In the late 1960s, between one and two million people were killed by Indonesian president Suharto's army in the name of suppressing communism-and more than fifty years later, the issue of stigmatisation is still relevant for many victims of the violence and their families. The End of Silence presents the stories of these individuals, revealing how many survivors from the period have been so strongly affected by the strategy used by Suharto and his Western allies that these survivors, still afraid to speak out, essentially serve to maintain the very ideology that led to their persecution.
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Apology
- Timeline: Indonesia, 1965-1967
- The Mutation of Fear
- The Legacy of the Long-Dead Dictator
- The Beginning
- The Creation of Fearful Memories
- The Genocide
- Gerwani
- Soeharto’s Version of History
- Who Was the Mastermind?
- When the Victims Remain Evil
- The International People’s Tribunal 1965
- Real History and Memory: The ‘Reality’ of Oral History
- Part 1 Accounts of the Victims:
The Letter in the Sock
- The Letter in the Sock
- Leo Mulyono
- Working for My Oppressor
- To Be Kept Safe
- Dating in Prison
- Being Transferred Again
- Back to Yogya
- Pramoedya Ananta Toer
- My Story
- Oei Hiem Hwie
- The Amazing Library
- The Murder of the Generals
- Buru
- Pramoedya Ananta Toer
- The Beauty of Buru
- Building Houses
- Development
- Staying or Leaving?
- Going Home
- Something Weird
- The Birth of the Library
- Antonius Pudji Rahardjo
- The Commander and His Mistress
- Moments before Gestok 1965
- Back to Surabaya
- 21 Musi Street – Surabaya
- Kalisosok
- Nusakambangan
- Buru
- The Giant Galiuk in Savanajaya
- 13 March 1972
- People from Overseas
- General Soemitro’s Visit
- The Arrival of Families
- Freedom
- My Wife
- After Buru
- Part 2 The Steel Women
- Sri Muhayati
- Being Educated in Prison
- Educating Myself in Prison
- Christina Sumarmiyati
- The Horrific Torture and Rape
- Our Children
- Part 3 The Accounts of the Siblings
- Sriyono Wiwoho
- The Lunch Box My Brother Never Received
- My Adik and I at School
- Adi Rukun
- Beyond the Look of Silence
- My Brother and I
- The Look of Silence
- Part 4 The Accounts of the Children
- Usmantri Sukardi
- My Childhood with Strangers
- Meeting bapak Again
- Iwan Kamah
- Annus Horibilis
- 1957-1965
- Annus Horribilis
- Again: China
- Antara
- Irina Dayasih
- The Biggest Traitor in Indonesia?
- My mama
- The Secret of My father
- After That …
- Wayan Windra
- Bapak was Slaughtered in Front of Me
- Kristianto Budi
- Sari Marlina
- The Flight of My father
- Sumatra
- Sumatra: Again
- The Prison
- But Where Would Sabar Go?
- Sari Marlina
- Marriage
- Rito Aji
- The Son of Pudji Rahardjo
- The Revenge against the Sasongko Family
- The Return of bapak
- The Sex Business
- Other Jobs
- Now …
- Soe Tjen Marching
- The Secret of My Name
- I Became Chinese
- I Became Religious
- There Were Times …
- This is What She Told Me …
- The Unexpected Visitor
- The Story of When Your Engkong Was Imprisoned
- Her Suspicions
- I Was Born after His Release
- What is in a Name?
- Threats Were Always Near
- As He Got Older, His Temperament Got Worse …
- Years Later …
- One Last Secret
- Part 5 The Accounts of the Grandchildren
- Kusuma Wijaya
- The Day I Found Out about My Grandpa
- Haidir Svj
- Born and Raised on Buru
- The Time of Release
- Growing up on Buru
- The Argument
- Savanajaya
- Diah Wahyuningsih Rahayu
- My Grandfather’s Earlobes
- My embah
- The History Lesson
- Kiky
- Epilogue
- Bibliography
- Index
- List of Photos
- Photo A Leo Mulyono in front of his home
- Photo B Oei Hiem Hwie in his library
- Photo C Pudji Rahardjo in his private library holding a book he wrote about Buru Island
- Photo D Sri Muhayati in front of the banner of Fopperham (Forum Pendidikan dan Perjuangan Hak Asasi Manusia, or the Human Rights Education and Advocacy Forum), a human rights organisation with which she has been involved
- Photo E Christina Sumarmiyati in her home
- Photo F Rahayuni, Sriyono Wiwoho’s sister-in-law, who was raped and murdered for her involvement in Gerwani
- Photo G Asmoro Rahman Hadi, the brother of Sriyono Wiwoho, who was murdered for his involvement in Lekra
- Photo H Sriyono Wiwoho
- Photo I Adi Rukun
- Photo J Iwan Kamah
- Photo K Irina Dayasih at her apartment block in Jakarta
- Photo L Wayan Windra, holding a photo of his father in front of the spot where he was butchered and murdered in 1965
- Photo M Wayan Windra, Soe Tjen Marching, Adi Adnyana (an 85 year-old ex-Buru prisoner) and his wife at Adi Adnyana’s residence in Bali
- Photo N Rito Aji at his home in Surabaya
- Photo O Kusuma Wijaya in Surabaya
- Photo P Haidir Svj in Yogya