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Berliner Zeitung, 14 March 1952, S. 2: „Die herrlichste Sache der Welt...“ Frauen aus fünf Ländern zum sowjetischen Friedensvertragsvorschlag

Berliner Zeitung, 14 Mar 1952, p. 2: 'The most glorious cause in the world' - women from five countries on the Soviet pe

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Berliner Zeitung, 14 March 1952, p. 2: "Die herrlichste Sache der Welt...", a reception report in which women from five countries welcome the Soviet draft peace treaty for Germany. A young Indonesian woman, Darmini, about to return home, says Indonesia's people value cooperation with Germany and await the treaty. Indonesia is a short closing item; Gerwani is not named. Framing: peace and socialist-bloc friendship.

Berliner Zeitung, 14 Maret 1952, hlm. 2: "Die herrlichste Sache der Welt...", laporan resepsi tempat perempuan dari lima negara menyambut rancangan perjanjian damai Soviet untuk Jerman. Seorang perempuan muda Indonesia, Darmini, yang segera pulang, mengatakan rakyat Indonesia menghargai kerja sama dengan Jerman dan menantikan perjanjian itu. Indonesia hanya butir penutup singkat; Gerwani tidak disebut. Bingkai: perdamaian dan persahabatan blok sosialis.

“Das Volk von Indonesien, erzählte sie uns, legt größten Wert auf Zusammenarbeit mit Deutschland.”

People

DarminiMarie-Claude Vaillant-CouturierClare YuilleEthel GenkindBeatrice Johnson

Organisations

Women's International Democratic Federation

Places

IndonesiaBerlinGermanyFranceUnited KingdomCanadaUnited StatesSoviet Union

Tags

receptionsolidaritycold warnews brief

Details

Date
1952-03-14
Creator
Berliner Zeitung
Publication
Berliner Zeitung
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper page (full page PDF; relevant article identified in summary))
Language
German
Perspective
Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
Source role
primary
Country
East Germany
Period
1950–1954
Source archive
ZEFYS DDR-Presse (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin) · source link
Access
ZEFYS DDR-Presse (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin), free login required; copyrighted GDR newspaper; personal research copy Library-licensed or subscription copy: show metadata and summary only; link to the source.
Citation (APA)
„Die herrlichste Sache der Welt...“ Frauen aus fünf Ländern zum sowjetischen Friedensvertragsvorschlag. (1952, March 14). Berliner Zeitung, p. 2. Retrieved from ZEFYS DDR-Presse, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin.
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01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/East German press (1948-1993) - Neues Deutschland, Berliner Zeitung and Neue Zeit on Gerwani and Indonesian women (ZEFYS DDR-Presse)/Berliner Zeitung (1952-03-14) - p. 2, Die herrlichste Sache der Welt [ZEFYS DDR-Presse].pdf
OCR / text
Good (Tesseract OCR (deu), Oct 2026) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: yes
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › East German press (1948-1993) - Neues Deutschland, Berliner Zeitung and Neue Zeit on Gerwani and Indonesian women (ZEFYS DDR-Presse)
Summary basis
full page OCR read; relevant article transcribed and translated

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