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Berita Yudha, 9 Desember 1965

Berita Yudha, 9 December 1965

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Berita Yudha, 9 Desember 1965. Page 2 rich in Gerwani items: 'Di Klaten G 30 S sediakan 200 Lobang Buaja' claims 200 pits were prepared and Gerwani and Pemuda Rakyat volunteers were involved.

Berita Yudha, 9 Desember 1965. Halaman 2 kaya butir Gerwani: 'Di Klaten G 30 S sediakan 200 Lobang Buaja' menyatakan 200 lubang disiapkan dan sukarelawan/sukarelawati Gerwani dan Pemuda Rakyat terlibat.

People

Darjono

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)People's YouthCommunist Party of Indonesia

Places

KlatenCentral JavaLubang Buaya

Events

Army press sexual slander campaign against GerwaniMass killings of 1965–66

Topics

Lubang Buaya and sexual slanderkillings 1965–66propaganda and media

Tags

atrocity rumoursmilitia and volunteers

Details

Date
1965-12-09
Creator
Berita Yudha
Publication
Berita Yudha
Document type
newspaper issue (Newspaper issue (army daily), 3 scanned pages (printed pp. I, II, IV), PDF)
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 file name, Berita Yudha 1965-1966 series), 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, December 9). [Issue No. 300, Th. I; scan of printed pp. I, II and IV; includes "Di Klaten 'G 30 S' sediakan 200 'Lobang Buaja'" and "Antara tugas dan tjinta" (p. 2)]. Berita Yudha (Jakarta). Perpustakaan Nasional RI, Khastara digital collection (888057).
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Berita Yudha (1965-1966) - issues mentioning Gerwani (Perpusnas Khastara)/Berita Yudha (1965-12-09) - issue, Gerwani p. 2 [Khastara 888057].pdf
OCR / text
Fair (0.869) · proof-reading: key passages (Claude, Oct 2026) · 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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