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Berita Yudha, 12 Oktober 1965

Berita Yudha, 12 October 1965

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Berita Yudha, 12 Oktober 1965. Front-page report that crowds in Yogyakarta (5–6 Oct 1965) put up placards 'Who killed the Heroes of the Revolution? Gerwani-PR' and destroyed PKI and IPPI offices; an early link of Gerwani to the killings.

Berita Yudha, 12 Oktober 1965. Laporan halaman depan bahwa massa di Yogyakarta (5–6 Oktober 1965) memasang plakat 'Siapa pembunuh Pahlawan Revolusi? Gerwani-PR' dan merusak kantor PKI dan IPPI; kaitan awal Gerwani dengan pembunuhan.

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)People's YouthCommunist Party of IndonesiaIndonesian Youth and Students' Association

Places

Yogyakarta

Events

Army press sexual slander campaign against Gerwani

Topics

Lubang Buaya and sexual slanderpropaganda and media1965 coup and aftermath

Tags

demonstrationscapegoatingattacks on premisessexual slander

Details

Date
1965-10-12
Creator
Berita Yudha
Publication
Berita Yudha
Document type
newspaper issue (Newspaper issue (army daily))
Language
Indonesian (old spelling)
Perspective
Indonesian army/New Order voice
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1965–1966
Source archive
Perpusnas Khastara | (catalog https://khastara.perpusnas.go.id/koleksi-digital/detail/?catId=888057) · source link
Access
Perpustakaan Nasional RI, Khastara digital collection (free PDF; catalogue id 888057 in the file name), downloaded 2026-10-15/16 via the Claude desktop browser. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
Citation (APA)
Berita Yudha. (1965, October 12). Berita Yudha [Harian Umum], No. 242, pp. I–IV. Jakarta: J.K.K. Yudha Pers.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Berita Yudha (1965-1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)/Berita Yudha (1965-10-12) - issue, Gerwani p. 1 [Khastara 888057].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.882) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Berita Yudha (1965-1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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