1960) of Yekaterina Furtseva's Pravda article 'Women and the Building of Communism' for the 50th anniversary of International Women's Day: Marxist-Leninist emancipation theory, Soviet statistics on women in work, soviets and science, contrast with capitalist 'free world', peace and dis
In National Colours: Asian and African postage stamps (WIDF, 1961)
WIDF magazine 1961 stamp feature 'In National Colours' on postage stamps of newly independent Asian and African states, commemorating liberation, public works, agrarian reform, education and women (Mongolia, Korea, Ceylon, UAR, Vietnam, China). An Indonesian stamp is listed among liberation-themed issues. Gerwani is no
Berlin shocked by scandal at 'serious' Berlinale (with review of Indonesian film 'Brave Women')
Het Rotterdamsch Parool report (27 Jun 1961, p.4) from the Berlinale: a gossip piece on an actress's torn dress, then mocking review of an Indonesian film 'Dappere vrouwen' (about Indonesian women's patriotism in the struggle for freedom), screened outside the festival, in which Dutch colonists are played by Indonesian
What the Indonesian Film Censorship Committee Faces, 1962
Article by Utami Suryadarma, chair of the Film Censorship Committee, reprinted in Varia (17 Jan 1962), explaining the committee's new approach to Western, socialist and Afro-Asian film imports under free-and-active foreign policy.
Indonesia: a new state with an ancient civilization (M. L. Huber, 1963)
Travel essay by M. L. Huber in Women of the Whole World, 1963, on a car journey from Jakarta toward East Java and Bandung, with a sweeping history of Indonesian civilisation, colonialism, the Round Table agreement and 1957 nationalisations, in a pro-Sukarno-era socialist-bloc framing. Gerwani is not mentioned.
Poetry book banned (PKI member's book banned in the Federation), Berita Harian, 24 May 1963
Berita Harian (Singapore/Malaya), 24 May 1963: Kuala Lumpur report that the Federation government has banned 'Puisi Progresif Indonesia', a book written and translated by a PKI member, 'Bintang S...' (snippet cut off). The sweep guesses the author is Bintang Suradi, possibly the husband of Gerwani member Suwarti Bintan
Tribune (Sydney) p. 2: the Communist Party of Australia sends condolences to the PKI on the death of Bintang Suradi, a PKI Central Committee figure and private secretary to D.N. Aidit, who died on 22 June 1963 in a swimming accident while touring Indonesia with CPA's E. Bacon, aged 40. His wife Suwarti (Suwarti Bintang