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De stad van Piet

The city of Piet: reception for released Dutch conscientious objectors

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De Waarheid, 25 Jul 1952, p. 4: report on a celebratory reception in The Hague and Amsterdam for released Dutch conscientious objectors to the Indonesian war (Wil van Kempen, Niek de Pater, Jan Maassen) and Piet van Staveren, with CPN, ANJV and NVB speakers. A delegation of Indonesian women and the group Sinar Indonesia take part; Indonesian youth speaker Sudirdjo hails Dutch-Indonesian solidarity. Background on Dutch solidarity; no Gerwani members.

De Waarheid, 25 Jul 1952, hlm. 4: laporan penyambutan di Den Haag dan Amsterdam bagi penolak dinas perang Indonesia asal Belanda yang dibebaskan (Wil van Kempen, Niek de Pater, Jan Maassen) dan Piet van Staveren, dengan pembicara CPN, ANJV, dan NVB. Delegasi perempuan Indonesia dan kelompok Sinar Indonesia hadir; pembicara pemuda Sudirdjo menyambut solidaritas Belanda-Indonesia. Latar solidaritas Belanda; tanpa anggota Gerwani.

“Sudirdjo for Indonesian youth: 'Leve de solidariteit van de Nederlandse en Indonesische jeugd!' (p. 4).”

People

Piet van StaverenWil van KempenNiek de PaterJan MaassenGerben WagenaarHenk GortzakSudirdjo

Organisations

Communist Party of the NetherlandsGeneral Dutch Youth LeagueDutch Women's MovementSinar IndonesiaDe Waarheid

Places

The HagueAmsterdamSchoonhovenNetherlands

Topics

Netherlandspeace and anti-imperialismpropaganda and media

Tags

reception

Details

Date
1952-07-25
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
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 Waarheid (1952-07-25) - De stad van Piet [Delpher ddd-010368876-a0070].txt
OCR / text
Fair (0.857) · 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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