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Komunisme di Indonesia, Jilid IV: Pemberontakan G30S/PKI dan Penumpasannya (1960-1965)

Communism in Indonesia, Vol. IV: The G30S/PKI Rebellion and its Suppression (1960-1965), Pusjarah TNI, 2009

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Official Army history (Pusjarah TNI, Jakarta 2009), vol. IV of 'Komunisme di Indonesia', presenting Gerwani as a PKI mass organisation in the 1960-65 build-up and the G30S. It reports Gerwani's Nov-Dec 1964 housewives' seminar (p. 70), 'unilateral actions' (p. 122), the 27 Sept 1965 Surabaya governor's-office raid under Ny. Murachman (p. 136), Gerwani 'volunteers' at Lubang Buaya (pp. 199, 206, 216, 278), the capture of Gerwani member Hartini alias Lestari (p. 291), and the life sentence on Suwardiningsih (pp. 258, 311).

Sejarah resmi TNI AD (Pusjarah TNI, Jakarta 2009), jilid IV 'Komunisme di Indonesia', menampilkan Gerwani sebagai ormas PKI dalam masa 1960-65 dan G30S. Memuat seminar wanita rumah tangga Gerwani Nov-Des 1964 (hlm. 70), 'aksi sepihak' (hlm. 122), penyerbuan Gubernuran Surabaya 27 September 1965 dipimpin Ny. Murachman (hlm. 136), 'sukarelawati' Gerwani di Lubang Buaya (hlm. 199, 206, 216, 278), penangkapan anggota Gerwani Hartini alias Lestari (hlm. 291), dan vonis seumur hidup Suwardiningsih (hlm. 258, 311).

“disambut dengan teriakan-teriakan dan ejekan-ejekan oleh sukarelawan-sukarelawati Pemuda Rakyat, Gerwani/PKI. Mereka seolah-olah berpesta pora, mabuk kemenangan. (p. 216)”

People

SuwardiningsihMurachman (Ny.)Hartini alias LestariD.N. AiditSukarnoSuhartoSudismanSjam KamaruzamanUntungSaleh As'ad DjamhariSukatnoNjono

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Communist Party of IndonesiaPeople's YouthIndonesian Peasants' FrontAll-Indonesia Central Labour OrganisationUnified Movement of Indonesian StudentsInstitute of People's CultureFederation of Surabaya Women's OrganisationsIndonesian National Armed ForcesArmed Forces History CentreArmy Para-Commando Regiment30 September MovementCentral Organisation of Indonesian Socialist Employees

Places

PalembangSurabayaLubang BuayaJakartaSemarangBoyolaliKlatenMerbabuWonogiriPematangsiantarSimalungunCilegonMajalengkaAmpenanEndeIndonesia

Events

30 September Movement

Topics

1965 coup and aftermathLubang Buaya and sexual slanderGerwani organisationtrials (Mahmillub)propaganda and mediaNew Orderarrests and detention

Tags

new order narrativesexual slanderanti-communism

Details

Date
2009
Creator
Pusjarah TNI (ed. Saleh As'ad Djamhari)
Publication
Pusat Sejarah dan Tradisi TNI / Yayasan Kajian Citra Bangsa, Jakarta
Document type
book
Language
Indonesian
Perspective
Indonesian army/New Order voice
Source role
secondary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1999–present
Access
open access (Internet Archive full-text copy); personal research copy Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.7 New Order Trials, Propaganda and Museum Materials/Pusjarah TNI (2009) - Komunisme di Indonesia Jilid IV, Pemberontakan G30S-PKI dan Penumpasannya (Suwardiningsih in Palembang 1965) [archive.org].pdf
OCR / text
Good · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.7 New Order Trials, Propaganda and Museum Materials
Summary basis
first 60k chars read + all Gerwani/member passages of the full text

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