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Lay Out Figure Diorama, Museum Ekstrim Kiri, Lubang Buaya

Layout Sheet of Diorama Figures, Museum of the Extreme Left, Lubang Buaya

Typed layout sheet listing the 37 diorama titles of the Museum Pengkhianatan PKI ('Museum Ekstrim Kiri'), opened 1 Oct 1992, from Madiun 1948 through Aidit's capture, the Njono trial and 1974. Shows how the official PKI-treachery narrative was structured.

GA-03337 1965-11-07 Berita Harian rel A

Wanita hamil belasan tahun mengaku (Lubang Buaya): PKI women members tell the story of the cruel killing

Pregnant teenager confesses: PKI women tell of the cruel killing at Lubang Buaya (Berita Harian, 1965)

Berita Minggu/Berita Harian, 7 November 1965, p. 10, UPI: the 'confession' of Jamilah, 15 and pregnant, a Pemuda Rakyat member, reported from Angkatan Bersenjata. She says about 100 Gerwani women among 500 at Halim were given knives, struck first, and hacked a blindfolded general's genitals. A core Lubang Buaya slander

GA-03352 1965-12-08 The Straits Times rel A

Almost overlords yesterday, almost outlaws today: What happened to the PKI? (Dennis Bloodworth)

Almost overlords yesterday, almost outlaws today: what happened to the PKI? (Bloodworth, Straits Times, 1965)

The Straits Times, 8 December 1965, p. 12, analysis by Dennis Bloodworth on why the PKI failed. In passing it repeats the Lubang Buaya slander as fact: 'six leading generals were done to death, horribly mutilated by doe-eye girls of the PKI's Gerwani women's movement'. It then covers Sukarno's weakness, Nasution's esca

GA-02390 1977 rel A

Wawancara Maria Ulfah Santoso: PKI dan Gerwani Berusaha Menguasai Kowani (Tempo, sekitar 1977; terjemahan JPRS)

Interview with Maria Ulfah Santoso: PKI and Gerwani tried to control Kowani (Tempo, c. 1977; JPRS)

JPRS translation of a Tempo profile (c. early 1977) of Maria Ulfah Santoso (b. Serang 1911): her marriage to political prisoner Soebadio Sastrosatomo with Subandrio's help (Jan 1964), early women's-movement work, Perwari and Kowani, and the PSI. She says that during her 11 years leading Kowani from 1952, 'PKI and Gerwa

GA-01621 1989-04-14 Harian Neraca rel B

Harian Neraca, 14 April 1989: 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (87)

Harian Neraca serial 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (87): South Blitar remnant base and formation of Trisula

Harian Neraca, 14 April 1989, p. 10: instalment 87 of Soegiarso Soerojo's serial. Army's view of the PKI remnant base in South Blitar (1967–68), the capture of Aidit's alleged adjutant Kusno and the formation of Trisula; Gerwani mentioned.

GA-03709 2023 Revolutionary Worlds: Local Perspectives and Dynamics during the Indonesian Independence War, 1945-1949 (Amsterdam University Press / KITLV) rel B

Revolutionary Worlds: Local Perspectives and Dynamics during the Indonesian Independence War, 1945-1949 (Oostindie et al. eds, 2023; catalogued for Francisca Fanggidaej)

Revolutionary Worlds: Local Perspectives and Dynamics during the Indonesian Independence War, 1945-1949 (2023)

Open-access edited volume (Oostindie et al., KITLV/NIMH/NIOD, Amsterdam University Press 2023) on local experiences of the Indonesian revolution 1945-49. In Galuh Ambar Sasi's chapter on Yogyakarta (pp. 65-66) Suripno and Francisca Fanggidaej, 'heads of Pesindo', tour Republican towns after visiting Europe and India, r

GA-03710 2023 Revolutionary Worlds: Local Perspectives and Dynamics during the Indonesian Independence War, 1945-1949 (Amsterdam University Press / KITLV) rel B

Revolutionary Worlds: Local Perspectives and Dynamics during the Indonesian Independence War, 1945-1949 (Oostindie et al. eds, 2023; catalogued for Francisca Fanggidaej)

Revolutionary Worlds: Local Perspectives and Dynamics during the Indonesian Independence War, 1945-1949 (2023)