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Vi anklager: International women's delegation report on Korea (WIDF commission incl. Trees Soenito Heyligers), Friheten, 9 Aug 1951

We Accuse: WIDF delegation report on US bombing in Korea (Friheten, 9 Aug 1951)

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Page of the Norwegian communist daily Friheten (Oslo), 9 August 1951, with the last chapter of the Women's International Democratic Federation delegation's report on US bombing in Korea. It names the commission members, among them Trees Soenito Heyligers (Netherlands), and describes destruction at Kaichen. The same page carries an unrelated essay by Eugen Tarle on Anglo-Russian relations. Linking her to the later Mrs Sunito is per the sweep log.

Halaman harian komunis Norwegia Friheten (Oslo), 9 Agustus 1951, memuat bab terakhir laporan delegasi Federasi Perempuan Demokratis Internasional (WIDF) tentang pengeboman AS di Korea. Menyebut anggota komisi, antara lain Trees Soenito Heyligers (Belanda), dan menggambarkan kehancuran di Kaichen. Halaman yang sama memuat esai Eugen Tarle tentang hubungan Inggris-Rusia yang tidak terkait. Kaitannya dengan Mrs Sunito di kemudian hari berdasar catatan sapuan.

“Den nordlige del av Korea ble besokt av en gruppe av kommisjonen som besto av folgende medlemmer: Hilde Cahn (DDR), Lily Waechter (Vest-Tyskland), Bai Lang (China) og Trees Soenito Heyligers (Nederland).”

People

Trees Sunito-HeyligersHilde CahnLilly WächterBai LangKim Beng-Ho

Organisations

Women's International Democratic FederationFriheten

Places

KoreaKaesongPyongyangNetherlands

Topics

WIDF and international women's movementpeace and anti-imperialismJapan and KoreaNetherlands

Tags

korean warsolidarity

Details

Date
1951-08-09
Creator
Women's International Democratic Federation commission; Eugen Tarle (other article)
Publication
Friheten (Oslo), Frihetens Kronikk
Document type
newspaper page
Language
Norwegian
Perspective
Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
Source role
primary
Country
Norway
Period
1950–1954
Source archive
nb.no (Norway) · source link
Access
open access (nb.no, accessible everywhere) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Norwegian press (1965) - articles mentioning Gerwani (nb.no)/Friheten (Oslo) (1951-08-09) - WIDF commission in North Korea incl. Trees Soenito Heyligers [nb.no 471e66f5ce1c].jpg
OCR / text
Fair · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: yes
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Norwegian press (1965) - articles mentioning Gerwani (nb.no)
Summary basis
full text read; OCR columns interleaved

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