Gerwani Archive
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2 itemsTopic: arrests and detention ✕Place: Malaysia ✕Source archive: Delpher (KB, Netherlands) ✕
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GA-00583 1965-10-11 ANP Radiobulletin rel B

ANP Nieuwsbericht, 11-10-1965 (Indonesia: Gerwani headquarters burned in Aceh)

ANP news report, 11 October 1965 (Indonesia: Gerwani headquarters burned in Aceh)

ANP radio bulletin, 11 Oct 1965: the army arrests all PKI board members in Bandung, and in Aceh demonstrators burned down the headquarters of Gerwani. Also notes the evacuation of American embassy families from Jakarta. Early evidence of anti-Gerwani violence outside Java.

GA-00727 1965-10-11 De Telegraaf rel A

Terwijl Soekarno blijft zwijgen: 1500 communisten gearresteerd (While Sukarno keeps silent, 1,500 communists arrested)

While Sukarno keeps silent, 1,500 communists arrested; Gerwani blamed for torture

De Telegraaf report (11 Oct 1965) that the army arrested over 1,500 communists, including Col. A. Latief; it states Gerwani members among the arrested "are said to be responsible for the torturing to death of the generals." Early Dutch-press repetition of the Gerwani slander.