An Unimaginable Terror in the East

The memories are still fresh on people's minds how Westerling's atrocity caused so many deaths and sufferings in South Sulawesi.

Eko Rusdianto

Monument commemorating the 40,000 victims of the massacres in South Sulawesi, in Kampung Kalukuang, Jalan Langgau, Makassar, South Sulawesi. (Eko Rusdianto/Historia.ID).

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TUESDAY, January 28, 1947, when the sun had risen above the horizon, many people had gathered in a field in Suppa, South Sulawesi. A barrage of gunshots blasted, and hundreds of people fell to the ground. Their lifeless bodies were then thrown into and buried in three large pits.

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A statue of Ahmad Subardjo in a reenactment of the drafting of the Proclamation text at the Museum of the Drafting of the Proclamation (munasprok.or.id)

Ahmad Subardjo, The Guarantor of Independence

Walikota Jakarta Sudiro (kiri) menyaksikan Presiden Sukarno memainkan wayang kulit pemberiannya di Istana Negara, Jakarta, 4 Juni 1950. (ANRI)

Sudiro Berencana, Pusat Memutuskan

Ahmad Subardjo with his siblings. From left to right: Siti Chadidjah, Ahmad Subardjo, Abdul Rachman, and Siti Alimah. (The National Library of Indonesia)

Ahmad Subardjo from Karawang

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Ahmad Subardjo, The Guarantor of Independence

It was not without reason that Ahmad Subardjo was nicknamed “The Guarantor of Independence” in Indonesia. However, he was absent when Sukarno proclaimed independence.

Sudiro Berencana, Pusat Memutuskan

Saat memimpin Jakarta, Sudiro dihadapkan pada kondisi berantakan. Putar otak demi pembangunan kota, termasuk cari dana di luar lungsuran dari pusat. Sering pula gagasannya ditolak pemerintah pusat.

Ahmad Subardjo from Karawang

Ahmad Subardjo was born in Karawang to a family of Acehnese and Javanese nobility. The beloved son of a civil service police officer, he moved to Batavia to continue his education at a Dutch school.