This is Luweng Grubug, a vertical cave located in Wonosari, Gunung Kidul, Yogyakarta. It is known as a killing location of communist party members and supporters. Between November 1965 to January 1966, around 1500 people have been killed in this place.
In the beginning of the reformation period just after the fall of Soeharto, my father and mother immediately joined the research team formed by the Foundation for the Research into Victims of the 1965-1966 Killings (YPKP 65). Luweng Grubug is an outcome of their investigation and research with the YPKP 65 team. Therefore, especially for my father’s generation, Luweng Grubug is an answer, an end point for their probings.
However, for me, this is not an end point at all. Luweng Grubug becomes a starting point for me, for many other questions regarding my missing grandfather’s background, and why he had to be disappeared.
Rangga Purbaya
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