How Silas Papare Fought for the Integration of West Irian to Indonesia
Monday, August 14, 2023
Silas Papare and some residents in Serui founded the Irian Indonesian Independence Party. They were assisted by Sam Ratulangi.
IN the final months of 1945, Indonesian flags were furling in the wind around Serui, Yapen Islands, West Irian. Silas Papare was the one who was behind this hoisting of the Red and White flags, following Indonesia’s proclamation of independence on August 17, 1945. “There were many Red and White flags in Serui. It was Papa who prepared them,” said Musa Antonius Papare, Silas’ seventh son, at his home in Biak Numfor, Pa
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