Herman van Roijen

Category: foreign government/diplomat
Nationality: Dutch
Also written as: Van Royen

1949 – 1949

2 items

GA-00807 1949-04-25 De Waarheid rel C

Zware slag op Sumatra (Heavy battle in Sumatra; Paris peace congress speeches)

Heavy battle in Sumatra; speeches at Paris World Peace Congress

De Waarheid page (25 Apr 1949) with a report on fighting in Sumatra (Dutch landing at Indrapura, Republican scorched-earth) plus speeches from the Paris World Peace Congress. WIDF chair Eugénie Cotton says millions of women are fighting in China, Greece, Indonesia and Spain. No Indonesian women are named.

GA-01085 1949-11-08 Het Vrije Volk rel A

Van daar (kolom met bericht over Salawati Daud)

'From there' (column with item on Salawati Daud)

Het Vrije Volk front-page column 'Van daar' (8 Nov 1949): opens with the claim that Salawati Daud, female member of Makassar's city council, proved to be leader of the band that kidnapped and murdered a Faroko factory representative in South Celebes; six members including 'the female band leader' are arrested. The rest