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Tossed Down by the Rising Waves (Sudjinah, prison memoir)

Tossed Down by the Rising Waves (Sudjinah, Prison Memoir)

English typescript prison memoir by Sudjinah, Gerwani translator and journalist (c. 2000): courier in 1945-49, WIDF secretariat in Berlin, Gerwani HQ in 1965, capture in 1967, torture and detention at Bukit Duri and Tangerang. Key Gerwani survivor memoir.

GA-02982 2015 rel B licensed

Genjer-genjer, Lagu yang Ditakuti Sejarah (Tempo, Ika Ningtyas, 2015)

Genjer-genjer, the song feared by history (Tempo, Ika Ningtyas, 2015)

Tempo feature (8 June 2015; IPT 1965 repost) on 'Genjermania', a Berlin live-music project by Tomi Simatupang raising funds for the son of Genjer-genjer composer Muhammad Arief, killed after 1965; traces the song's Japanese-occupation origin and its 1965 stigma.

GA-02289 2021-10-02 Tempo rel A licensed

Beban Trauma Peristiwa 1965 (Mengapa Umi Sardjono tak terbuka mengungkap riwayat Gerwani)

Tempo, 2 October 2021: The burden of trauma of 1965 (why Umi Sardjono was not open about Gerwani's history)

Tempo feature (2 Oct 2021, Dini Pramita and Bagja Hidayat) on why Gerwani chair Umi Sardjono (Suharti Sumodiwiryo) said little after 13 years in Bukit Duri (to 1978). Drawn from Ita Nadia, Ruth Indiah Rahayu, others: she wept at accounts of rape and Sudjinah's injury, 'it is my responsibility'; friendships with Fransis