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Grootheidswaanzin (Megalomania)

Megalomania: retrospective on Sukarno after his death (second copy)

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De Tijd retrospective on Sukarno's megalomania (22 Jun 1970, after his death): his second marriage to Hartini in 1954 provoked opposition from the monogamy-minded women's movement, then the 1965 coup, Suharto's rise, the March 1966 transfer of powers and the PKI ban. Gerwani is not named. Duplicate of GA-00735.

Tinjauan retrospektif De Tijd tentang megalomania Sukarno (22 Juni 1970, setelah wafatnya): pernikahan kedua dengan Hartini (1954) memicu penentangan gerakan perempuan yang bermonogami, lalu kudeta 1965, naiknya Suharto, pengalihan kekuasaan Maret 1966 dan pelarangan PKI. Gerwani tidak disebut. Duplikat GA-00735.

“There was occasionally talk of opposition, for example when in 1954 he took Hartini as a second wife (the Indonesian women's movement takes a monogamous standpoint).”

People

SukarnoHartini SukarnoRatna Sari Dewi SukarnoHaryatiSuhartoSubandrio

Organisations

Communist Party of IndonesiaCakrabirawa RegimentIndonesian Army

Places

JakartaBogor

Events

Sukarno–Hartini marriage controversy

Topics

biographymarriage law and polygamy1965 coup and aftermathNew Order

Tags

obituaryhartini marriageduplicate recordfeature article

Details

Date
1970-06-22
Creator
De Tijd
Publication
De Tijd
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Dutch
Perspective
Western mainstream press
Source role
primary
Country
Netherlands
Period
1967–1979
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 Tijd (1970-06-22) - Grootheidswaanzin [Delpher ddd-110612229-a0085].txt
OCR / text
Fair (0.871) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: yes
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)
Summary basis
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