Indonesian exiles of the left Collection

Period 1923, 1947-1996
Total size   0.35 m.
Consultation Not restricted

History

The oral history project `In Search of Silenced Voices' was started in 1996; its objective is to record the experiences of left-wing Indonesians, who lived in exile after the military had taken power in 1965; the interviews cover their memories of the period before 1965 and of their exile in Europe, China and Vietnam since 1965.

Content

Collection of letters, reports, memoirs and documentation of Indonesian exiles concerning the Indonesian left, including the Lekra (People's Culture League), the trade union movement, the Partai Komunis Indonesia (PKI; Communist Party of Indonesia) and other organizations, acquired as part of the oral history project `In Search of Silenced Voices'.

Arrangement

Books were transferred to the library of the IISH. Photographs and sound cassettes. were transferred to the audiovisual section of the IISH.

Processing information

List made in 2002