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GA-00798 1948-07-24 De Waarheid rel C

Groot succes in Parijs voor Indonesiërs (Great success in Paris for Indonesians)

Great success in Paris for Indonesians at WIDF exhibition events

De Waarheid report (24 Jul 1948) on a Perhimpunan Indonesia group of Indonesian workers and students performing dances and songs in Paris and Saint-Denis at WIDF invitation during its women's exhibition. An Indonesian woman greeted French women; the piece notes Kowani is a WIDF member. No Gerwis/Gerwani and no named In

GA-00068 1959 Api Kartini rel C licensed

Menyambut Hari Nasional

Welcoming National Day

Api Kartini (1959) editorial column 'Celebrating National Day': after Indonesia's 17 August, urges readers to welcome the national days of friendly states upholding the Bandung principles. Features the Democratic Republic of Vietnam's 2 September National Day with a poem by Ho Chi Minh. Solidarity propaganda with Asian

GA-00074 1960 Api Kartini rel C licensed

Gema Revolusi (fragmen)

Echoes of the Revolution (fragment)

Fragmentary Api Kartini (1960) item 'Echoes of Revolution': OCR remnants of a rhetorical piece or poem on women marching, crushing colonialism, and demanding equal rights in politics and economy. Too damaged to summarise beyond title and these themes.

GA-02802 1961 Kate Luders rel C licensed

Dance, Music, Architecture - Lively Testimony to Indonesian Culture (Kate Lüders with Dagmar Bothas)

Dance, Music, Architecture: Testimony to Indonesian Culture (Lüders and Bothas)

Women of the Whole World, 1961: staff writer Kate Lüders interviews Dagmar Bothas about a four-month government-guest visit to Java, Bali and Kalimantan, emphasising dance, music, temples and the literacy campaign (Minister Prijono). Gerwani appears only in a caption about May Day demonstrations; background material.

GA-01074 1961-06-27 Het Rotterdamsch Parool rel C

Berlijn ontzet door schandaal op 'ernstige' Berlinale (met bespreking van de Indonesische film 'Dappere vrouwen')

Berlin shocked by scandal at 'serious' Berlinale (with review of Indonesian film 'Brave Women')

Het Rotterdamsch Parool report (27 Jun 1961, p.4) from the Berlinale: a gossip piece on an actress's torn dress, then mocking review of an Indonesian film 'Dappere vrouwen' (about Indonesian women's patriotism in the struggle for freedom), screened outside the festival, in which Dutch colonists are played by Indonesian

GA-02803 1963 M. L. Huber rel C licensed

INDONESIA - a new state with an ancient civilization (M. L. Huber)

Indonesia: a new state with an ancient civilization (M. L. Huber, 1963)

Travel essay by M. L. Huber in Women of the Whole World, 1963, on a car journey from Jakarta toward East Java and Bandung, with a sweeping history of Indonesian civilisation, colonialism, the Round Table agreement and 1957 nationalisations, in a pro-Sukarno-era socialist-bloc framing. Gerwani is not mentioned.

GA-03544 1963-05-24 Berita Harian rel C

Buku puisi di-haramkan (PKI member's poetry book banned in the Federation)

Poetry book banned (PKI member's book banned in the Federation), Berita Harian, 24 May 1963

Berita Harian (Singapore/Malaya), 24 May 1963: Kuala Lumpur report that the Federation government has banned 'Puisi Progresif Indonesia', a book written and translated by a PKI member, 'Bintang S...' (snippet cut off). The sweep guesses the author is Bintang Suradi, possibly the husband of Gerwani member Suwarti Bintan

GA-00103 1964 Api Kartini rel C licensed

Rasialisme di Negeri Dollar (dan Pameran Buku)

Racism in the Land of Dollars (and a Book Fair)

Api Kartini (1964) article 'Racism in the Land of Dollars' on discrimination against 19 million African Americans (Birmingham bombing, voting restrictions), condemning also the 10 May 1963 anti-Chinese racist riots in West Java. The page continues with a short piece on a May book fair at Gedung Pemuda and encouraging w

GA-02323 2007 Tempo rel C licensed

Wajah Aidit di Seluloid

Tempo, 1 October 2007: Aidit's face on celluloid

Tempo feature (1 Oct 2007) on how D.N. Aidit was portrayed in the New Order film Pengkhianatan G-30-S/PKI, via interviews with Syu'bah Asa, Danarto, Amarzan Ismail Hamid and Jajang C. Noer. Notes thin research and an invented chain-smoking Aidit; context for film propaganda.

GA-02755 2016 rel C

Dialita, Ujian (Dunia Milik Kita, 2016)

Audio track (5:43) from the 2016 album 'Dunia Milik Kita' by Dialita, a choir of 1965 survivors and relatives; guest artist(s): Frau. The album records songs written by women political prisoners and former Gerwani/leftist circles in the 1960s-70s, newly arranged (Yes No Wave YESNO083).

GA-02756 2016 rel C

Dialita, Salam Harapan (Dunia Milik Kita, 2016)

Audio track (2:44) from the 2016 album 'Dunia Milik Kita' by Dialita, a choir of 1965 survivors and relatives; guest artist(s): Cholil Mahmud. The album records songs written by women political prisoners and former Gerwani/leftist circles in the 1960s-70s, newly arranged (Yes No Wave YESNO083).

GA-02757 2016 rel C

Dialita, Di Kaki-Kaki Tangkuban Perahu (Dunia Milik Kita, 2016)

Audio track (5:48) from the 2016 album 'Dunia Milik Kita' by Dialita, a choir of 1965 survivors and relatives; guest artist(s): Sisir Tanah, Frau and Lintang Radittya. The album records songs written by women political prisoners and former Gerwani/leftist circles in the 1960s-70s, newly arranged (Yes No Wave YESNO083).

GA-02758 2016 rel C

Dialita, Padi Untuk India (Dunia Milik Kita, 2016)

Audio track (2:28) from the 2016 album 'Dunia Milik Kita' by Dialita, a choir of 1965 survivors and relatives; guest artist(s): Sisir Tanah. The album records songs written by women political prisoners and former Gerwani/leftist circles in the 1960s-70s, newly arranged (Yes No Wave YESNO083).

GA-02760 2016 rel C

Dialita, Viva GANEFO (Dunia Milik Kita, 2016)

Audio track (2:28) from the 2016 album 'Dunia Milik Kita' by Dialita, a choir of 1965 survivors and relatives; guest artist(s): Sisir Tanah. The album records songs written by women political prisoners and former Gerwani/leftist circles in the 1960s-70s, newly arranged (Yes No Wave YESNO083). The title refers to GANEFO

GA-02761 2016 rel C

Dialita, Lagu Untuk Anakku (Dunia Milik Kita, 2016)

Audio track (3:37) from the 2016 album 'Dunia Milik Kita' by Dialita, a choir of 1965 survivors and relatives; guest artist(s): Cholil Mahmud. The album records songs written by women political prisoners and former Gerwani/leftist circles in the 1960s-70s, newly arranged (Yes No Wave YESNO083).

GA-02762 2016 rel C

Dialita, Kupandang Langit (Dunia Milik Kita, 2016)

Audio track (4:35) from the 2016 album 'Dunia Milik Kita' by Dialita, a choir of 1965 survivors and relatives; guest artist(s): Frau and Lintang Radittya. The album records songs written by women political prisoners and former Gerwani/leftist circles in the 1960s-70s, newly arranged (Yes No Wave YESNO083).

GA-02763 2016 rel C

Dialita, Dunia Milik Kita (Dunia Milik Kita, 2016)

Audio track (2:12) from the 2016 album 'Dunia Milik Kita' by Dialita, a choir of 1965 survivors and relatives; guest artist(s): Cholil Mahmud and Lintang Radittya. The album records songs written by women political prisoners and former Gerwani/leftist circles in the 1960s-70s, newly arranged (Yes No Wave YESNO083).

GA-02768 2016 rel C

One Hour of Indonesian Communist Music (kompilasi)

One Hour of Indonesian Communist Music (Compilation, 2016)

One-hour (55:48) audio compilation of songs associated with the Indonesian communist movement and the Sukarno era, compiled and uploaded by GETchan to the Internet Archive in 2016. Description only; no track list or transcript, so Gerwani content cannot be confirmed.

GA-02969 2017 rel C

Jejak Kekerasan pada Novel Tarian Bumi Karya Oka Rusmini (Haryanti, 2017)

Traces of violence in the novel Tarian Bumi by Oka Rusmini (Haryanti, 2017)

Novi Haryanti's 2017 postcolonial-feminist reading of Oka Rusmini's Balinese novel Tarian Bumi, arguing 1965 politics and caste adat both produce violence on women; notes 1965 is rarely a literary subject. Literary context; Gerwani not central.

GA-03600 2021-05-01 Tempo (edisi 1 Mei 2021) rel C licensed

Penyair Misterius, Pendukung Sastra Anak (Sugiarti Siswadi)

Mysterious poet and supporter of children's literature: Sugiarti Siswadi (Tempo, 1 May 2021)

Tempo article, 1 May 2021, by Isma Savitri and Hardian Putra Pratama, on Lekra writer Sugiarti Siswadi: Lekra central leadership member from 1959, children's-literature advocate, author of the banned Sorga Dibumi, and editor of Api Kartini. Researchers cannot trace her life; one suspects she was jailed in Semarang in 1

GA-03033 2025 rel C licensed

Red Nanyang: Chinese-Language Literature of Indonesia, 1945-1965

Red Nanyang: Chinese-Language Literature of Indonesia, 1945-1965 (Borgonjon, 2025)

Columbia PhD dissertation (2025) by David Borgonjon, the first full-length study of Chinese-language (yinhua) literature in Indonesia 1945-65, set within Sino-Indonesian friendship, Afro-Asian translation and Guided Democracy-era debates on labour and schooling. Gerwani is barely present: a glossary entry gives Gerwani