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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-00943 1975-10-18 De Waarheid rel A

Martelingen (artikel Annie van Ommeren in 'Vrouwen')

Tortures (article by Annie van Ommeren in 'Vrouwen')

De Waarheid, 18 Oct 1975, p. 5: closing part of a review of the NVB monthly 'Vrouwen'. Annie van Ommeren's article stresses women's role against the regime, with Gerwani members prominent, names prominent women held and tortured with burning cigarettes and electric shocks in Plantungan, Bukit Duri and Bulu prisons, and

GA-02675 1976 rel A

Politieke Gevangenen op het Eiland Buru (Amnesty International, 1976)

Political Prisoners on Buru Island (Amnesty International, 1976)

Amnesty International Dutch dossier (Oct 1976) on Buru Island: over 10,000 untried prisoners, forced labour, and prisoner lists including a women's list headed by a short Gerwani history naming women held in Bukit Duri and Plantungan.

GA-03664 2003-02 TAPOL Bulletin no. 169/170 rel A

TAPOL Bulletin No. 169/170, January/February 2003

TAPOL Bulletin No. 169/170, Jan/Feb 2003: obituary of Sulami (Gerwani deputy secretary-general)

TAPOL Bulletin no. 169/170 (Jan/Feb 2003), with Carmel Budiardjo's obituary of Sulami (pp. 13-15). Born Sragen 15 Aug 1926, she joined Gerwis (Gerwani from 1951), became East Java executive member (1954) and second deputy secretary-general (1957), attended WIDF meetings, and was deputy secretary-general in 1965. Arrest

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