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Bukan Cuma Angka, Mereka Bernama dan Sepenuhnya Manusia: Kompilasi Kisah Hidup 260 Korban dan Penyintas 65 (YPKP 1965, 2026)

Not Just Numbers: Compilation of Life Stories of 260 Victims and Survivors of '65 (YPKP 1965, 2026)

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YPKP 1965 index (6 April 2026) of about 260 life stories of those killed, imprisoned or exiled in 1965-66, women first (57 entries), then men and exiles, linking to the Perpustakaan Online blog. Valuable finding aid to named women survivors.

Indeks YPKP 1965 (6 April 2026) sekitar 260 kisah hidup korban pembunuhan, pemenjaraan dan pengasingan 1965-66, perempuan lebih dulu (57 entri), lalu laki-laki dan eksil, dengan tautan ke blog Perpustakaan Online. Alat bantu temu-kembali yang berharga bagi penyintas perempuan bernama.

Organisations

Foundation for Research on the Victims of the 1965–66 KillingsOnline Library of the 1965–1966 Genocide

Places

Indonesia

Topics

memory, testimony and justicekillings 1965–66arrests and detentionbiography

Tags

minutes and recordsoral historyname list

Details

Date
2026
Creator
YPKP 1965
Document type
finding aid (web compilation / finding aid: an ordered list of linked biographical posts (life stories, memoirs, obituaries, testimonies) about victims, survivors and exiles of 1965, mostly hosted on Perpustakaan Online Genosida 1965-1966)
Language
Indonesian; English
Perspective
Journalism/commentary (post-1998)
Source role
reference
Country
Indonesia
Period
1999–present
Source archive
ypkp1965.org · source link
Access
YPKP 1965 website, post of 6 April 2026 (categories Kisah Tapol / Perpustakaan Online): https://ypkp1965.org/blog/2026/04/06/bukan-cuma-angka-mereka-bernama-dan-sepenuhnya-manusia-kompilasi-kisah-hidup-260-korban-dan-penyintas-65/ . Open access. Retrieved 2026-10-13. Companion version on Perpustakaan Online Genosida 1965-1966 (1 April 2026, 'Membaca Angka Dengan Nama dan Wajah Manusia'). Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
Citation (APA)
YPKP 1965. (2026, April 6). Bukan cuma angka, mereka bernama dan sepenuhnya manusia: Kompilasi kisah hidup 260 korban dan penyintas '65 [Not just numbers, they have names and are fully human: A compilation of the life stories of 260 victims and survivors of '65] [Annotated link compilation]. https://ypkp1965.org/blog/2026/04/06/bukan-cuma-angka-mereka-bernama-dan-sepenuhnya-manusia-kompilasi-kisah-hidup-260-korban-dan-penyintas-65/
File
01 Primary Sources/1.8 Testimonies, Memoirs and Human Rights Reports/YPKP 1965 (2026) - Bukan Cuma Angka, Mereka Bernama dan Sepenuhnya Manusia, Kompilasi Kisah Hidup 260 Korban dan Penyintas 65.txt
OCR / text
Fair (0.869) · proof-reading: key passages (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.8 Testimonies, Memoirs and Human Rights Reports
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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