GA-02222 1965-10-13 relevance B public
Jagd auf Kommunisten (Perburuan Komunis)
Schweizer Bauer, 13 October 1965: Hunt for communists
Short Reuter wire item in the Swiss farm paper Schweizer Bauer, 13 Oct 1965. Reports tension in Central Java as Communists flee to the mountains, and that an angry crowd burned down the Gerwani premises in Aceh, North Sumatra, per Radio Djakarta via Malaysian radio.
Berita kawat Reuter pendek di Schweizer Bauer, 13 Okt 1965. Melaporkan ketegangan di Jawa Tengah ketika kaum komunis lari ke pegunungan, dan massa marah membakar habis kantor Gerwani di Aceh, Sumatra Utara, menurut Radio Jakarta lewat radio Malaysia.
“An angry crowd set fire to the premises of the Indonesian organisation of Communist women, 'Gerwani', in Atjeh in North Sumatra. The building burned down completely.”
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- 1965-10-13
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- Schweizer Bauer
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- Schweizer Bauer
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- newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
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- German
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- Western mainstream press
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- primary
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- Switzerland
- Period
- 1965–1966
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- e-newspaperarchives.ch (Switzerland) · source link
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- 01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Swiss press (1959-1965) - wire reports on Gerwani (e-newspaperarchives.ch)/Schweizer Bauer (1965-10-13) - Jagd auf Kommunisten [e-newspaperarchives SBR19651013-01.2.2.1].txt
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- 01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Swiss press (1959-1965) - wire reports on Gerwani (e-newspaperarchives.ch)
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