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GA-00798 1948-07-24 De Waarheid rel C

Groot succes in Parijs voor Indonesiërs (Great success in Paris for Indonesians)

Great success in Paris for Indonesians at WIDF exhibition events

De Waarheid report (24 Jul 1948) on a Perhimpunan Indonesia group of Indonesian workers and students performing dances and songs in Paris and Saint-Denis at WIDF invitation during its women's exhibition. An Indonesian woman greeted French women; the piece notes Kowani is a WIDF member. No Gerwis/Gerwani and no named In

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-00890 1957-07-15 De Waarheid rel A

Nederlands-Indonesische verklaring over Nieuw-Guinea: gedelegeerden ontmoetten elkaar in Colombo

Dutch-Indonesian declaration on New Guinea: delegates met in Colombo

De Waarheid, 15 Jul 1957, p. 3: report from the Dutch Peace Council's organ 'Vrede' on a Dutch-Indonesian declaration on West New Guinea (Irian), agreed at the Peace Council conference in Colombo. It calls the dispute the main cause of poor relations and urges both sides to reopen talks. Signed by Umi Sardjono and coll

GA-00891 1957-07-16 De Waarheid rel A

Nederlands-Indonesische verklaring over Nieuw-Guinea: gedelegeerden ontmoetten elkaar in Colombo (herplaatsing 16-7-1957)

Dutch-Indonesian declaration on New Guinea: delegates met in Colombo (reprint, 16 July 1957)

De Waarheid, 16 Jul 1957, p. 3: report from the Dutch Peace Council's organ 'Vrede' on a Dutch-Indonesian declaration on West New Guinea (Irian), agreed at the Peace Council conference in Colombo. It calls the dispute the main cause of poor relations and urges both sides to reopen talks. Signed by Umi Sardjono and coll

GA-02161 1967-04-30 Soviet Woman rel C licensed

Soviet Woman, 30 April 1967: 'Kartini Day' (Manai Sophiaan dan A. Belenky)

Soviet Woman, 30 Apr 1967: 'Kartini Day' (Manai Sophiaan and A. Belenky)

Soviet Woman, 30 Apr 1967, pp. 13-16: Kartini Day features by Mme Manai Sophiaan (ambassador's wife) and Soviet orientalist A. Belenky on Kartini as feminist, anti-colonial forerunner of the national movement, plus a book review on American women and a note on Soviet-Indonesian women's correspondence. Gerwani and 1965

GA-00963 1985-06-17 De Waarheid rel C

Potsdam (over de deling van Korea)

Potsdam (on the division of Korea)

De Waarheid piece (17 Jun 1985, p.5) on the origin of Korea's division at the 38th parallel after Potsdam and the Korean War. It recalls CPN opposition to Dutch participation and quotes Trees Sunito-Heyligers, who visited Korea in 1951 with a twenty-woman international delegation and wrote 'Wij beschuldigen'. No Indone

GA-01067 1986-10-30 Het Parool rel C

'Geen lijfkwesties, ze verwijten 't ons nog' (40 jaar Nederlandse Vrouwenbeweging)

'No body issues, they reproach us for it': 40 years of the Dutch Women's Movement

Het Parool feature by Petra van Alten (30 Oct 1986) on the 40th anniversary of the Nederlandse Vrouwenbeweging (NVB): founding in 1946 from Algemene Vrouwenbonden and resistance women, its protests against Dutch Indonesia policy and troop sailings, Cold War isolation, affiliation to the Women's International Democratic

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-00970 1988-04-09 De Waarheid rel B

Tweemaal Indonesië (aankondiging Kartini-avond)

Twice Indonesia (announcement of Kartini evening)

Front-page De Waarheid listing (9 Apr 1988) of paper contents and events: Jan de Wit's story as a refuser, an essay on Kartini by Annie van Ommeren-Averink, a VPRO radio series on conscientious objectors, and a 21 April Kartini evening at the Tropenmuseum where Wertheim speaks and Francisca Fanggidaej discusses the pos

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