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'Zij mochten niet meedoen: 17 Augustus is een rouwdag' (17 August is a day of mourning)

'They were not allowed to take part': 17 August is a day of mourning

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De Locomotief, 15 Aug 1950 (Aneta): SOBSI, Rukun Tani, a youth front, PRRI and the women's organisation GERWIS form a committee to commemorate the 'People's Proclamation of 17 August 1945', declaring 17 August 1950 a day of mourning because the RTC-style unitary state buries the 1945 republic. They protest the ban on banners. Shows Gerwis in the left coalition.

De Locomotief, 15 Agu 1950 (Aneta): SOBSI, Rukun Tani, front pemuda, PRRI dan organisasi perempuan GERWIS membentuk panitia peringatan 'Proklamasi Rakyat 17 Agustus 1945', menyatakan 17 Agustus 1950 hari berkabung karena negara kesatuan ala KMB mengubur republik 1945. Mereka memprotes larangan spanduk. Menunjukkan Gerwis dalam koalisi kiri.

“"...the S.O.B.S.I., the Rukun Tani Indonesia, the Front Nasional Pemuda, P.R.R.I. and the women's organisation GERWIS, decided ... to proceed to the formation of the 'Panitya Peringatan Proklamasi Rakjat 17 Agustus 1945.'"”

Organisations

Indonesian Conscious Women's Movement (Gerwis)All-Indonesia Central Labour OrganisationRukun Tani IndonesiaFront Nasional PemudaRevolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia

Places

IndonesiaJakarta

Topics

Gerwispeace and anti-imperialismcongresses and meetingselections and parliament

Tags

national day celebrationcommemoration

Details

Date
1950-08-15
Creator
De Locomotief
Publication
De Locomotief
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Dutch
Perspective
Western mainstream press
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1950–1954
Source archive
Delpher (KB, Netherlands) · source link
Access
open access (Delpher) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)/De Locomotief (1950-08-15) - Zij mochten niet meedoen, 17 Augustus is een rouwdag Sobsi c. s. menen dat [Delpher ddd-010862709-a0042].txt
OCR / text
Fair (0.856) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: yes
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)
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