Neues Deutschland, 16 January 1953, p. 2. 'Vorwärts zum Weltkongreß der Frauen 1953!', a staff report on the DFD federal board session in Berlin where Elli Schmidt presented awards. Indonesia is a passing mention only: IDFF (WIDF) representatives from Czechoslovakia, Indonesia and the USA attended as a sign of solidari
Neues Deutschland, 7 July 1955, p. 5: article 'Frieden und Glück für die Kinder aller Mütter' (signed E. T.) on the opening of the World Congress of Mothers in Lausanne. Indonesia appears only once, in a list of countries where preparatory committees were formed. No Indonesian women, Gerwani or other named Indonesians
Neues Deutschland, 13 February 1960, p. 2. ADN brief from Rangoon, 'Ilse Thiele führte Gespräche in Rangun': the DFD chair, returning from Indonesia where she attended the IDFF (WIDF) bureau meeting and the Indonesian Peace Congress, stopped in Rangoon to meet Daw Khin Kyi, widow of Aung San, and Burmese parliamentary
Neues Deutschland, 22 November 1960, p. 7: ADN item 'Frauen aus fünf Ländern in der DDR'. Sixty representatives of democratic women's organisations from Austria, Finland, Sweden, Italy and Indonesia arrived at Schönefeld airport for the 7th Federal Congress of the DFD and were welcomed by deputy chair Wilhelmine Schirm
Neues Deutschland, 28 October 1964, p. 1: ADN dispatch from Sofia, headed 'Ilse Thiele neue IDFF-Vizepräsidentin'. At the end of the WIDF council session DFD chair Ilse Thiele was elected one of four new vice-presidents; Freda Brown (Australia), Vilma Espín (Cuba) and Umi Sardjono (Indonesia) were confirmed in the post
Neues Deutschland, 4 February 1965, p. 1: front-page summary of the 11th Volkskammer session, headlined 'Beziehungen zu Indonesien vertieft', where president Johannes Dieckmann reported on the delegation's Indonesia trip, with the Indonesian ambassador in Prague, Armunanto, present as guest. This OCR page carries only
Neues Deutschland, 12 October 1965, p. 7. ND brief 'Malaysias Premier feiert Putschversuch' (Kuala Lumpur/Djakarta, citing AP and AFP): Tunku Abdul Rahman calls the 30 September coup attempt an 'answer to our prayers' and a chance to eliminate Indonesian communists. Citing a Jakarta Muslim daily, it reports that incite
Neues Deutschland, 20 October 1965, p. 1: ADN/TASS report 'KP Indonesiens in Djakarta verboten'. Jakarta's military governor, Maj.-Gen. Umar Wirahadikusumah, issued a temporary ban on the PKI and its affiliated organisations for the Jakarta area, explicitly naming Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani (women's organisation), the p
Neues Deutschland, 11 November 1965, p. 7. ADN dispatch from Djakarta under 'Sukarno kritisiert Presse': Sukarno lifts the state of war in the capital; Antara reports arrests of PKI members (346 in Tangerang, 125 people including twelve women in a Central Java town, 40 in Belawan); 102 parliamentarians removed; Sukarno
Neues Deutschland, 23 November 1965, p. 7: ADN report 'Neue Repressalien in Indonesien' from Jakarta citing the Indonesian press: 1,600 detained in the South Borneo military district and 1,630 arrested in Wonogiri near Surakarta. Antara states all those held belong to the Communist Party, the women's organisation 'Gerw
Neues Deutschland, 8 August 1975, p. 2. Short ND item 'IDFF verlangt Freilassung von indonesischen Frauen': the WIDF (IDFF), with 120 organisations in 103 countries, wrote to the President of Indonesia (Suharto, not named in the text) appealing for release of the women sentenced in June 1975 and all women held for poli
Foreign-news page of the SED daily Neues Deutschland. A brief ('Kommunistin verurteilt') reports that an Indonesian military court sentenced Siti Sundari Abdul Rahman, a Communist Party leader and former member of parliament, to life imprisonment. The sweep names her as Sundari Abdulrachman; her Gerwani link is not sta
Foreign-news page of the SED daily Neues Deutschland. A brief ('Kommunistin verurteilt') reports that an Indonesian military court sentenced Siti Sundari Abdul Rahman, a Communist Party leader and former member of parliament, to life imprisonment. The sweep names her as Sundari Abdulrachman; her Gerwani link is not sta
Neues Deutschland, 10 January 1985, p. 5: ADN news item from New York reporting that Indonesia and Jamaica have ratified the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, bringing ratifications to 63, including all socialist states; the USA, Britain and West Germany had not joined. Brie