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GA-01511 1975-11-26 South China Morning Post rel B licensed

Indonesia: a fresh start (South China Morning Post, 26 November 1975)

South China Morning Post, 26 Nov 1975, p.22, Kenneth Whiting (AP), 'Indonesia: a fresh start': ten-year retrospective on the 1965 coup and 'bloodbath' (about 300,000 killed, 100,000 jailed, 20,000 political detainees still held), with oil-led economic recovery. A short passage says women were killed if believed to be p

GA-01619 1989-03-25 Harian Neraca rel B

Harian Neraca, 25 Maret 1989: 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (70)

Harian Neraca serial 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (70): October-November 1965 violence and Suharto's 10 No...

Harian Neraca, 25 Maret 1989, p. 10: instalment 70 of Soegiarso Soerojo's serial. Surveys October–November 1965 violence and Suharto's 10 Nov 1965 'Seruan', with crowd attacks in Aceh and Sumatra on the PKI and Gerwani.

GA-00484 1995-07-08 Algemeen Dagblad rel C

De verkeerde gok van de Indo’s (Taruhan keliru orang Indo)

The Indos' wrong gamble

Algemeen Dagblad feature by André Beijen (1995-07-08), first in a series before the Dutch royal visit: Indisch Dutch who stayed in Indonesia, now poor in Medan, and their grievances over Dutch benefits. Recalls the 1958 Sumatra rebellion and 'thousands murdered' in Medan after 1965 (Smit). No Gerwani content.

GA-02267 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Pembunuhan Massal 1965-1966: Vendetta dan Jingoisme

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Mass killings 1965-1966 - vendetta and jingoism

Tempo historiography essay (1 Oct 2012) on the 1965-66 mass killings, outlining three phases of writing about 1965 and proposing 'jingoism' and 'vendetta' (macho, anomie-driven local score-settling) as cultural explanations, with the label 'PKI lu' as a channel for hatred. Argues history is interpretation and need not

GA-02920 2015 rel A

Women, Sexual Violence and the Indonesian Killings of 1965-1966 (Annie Pohlman, 2015)

Women, Sexual Violence and the Indonesian Killings of 1965-1966 (Pohlman, 2015)

Annie Pohlman's 2015 monograph, the first book-length study of gendered violence in 1965-66, based on about 150 women survivors: patterns of arrest, torture, rape, sexualised mutilation, strip searches for the 'Gerwani mark', sexual slavery and 'wife-taking'. Key scholarly source.