Djiauw Kie Siong was a seller of coffins who lived by the Citarum River in Karawang, West Java. On the night of August 16, 1945, there were pieces of paper all over the front room of the Chinese trader’s house. A number of guests who had stayed less than 24 hours in his home had left. They had been discussing the future of Indonesia: between freedom now or never. The Djiauw family was too afraid to keep these historic papers. Fright