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title: 'Page ''Pemoeda: Asia Timoer Raja'' aimed at Indonesian youth, Djawa Baroe, Java (1 March 1943)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/pemoeda-asia-timoer-raja-djawa-baroe-1943/
description: 'Black-and-white halftone page: the headline ''PEMOEDA'' (youth) in white block letters on black, over a dense photograph of uniformed young men in peaked…'
section: Collection
---

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# Page 'Pemoeda: Asia Timoer Raja' aimed at Indonesian youth, Djawa Baroe, Java (1 March 1943)

Black-and-white halftone page: the headline 'PEMOEDA' (youth) in white block letters on black, over a dense photograph of uniformed young men in peaked caps seen from above, crossed by a tilted banner 'ASIA TIMOER RAJA'. A bottom line tells the reader that the coming era, besides being for him, is also his responsibility. The tell of glittering generalities is the pairing of a bare virtue-phrase, the Greater East Asia banner and 'the future', with a duty, and no stated programme.

## Text on the object

Original (Indonesian (Latin script, pre-1947 spelling)) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
PEMOEDA
ASIA TIMOER RAJA
MASA JANG DATANG SELAIN OENTOEK MOE, DJOEGA TANGGOENGANMOE !!
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
YOUTH
GREAT EAST ASIA
The coming era, besides being for you, is also your responsibility!!
```

Read from a 500 px rendering of a 785 by 1045 px scan. 'Moe' is the old spelling of 'mu' (your). 'Raja' is printed as shown (standard 'Raya'). Translation is a literal machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader.

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