Adam Soepardjan Papers

Period 1973-2006
Total size   0.25 m.
RaadplegingVrij
Repository  Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis

Biografie

Pseudonym: Bintang Karim; born on Sumbawa 1927; during the Japanese occupation of Indonesia labourer in New Guinea 1942-1945; sergeant-major at the Indonesian marines 1945; arrested and imprisoned by Dutch troops 1948-1949; went to Surabaya after the transfer of sovereignty to Indonesia 1949; warehouseman at a Surabaya paint factory (PAR), where he became involved in the trade union movement; secretary of the trade union Serikat Sekerdja PAR; board member of the Sarekat Buruh Industri Metal (union of metal workers); SOBSI delegate to Europe, among others to the German Democratic Republic and Czechoslowakia 1959; political prisoner without trial at Kalisosok prison in Surabaya 1965-1978; after his release foreign language teacher in English, German and Dutch at Adam College in Surabaya.

Inhoud

Manuscript and typescript 'Kuncup mekar di Timur' by Adam Soepardjan on his fortunes at New-Guinea in the period 1942-1945 and parts of the translation; correspondence with Frits van den Bosch; correspondence by Van den Bosch with publishers 1974-2000; manuscript 'My reading (travel abroad)' II and III by Bintang Karim 1975-1976; manuscript 'Mendobrak penjara rezim Soeharto' by Adam Soepardjan 2002; correspondence and typescripts 2002-2004.

Documents on the process against and the fate of some Indonesian political prisoners 1992-2001.

Letters from Soepardjan to Karel and Winnie Bernecker in 's-Hertogenbosch 1991-1999.

Proof of Mendobrak Penjara Rezim Soeharto by Adam Soepardjan 2004.

Several typescripts and correspondence by Soepardjan 1992-2006.

Bewerking

Inventaris gemaakt door Farida Ishaja in 2003