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GA-00610 1950-08-14 De Locomotief rel C

'Vredes'-betoging in Medan (Peace demonstration in Medan)

'Peace' demonstration in Medan

De Locomotief, 14 Aug 1950 (Aneta): about 5,000 attend a Medan peace-committee rally, mainly plantation, peasant and pedicab unions, with anti-American banners. Speakers include Tuti Rukmi for 'Indonesian women'. The resolution urges Indonesia not to join the 'imperialist war' in Korea and calls for a ban on atomic wea

GA-02825 1951-01 WIDF rel C

Femmes du monde entier, No. 50, janvier 1951 (FDIF, Berlin)

Femmes du monde entier no. 50, January 1951

Femmes du monde entier no. 50, January 1951, the French-language WIDF bulletin issued from Berlin. Editorial and reports urge women to back the Second World Peace Congress's address to the UN: Korea, Formosa and Vietnam, banning mass-destruction weapons, colonial oppression (Madagascar, Vietnam, South Africa), war prop

GA-03579 1951-06-01 Uj Szo, no. 127, p. 2 rel B

Uj Szo, 1 June 1951: WIDF Korea commission, Dutch delegate Trees Soenito Heyligers

Hungarian-language press, 1951: WIDF Korea commission, Trees Soenito Heyligers

Hungarian-language daily Uj Szo (1 June 1951, p. 2), search snippet only: a statement by 'Tress Soenito Heiligers', the Dutch woman delegate, about people hunted down and shot en masse; the context is the WIDF commission on Korea. The sweep identifies her as Trees Sunito, a woman later known as a lawyer in Indonesia; t

GA-01294 1951-06-04 Nieuwe Courant rel B

Acheson over Korea (Acheson on Korea; Children's Day in Jakarta)

Acheson on Korea (note on Children's Day in Jakarta)

Nieuwe Courant, 4 June 1951: Acheson on Korea and the risk of Soviet intervention, with a short note that about 10,000 children celebrated International Children's Day on Merdeka Square, Jakarta, on a committee including Gerwis, IPPA and Pemuda Rakjat, with 4,000 Chinese youths from eight Chinese schools.

GA-00822 1951-07-19 De Waarheid rel C

Amerikaanse opvoeding: gewelddadigheid voor kracht, sadisme normaal gevoel

American upbringing: violence as strength, sadism as normal feeling

De Waarheid, 19 Jul 1951, p. 5: editorial feature mocking US upbringing, drawing on a Saturday Evening Post painting of boys playing gunfights and a New York Times television study, and linking American media to atrocities in Korea as reported by the WIDF commission in which Trees Sunito-Heyligers took part. Cold War p

GA-03483 1951-08-09 Friheten (Oslo), Frihetens Kronikk rel B

Vi anklager: International women's delegation report on Korea (WIDF commission incl. Trees Soenito Heyligers), Friheten, 9 Aug 1951

We Accuse: WIDF delegation report on US bombing in Korea (Friheten, 9 Aug 1951)

Page of the Norwegian communist daily Friheten (Oslo), 9 August 1951, with the last chapter of the Women's International Democratic Federation delegation's report on US bombing in Korea. It names the commission members, among them Trees Soenito Heyligers (Netherlands), and describes destruction at Kaichen. The same pag

GA-03484 1951-08-09 Friheten (Oslo), Frihetens Kronikk rel B

Vi anklager: International women's delegation report on Korea (WIDF commission incl. Trees Soenito Heyligers), Friheten, 9 Aug 1951

We Accuse: WIDF delegation report on US bombing in Korea (Friheten, 9 Aug 1951)

Page of the Norwegian communist daily Friheten (Oslo), 9 August 1951, with the last chapter of the Women's International Democratic Federation delegation's report on US bombing in Korea. It names the commission members, among them Trees Soenito Heyligers (Netherlands), and describes destruction at Kaichen. The same pag

GA-03555 1951-08-12 Bekes Megyei Nepujsag rel B

WIDF Korea commission, Trees Soenito Heyligers (Bekes Megyei Nepujsag, 12 Aug 1951)

Hungarian press, Aug 1951: WIDF Korea commission, Trees Soenito Heyligers

Search snippet from the Hungarian daily Bekes Megyei Nepujsag (12 August 1951, no. 187) naming Trees Soenito Heyligers, apparently as secretary of the commission, in coverage of the Women's International Democratic Federation delegation to Korea. Only a fragment; page OCR not retrieved. Complements the Norwegian Frihet

GA-03571 1951-08-14 Somogyi Néplap rel C

Somogyi Néplap, 14 August 1951: WIDF Korea commission, Trees Soenito Heyligers

Hungarian-language press, 1951: WIDF Korea commission, Trees Soenito Heyligers

Hungarian county daily Somogyi Néplap, 14 Aug 1951 (snippet only). Lists the officers of the WIDF commission on Korea: the secretary from Czechoslovakia and, as deputy, Trees Soenito Heyligers of the Netherlands. The catalogue treats her as the Trees Sunito later named as Njono's defence counsel; that identification, a

GA-03556 1951-08-22 Bekes Megyei Nepujsag (no. 194, snippet from page image pg83) rel B

WIDF Korea commission, Trees Soenito Heyligers (Bekes Megyei Nepujsag, 22 Aug 1951)

Hungarian press, Aug 1951: WIDF Korea commission, Trees Soenito Heyligers

Hungarian county daily (Bekes Megyei Nepujsag, 22 Aug 1951); the search snippet lists WIDF Korea commission officers: vice-presidents Miluse Svatosova (Czechoslovakia) and Trees Soenito Heyligers (Netherlands), secretary Monica Felton. The sweep identifies her as Trees Sunito; only a snippet was retrieved, so Gerwani m

GA-00601 1951-09-07 De Heerenveensche Koerier rel B

Advertentie: verslag van reis naar Korea door mevr. Trees Soenito-Heiligers (Advertisement: report on journey to Korea)

Advertisement: report on journey to Korea by Mrs Trees Soenito-Heiligers

Page of small advertisements in De Heerenveensche Koerier, 7 Sept 1951. The only relevant item announces that Mrs Trees Soenito-Heiligers will report on her journey to Korea at S. Brinksma's in Jubbega on 8 Sept (entrance 25 cents). The other adverts (trade schools, cattle shows, fairs) are unrelated.

GA-03581 1951-09-15 Zala (no. 215, snippet pg51) rel B

WIDF Korea commission, Trees Soenito Heyligers (Zala, 15 Sep 1951)

Hungarian-language press, 1951: WIDF Korea commission, Trees Soenito Heyligers

Hungarian county daily Zala, 15 Sep 1951; the search snippet names Bui Lan (China) and Trees Soenito Heyligers (Netherlands) in connection with the WIDF Korea commission. The sweep identifies her as Trees Sunito; only a fragmentary snippet was retrieved, so Gerwani membership is not shown.

GA-00509 1952-05-19 Algemeen Indisch Dagblad rel A

Loze beschuldigingen: Gerwis kreeg antwoord van mevrouw Roosevelt (Tuduhan kosong: Gerwis dijawab Ny. Roosevelt)

False accusations: Gerwis answered by Mrs Roosevelt

Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1952-05-19, p. 2): Eleanor Roosevelt replied to a letter Gerwis gave her in Jakarta in April, rejecting its claim that UN forces used bacteriological weapons in Korea, denying that the UN suppresses peoples' freedom, and disputing its account of Palestinian Arab displacement. Shows Gerwis's Co

GA-00675 1952-05-19 De Nieuwsgier rel A

Mevrouw Roosevelt ontkent beweringen van de Gerwis (Mrs Roosevelt denies Gerwis's allegations)

Mrs Roosevelt denies Gerwis's allegations of bacteriological warfare

De Nieuwsgier, 19 May 1952: Eleanor Roosevelt, replying to a Gerwis letter handed to her in Jakarta in late April, rejects its allegations of UN bacteriological warfare in Korea and suppression of a people's freedom, and the claim that the West drove a million Arabs from their homes. Third press version of this exchang

GA-00764 1952-05-19 De Vrije Pers rel A

Mevr Roosevelt contra Gerwis (Mrs Roosevelt against Gerwis)

Mrs Roosevelt against Gerwis: reply on bacteriological warfare allegation

Aneta item in De Vrije Pers (19 May 1952): Eleanor Roosevelt replied to a memorandum Gerwis gave her during her April visit to Jakarta, rejecting its accusation that the UN used bacteriological weapons in Korea, denying UN oppression of peoples, and disputing its claim that a million Arabs were driven out of Israel.

GA-01186 1952-05-19 Java-Bode rel A

Mevrouw Roosevelt weerlegt Gerwis-beweringen (Mrs Roosevelt refutes Gerwis claims)

Mrs Roosevelt refutes Gerwis claims

Short item, Java-Bode, 19 May 1952, p. 1: Eleanor Roosevelt replies to Gerwis's letter delivered during her April Jakarta visit, rejecting its claim that the UN used bacteriological weapons in Korea while admitting a fight against communist-influenced organisations. Shorter version of the Indische Courant item.

GA-01113 1952-05-24 Indische Courant Voor Nederland rel A

Mevrouw Roosevelt weerlegt Gerwis-beweringen (Mrs Roosevelt refutes Gerwis claims)

Mrs Roosevelt refutes Gerwis claims

Indische Courant voor Nederland, 24 May 1952, p. 3: Eleanor Roosevelt replies to a letter delivered by Gerwis during her Jakarta visit, rejecting its claims that the UN used bacteriological weapons in Korea and that Western powers drove Arabs from Palestine, while acknowledging a fight against communist-influenced orga

GA-00590 1952-05-27 Arnhemsche Courant rel A

Mrs. Roosevelt did not agree (Mevrouw Roosevelt het niet eens)

Mrs. Roosevelt did not agree

Arnhemsche Courant, 27 May 1952: a short item reports Eleanor Roosevelt's reply, during her Jakarta visit, to a letter from Gerwis. She rejected its claims that the UN used bacteriological weapons in Korea and suppressed peoples, and denied the US drove a million Arabs from their homes. Shows Gerwis's Cold War peace st

GA-01326 1952-05-27 Nijmeegsch Dagblad rel A

Mevrouw Roosevelt was het oneens (Mrs Roosevelt disagrees)

Mrs Roosevelt disagrees

Short Nijmeegsch Dagblad item (27 May 1952): Eleanor Roosevelt, during a visit to Jakarta, replies to a letter from Gerwis, rejecting its claim that the UN used bacteriological weapons in Korea and that the UN suppressed peoples' freedom. She admits a struggle against communist-influenced organisations. Evidence of Ger

GA-01361 1952-05-27 Trouw rel A

Mevr. Roosevelt dient Gerwis van repliek (Mrs Roosevelt replies to Gerwis)

Mrs Roosevelt replies to Gerwis

Trouw (27 May 1952): Eleanor Roosevelt, visiting Jakarta, answers a letter from Gerwis, rejecting its claims that the UN used germ weapons in Korea or suppressed peoples' freedom, and rejecting claims about expelled Arabs. She admits a fight against communist-influenced organisations. Shows Gerwis's peace and anti-impe

GA-00677 1952-06-27 De Nieuwsgier rel B

Delegatie naar VS-ambassade om te protesteren tegen bacterie-oorlog (Delegation to US embassy)

Delegation to US embassy protests bacteriological war in Korea

De Nieuwsgier, 27 June 1952 (Sin Po): on the Korean War anniversary, a nine-organisation delegation including Gerwis, SOBSI, Pemuda Rakjat, Lekra and the peace committee protests at the US embassy against alleged bacteriological warfare, but is turned away. They write to the foreign minister asking Indonesia to press f

GA-00833 1952-07-03 De Waarheid rel B

Indonesië toont solidariteit met strijdend Korea

Indonesia shows solidarity with fighting Korea

De Waarheid, 3 Jul 1952, p. 5: dispatch on Indonesian solidarity with Korea on the war's second anniversary. A 17-person delegation of the Indonesian Peace Committee, including Francisca Fanggidaej, visited the US embassy in Jakarta to protest killings of women and children; Ambassador Cochran refused to receive them,

GA-02435 1952-10-11 rel A licensed

United States Indicted for Germ War (FBIS, 11 Oct 1952): Asian and Pacific Peace Conference, Peking

FBIS, 11 October 1952: United States indicted for germ war (Asian and Pacific Peace Conference, Peking)

FBIS-monitored Xinhua report (11 Oct 1952) on a session of the Asian and Pacific Peace Conference in Peking: Dr Chen Wen-kuei's indictment of US bacteriological warfare, then speeches by delegates from India, New Zealand, Korea, Japan, Pakistan, Chile, Vietnam. Umi Sardjono, a woman delegate from Indonesia, said Indone

GA-02440 1953-03-04 rel C licensed

Labor Party Cites Women's Efforts (FBIS, 4 Mar 1953)

FBIS, 4 March 1953: Labor Party cites women's efforts (Korean Workers' Party decision for International Women's Day)

FBIS-monitored Pyongyang radio text (4 Mar 1953) of a Korean Workers' Party Central Committee decision for International Women's Day: praises Korean women in the war, calls for wartime production and vigilance. One line lists the 'awakened democratic women of India, Indonesia' and others in the WIDF-led struggle (WIDF

GA-00886 1956-03-19 De Waarheid rel C

Lilly Wachter (portret, De Waarheid 19-3-1956)

Lilly Wachter portrait: West German delegate at the Dutch Women's Movement congress

De Waarheid, 19 Mar 1956, p. 3: profile of Lilly Wachter (West Germany), attending the NVB congress for the WIDF. Recalls the 1951 WIDF commission to Korea, in which Trees Sunito-Heyligers represented the NVB, and how Wachter was jailed 25 days and fined 12,000 marks after signing its report blaming US forces. Sunito a

GA-02737 1963 rel A

Francisca Fanggidaej dengan delegasi Korea, KWAA Jakarta, 1963

Francisca Fanggidaej with a Korean Delegation, KWAA Jakarta, 1963

IISG photograph (1963): black-and-white group photo at the Jakarta KWAA (Afro-Asian writers' body) with a Korean delegation. Francisca Fanggidaej, in glasses and holding flowers, stands among men and women beside a film camera. Caption identification comes from the file title only.

GA-02486 1963-07-24 rel A licensed

Meeting Honors Visiting Indonesian Women (FBIS, 24 Jul 1963)

FBIS-monitored KCNA report (24 Jul 1963): Pyongyang meeting welcoming the Indonesian women's delegation led by Mudikdio (Mudigdio), vice chairman of the Gerwani committee and MP. Kim Ok-sun praised the PKI as vanguard of anti-imperialist struggle; Mudigdio said emancipation without revolutionary struggle against coloni

GA-02855 1965 WIDF rel A licensed

Our Road: Reports, Reportages, Information (WIDF, 1965), including 'GERWANI for Peasant Women'

Our Road: reports from many countries (WIDF, 1965), incl. Gerwani for Peasant Women

WIDF magazine 1965 'Our Road' news page (mid-1965), with reports on North and South Korean women, West German women against Emergency Laws, and Argentina/India/US actions. A 'GERWANI for Peasant Women' item says Gerwani's International Women's Day statement backed peasants' demands for the Basic Agrarian Law and Crop S