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Bhinneka, October 2015: Setengah Abad Genosida 1965 (Indonesian edition, incl. Christina Sumarmiyanti and women ex-prisoners' testimonies)
Bhinneka, October 2015: Half a Century of the 1965 Genocide (Indonesian edition, women ex-prisoners' testimonies)
Bhinneka, October 2015 (Surabaya; ed. Soe Tjen Marching), a 1965 anniversary issue. Women ex-prisoners testify: Hartiti, a Gerwani member, was asked whether she joined the 'naked dance' and castrated the generals; Maria Goretti Sumilah was beaten and burned to confess she was Gerwani; Theresia Kadmiyanti ran a TK Melati under Gerwani women; Christina Sumarmiyati recounts torture. It also reviews the novel Lasmi (a Gerwani village head) and Saskia Wieringa's Lubang Buaya, and has a Plantungan poem.
Bhinneka edisi Oktober 2015 (Surabaya; pemred Soe Tjen Marching), edisi peringatan 1965. Para mantan tapol perempuan bersaksi: Hartiti, anggota Gerwani, ditanya apakah ikut 'tarian telanjang' dan menyilet kemaluan jenderal; Maria Goretti Sumilah dipukul dan disundut agar mengaku Gerwani; Theresia Kadmiyanti mengelola TK Melati di bawah ibu-ibu Gerwani; Christina Sumarmiyati menceritakan penyiksaan. Juga ada resensi novel Lasmi (ketua Gerwani desa), novel Lubang Buaya Saskia Wieringa, dan puisi Plantungan.
“Apa kamu ikut Gerwani, ikut barisan telanjang atau tidak? Ikut nyileti kemaluan Jendral atau tidak? (Hartiti's testimony)”
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- 2015-10
- Creator
- Soe Tjen Marching (ed.); testimonies by Christina Sumarmiyanti, Hartiti, Maria Goretti Sumilah, Theresia Kadmiyanti, Yosephina Endang Lestari et al.
- Publication
- Bhinneka (Yayasan Bhinneka Nusantara, Surabaya), edisi Oktober 2015
- Document type
- bulletin issue
- Language
- Indonesian
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- Testimony/memoir
- Source role
- primary
- Country
- Indonesia
- Period
- 1999–present
- Source archive
- Internet Archive (full-text search) · source link
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- open access (Internet Archive; free-distribution magazine) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
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- 01 Primary Sources/1.8 Testimonies, Memoirs and Human Rights Reports/Bhinneka (2015-10) - Setengah Abad Genosida 1965, Indonesian ed., incl. Christina Sumarmiyati [archive.org BhinnekaOktober2015].pdf
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- Fair · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
- Collection
- 01 Primary Sources › 1.8 Testimonies, Memoirs and Human Rights Reports
- Summary basis
- first 60k chars read + all Gerwani/member passages of the full text
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- GA-03657 Bhinneka (2015-10) - Setengah Abad Genosida 1965, Indonesian ed., incl. Christina Sumarmiyati [archive.org BhinnekaOktober2015].txt
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