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GA-01332 1988-02-19 NRC Handelsblad rel C

Oost is Oost en West is West (East is East and West is West)

East is East and West is West (Kousbroek)

Rudy Kousbroek's column 'Oost is Oost en West is West' in NRC Handelsblad (19 Feb 1988): an anecdote of a Minahasan surveyor in Maluku shocked by his atheism, with remarks on Indonesian attitudes to feminism and childlessness. Ends as the surveyor asks whether they are communists. No mention of Gerwani; background colo

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