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GA-02659 rel A

Foto pemasangan diorama oleh pematung Keluarga Arca, sekitar 1980-81

Photographs of Diorama Installation by the Keluarga Arca Sculptors, c. 1980-81

Seventeen photographs of the sculptors' group Keluarga Arca installing miniature dioramas (Yani abduction, Lubang Buaya training, recovery of bodies) c. 1980-81, plus later life-size figures. Visual evidence of how the Paseban dioramas were made.

GA-01986 1965-10-20 Renmin Ribao rel A licensed

Renmin Ribao, 20 Oktober 1965: Pidato radio dan pernyataan Suharto (苏哈托的广播讲话和声明)

Suharto's radio speeches and statements of 1, 3 and 4 October 1965

Renmin Ribao (20 Oct 1965, p. 3) reprints Suharto's RRI statements of 1, 3 and 4 October 1965: he takes interim army leadership, calls the September 30th Movement counter-revolutionary, and at Lubang Buaya on 4 October says the well lay near an Air Force volunteer training centre with Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani activist

GA-00417 1966-10-04 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 4 Oktober 1966

Berita Yudha, 4 October 1966

Berita Yudha, 4 Oktober 1966. Report of a rally of some 3,500 women of KOWANI, KAWI and BPOW at Lubang Buaya (3 Oct) where, led by Ibu Tien Soeharto, they swore to 'eradicate the gerwani/pki mentality'; Ibu Soeharto says they 'practised obscenities without limit'.

GA-00418 1966-10-05 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 5 Oktober 1966: wawancara Ibu Tien Soeharto

Berita Yudha, 5 October 1966: interview with Ibu Tien Soeharto

Berita Yudha, 5 Oktober 1966: wawancara Ibu Tien Soeharto. Armed Forces Day issue with a front-page interview with Ibu Tien Soeharto, 'May our children not inherit the barbarity and immorality of Gerwani', and Perwari conferring 'Penyelamat Revolusi' on Suharto.

GA-00223 1966-10-18 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 18 Oktober 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 18 October 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 18 Oktober 1966. Minister Soetjipto says the 'Old Order' denied that Gerwani and Pemuda Rakyat 'immorally' trained at Lubang Buaya while the New Order has found photo and film documentation made by participants.

GA-00237 1967-10-01 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 1 Oktober 1967 (edisi Mingguan)

Angkatan Bersendjata, 1 October 1967 (Weekly Edition)

Angkatan Bersendjata, 1 Oktober 1967 (edisi Mingguan). Second-anniversary issue with a front-page lead 'Dianiaja' alleging the generals were tortured and mutilated and contradicting Sukarno; the richest Lubang Buaya slander item in this run.

GA-00434 1968-06-24 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 24 Juni 1968: '2 Aktivis Gerwani dan 10 orang sel PKI ditangkap'

Berita Yudha, 24 June 1968: 2 Gerwani activists and 10 PKI cell members arrested

Berita Yudha, 24 Juni 1968: '2 Aktivis Gerwani dan 10 orang sel PKI ditangkap'. Kodim 0504 arrested Suprijanti (21) and Turminah (23), 'ex-Gerwani activists' who allegedly 'confessed' to helping torture and kill the generals at Lubang Buaya at a young age.

GA-00435 1968-06-25 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 25 Juni 1968

Berita Yudha, 25 June 1968

Berita Yudha, 25 Juni 1968. Front page prints portrait photographs of Tuminah (23) and Suprijanti (21) as 'ex-Gerwani activists' who 'confessed' to helping kill the generals, the visual follow-up to the 24 June report.

GA-00441 1968-09-27 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 27 September 1968: 'Mendjongsong Hari Kesaktian Pantjasila'

Berita Yudha, 27 September 1968: Approaching Pancasila Sanctity Day

Berita Yudha, 27 September 1968: 'Mendjongsong Hari Kesaktian Pantjasila'. Commemorative feature reprinting Yudha's 1965 Lubang Buaya exhumation photos and the 'Ikrar', and celebrating Victor Fic's paper as a 'slap' to the Cornell Paper and Wertheim.

GA-00442 1968-10-15 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 15 Oktober 1968: '70 Prosen wanita P dirangkul G'wani/PKI'

Berita Yudha, 15 October 1968: 70 percent of prostitutes embraced by Gerwani/PKI

Berita Yudha, 15 Oktober 1968: '70 Prosen wanita P dirangkul G'wani/PKI'. Jakarta police chief claims nearly 70% of prostitutes in Central Java and Jakarta had been 'embraced' by Gerwani/PKI, 'proven' by Lubang Buaya; a core New Order sexual slander claim.

GA-00257 1969-04-15 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 15 April 1969

Angkatan Bersendjata, 15 April 1969. Antara: Medan police arrest a 30-year-old 'Gerwani' woman 'A' from Bali in a prostitution area, said to have 'taken part in the torture and killing of the TNI generals at Lubang Buaya'.

GA-00119 1970 rel A

Seperempat Abad Dewan Perwakilan Rakjat Republik Indonesia (1970)

A Quarter Century of the Indonesian Parliament (1970)

Official institutional history, 'Seperempat Abad DPR RI', compiled by the DPR-GR Secretariat for the 25th anniversary in August 1970; it traces parliament from the KNIP to 1970 with membership rosters. For Gerwani it matters in the 1965-66 chapters: it records the NU demand (5 Oct 1965) to ban Gerwani, the 15 Oct 1965

GA-02388 1971-01 rel A

Penyiksaan Para Jenderal Diceritakan: Kesaksian Emi Marijam (Kompas, 12 Januari 1971; terjemahan JPRS)

Torture of the generals recounted: testimony of Emi Marijam (Kompas, 12 January 1971; JPRS translation)

JPRS translation of Kompas, 12 Jan 1971: Emi Marijam, 24, described as a Jakarta Gerwani activist, testifies as witness in the subversion trial of Pemuda Rakjat secretary-general Sukatno. She says she and three women were assigned to torture the generals at Lubang Buaja, gouging eyes for one million rupiah, after train

GA-03345 1971-01-13 The Straits Times rel A

Day woman gouged general's eyes with a knife (Emmy Marjam testimony)

Day woman gouged general's eyes with a knife: Emmy Marjam testimony (Straits Times, 1971)

The Straits Times, 13 January 1971, p. 2: at the special-court trial of Pemuda Rakjat chairman Sukatno, witness Emmy Marjam, 24, a Gerwani member now under arrest, testifies that she gouged a general's eyes with a knife and saw friends mutilate another's genitals at Lubang Buaya after training from 26 Sept. Reported as

GA-03342 1973-05-09 Berita Harian rel A

Wanita pertama dibicarakan bersabit rampasan kuasa 1965 ('Gestapo' woman to be tried)

First woman to be tried over the 1965 coup: 'Gestapo' woman (Berita Harian, 1973)

Berita Harian, 9 May 1973, p. 3, Reuters: a court spokesman says Mrs Sumali, a Gerwani leader, will be the first woman tried over the 1965 coup, charged with torturing an army general with a razor blade; she was arrested with other Gerwani members at Lubang Buaya on 1 October 1965 after six generals' bodies were found.

GA-00928 1975-04-23 De Waarheid rel A

Nieuwe slachtoffers van Suharto: levenslang voor secretaris Indonesische vrouwenbeweging

New victims of Suharto: life sentence demanded for secretary of Indonesian women's movement

De Waarheid, 23 Apr 1975, p. 4: report that life imprisonment was demanded in Jakarta against Sulami, secretary of Gerwani, and twenty years for three other women, on charges of undermining authority, raising money for families of imprisoned or killed patriots, and involvement in preparing the PKI's 1965 'uprising'. Th

GA-01611 1989-03-13 Harian Neraca rel A

Harian Neraca, 13 Maret 1989: 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (60)

Harian Neraca serial 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (60): the 1 October abductions and Djamilah's 'confession'

Harian Neraca, 13 Mar 1989, p. 10: instalment 60 on the 1 October abductions; says about 100 Gerwani members of AURI-trained 'Sukarelawan Kita' were at Lubang Buaya, citing the 'confession' of Nyonya Djamilah.

GA-01612 1989-03-14 Harian Neraca rel A

Harian Neraca, 14 Maret 1989: 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (61)

Harian Neraca serial 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (61): army's 1965 sexual slander retold

Harian Neraca, 14 Mar 1989, p. 10: instalment 61, the serial's most important Gerwani item, reprinting the army's 1965 slander: PR and Gerwani dancing naked in a 'flower-scent party', sex permitted, stimulant injections, per 17-year-old Djamilah.

GA-01593 1994-10-11 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 11 Oktober 1994: Buku Putih G30S (bagian I)

Berita Yudha, 11 October 1994: White Book on G30S (part 1)

Berita Yudha, 11 Oct 1994, p. 4: opens serialisation of the 1994 Setneg White Book; Chapter I states that Lubang Buaya trained 'Sukarelawan dan Sukarelawati' of Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani.

GA-01596 1994-11-05 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 5 November 1994: Buku Putih G30S (bagian 23)

Berita Yudha, 5 November 1994: White Book on G30S (part 23)

Berita Yudha, 5 Nov 1994, p. 4: White Book instalment describing G30S task forces and about 2,000 Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani members 'trained at Lubang Buaya' whose task included 'killing and burial' of the generals.

GA-01368 1995-09-30 Trouw rel A

Het trauma van 1965 jeukt en zeurt (The trauma of 1965 itches and nags)

The trauma of 1965 itches and nags

Jan Bezemer's long Trouw weekend feature (30 Sep 1995) on the unresolved 1965 trauma. Covers the 30 September events, Suharto's role, US encouragement, massacres (Gatot's trial testimony) and the smear campaign against Gerwani. Draws on Saskia Wieringa's doctoral research: Gerwani was blamed for mutilating the generals

GA-01583 2000-04-07 Bali Post rel A

Bali Post, 7 April 2000: 'Pencabutan Tap MPRS No. XXV/1966'

Bali Post, 7 April 2000: Revoking MPRS Decree No. XXV/1966

Bali Post, 7 Apr 2000, p. 7: editorial on Wahid's proposal to revoke the 1966 PKI ban, saying the military's stories of sadism by Gerwani and Pemuda Rakyat made the killings 'barbarity' in public memory and enabled mass slaughter.

GA-02662 2004 rel A

Buku Seri Sejarah Museum dan Monumen Pancasila Sakti (M. Fahlevi, 2004)

History Series Book: Pancasila Sakti Museum and Monument (M. Fahlevi, 2004)

2004 illustrated Grasena guidebook by M. Fahlevi to the Lubang Buaya complex, walking through the 34 dioramas of the Museum Pengkhianatan PKI and the Paseban hall, with captions taken from the dioramas. Official state narrative of the Lubang Buaya site.

GA-03650 2009 Pusat Sejarah dan Tradisi TNI / Yayasan Kajian Citra Bangsa, Jakarta rel A

Komunisme di Indonesia, Jilid IV: Pemberontakan G30S/PKI dan Penumpasannya (1960-1965)

Communism in Indonesia, Vol. IV: The G30S/PKI Rebellion and its Suppression (1960-1965), Pusjarah TNI, 2009

Official Army history (Pusjarah TNI, Jakarta 2009), vol. IV of 'Komunisme di Indonesia', presenting Gerwani as a PKI mass organisation in the 1960-65 build-up and the G30S. It reports Gerwani's Nov-Dec 1964 housewives' seminar (p. 70), 'unilateral actions' (p. 122), the 27 Sept 1965 Surabaya governor's-office raid unde