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Groot succes in Parijs voor Indonesiërs (Great success in Paris for Indonesians)

Great success in Paris for Indonesians at WIDF exhibition events

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De Waarheid report (24 Jul 1948) on a Perhimpunan Indonesia group of Indonesian workers and students performing dances and songs in Paris and Saint-Denis at WIDF invitation during its women's exhibition. An Indonesian woman greeted French women; the piece notes Kowani is a WIDF member. No Gerwis/Gerwani and no named Indonesian women.

Laporan De Waarheid (24 Juli 1948) tentang kelompok Perhimpunan Indonesia, para pekerja dan mahasiswa Indonesia, yang tampil dengan tari dan lagu di Paris dan Saint-Denis atas undangan WIDF saat pameran perempuannya. Seorang perempuan Indonesia menyampaikan salam kepada perempuan Prancis; disebut Kowani anggota WIDF. Tidak ada Gerwis/Gerwani maupun perempuan Indonesia bernama.

“The Women's International Democratic Federation... of which the Indonesian Women's Federation, Kowani, is a member.”

People

Maurice ThorezJeannette VermeerschEugénie CottonMarie-Claude Vaillant-CouturierSimone Gillot

Organisations

Women's International Democratic FederationPerhimpunan IndonesiaIndonesian Women's CongressUnion of French Women

Places

ParisSaint-DenisNetherlands

Topics

WIDF and international women's movementart, literature and musicUSSR and Eastern Europepeace and anti-imperialism

Tags

cultural performance

Details

Date
1948-07-24
Creator
De Waarheid
Publication
De Waarheid
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Dutch
Perspective
Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
Source role
primary
Country
Netherlands
Period
1945–1949
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 Waarheid (1948-07-24) - Groot succes in Parijs voor Indonesiërs Progressief Parijs geniet van [Delpher ddd-010850621-a0078].txt
OCR / text
Fair (0.863) · 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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