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Twee PvdA-bestuursleden leggen functies neer (met foto van Trees Sunito-Heyligers)

Two PvdA board members resign; photo of Trees Sunito-Heyligers

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De Waarheid, 10 Feb 1953, p. 1: two items. A brief note that the Wormerveer PvdA chairman and a board member resigned, and a photo caption showing Trees Sunito-Heyligers with her two children waiting for the bus to Schiphol, where she and Go Gien Tjwan were closely guarded before deportation to Indonesia. Only the caption concerns Sunito.

De Waarheid, 10 Feb 1953, hlm. 1: dua bagian. Catatan singkat bahwa ketua PvdA Wormerveer dan seorang pengurus mengundurkan diri, serta keterangan foto Trees Sunito-Heyligers bersama dua anaknya menunggu bus ke Schiphol, tempat ia dan Go Gien Tjwan dijaga ketat sebelum dikirim ke Indonesia. Hanya keterangan foto yang menyangkut Sunito.

“Full text shows the first item is unrelated; only the photo caption on Sunito matters.”

People

Trees Sunito-HeyligersGo Gien TjwanS. Roos

Organisations

Labour Party (Netherlands)KLM

Places

WormerveerSchipholIndonesia

Topics

Netherlandsarrests and detentionbiography

Tags

news brief

Details

Date
1953-02-10
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 (1953-02-10) - Twee PvdA-bestuursleden leggen functies neer [Delpher ddd-010369041-a0024].txt
OCR / text
Fair (0.828) · 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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