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Gruwelen (Atrocities)
Atrocities: account of the generals' killing and alleged Gerwani role (duplicate record)
De Tijd article "Gruwelen" (23 Apr 1966) recounting the 1 Oct 1965 killings of the generals, claiming a hundred Gerwani women at Halim took part in torturing them with knives and razor blades after "training" including sexual orgies and blood oaths, citing a 15-year-old "Miss Djamilah" and the Djakarta Mail of 5 Nov. Duplicate/longer copy that adds a closing paragraph on PKI mass graves in Boyolali and killings of hundreds of thousands of communists without trial. A full statement of the Lubang Buaya sexual slander.
Artikel De Tijd "Gruwelen" (23 April 1966) yang menceritakan pembunuhan para jenderal 1 Oktober 1965, mengklaim seratus perempuan Gerwani di Halim ikut menyiksa mereka dengan pisau kecil dan silet setelah "pelatihan" berisi pesta seks dan sumpah darah, merujuk "Nona Djamilah" (15 tahun) dan Djakarta Mail 5 November. Salinan lebih panjang dengan paragraf penutup tentang kuburan massal PKI di Boyolali dan pembunuhan ratusan ribu komunis tanpa pengadilan. Pernyataan lengkap fitnah seksual Lubang Buaya.
“Among those groups were a hundred members of the Indonesian Organisation of Communist Women, called GERWANI... Their "training" had included sexual orgies and also obscene ceremonies. (as translated)”
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- 1966-04-23
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- 01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)/De Tijd (1966-04-23) - Gruwelen [Delpher ddd-110611082-a0283].txt
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- 01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)
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