Narrative Text

The Origin of Tugumuda

    Tugu muda was a momenteous monument in Semarang which built to reminded 5 days clash in Semarang. This clash was triggered vagued by internee of Japan on Sunday, 14 october 1945. At 6.30 pm all of youth in hospital got an instruction to stopped and checked Japan’s car that passed in front of Purusara hospital. They took away a car from Kempetai and stole their gun. in the afternoon, all of youth were active looked for Japan’s army and threw them in into Bulu’s prison ( now was LP bulu’s women).

at 06.00 am, an armed military unit of Japan have a complete weapon to accelerated at once attacked and removed eight police who were kept water resource for Semarang citizen namely Siranda reservoir in Candilama. The eight police were tortured taken to Kidobutai headquarters in jatingaleh.

   In the afternoon also proclaimed some news that japan’s army sowed poison in that reservoir. The citizen became restless. As a head of Purusara hospital ( now was Dr.Kariadi hospital) Doctor Kariadi has a desire to made sure that news. Then any called from the direction of purusara hospital who told Dr.Kariadi to examined Siranda reservoir because the news which sowed some poison in there.

   Dr.Kariadi’s wife, drg. Soenarti tried to restricted him but fell through. On the way to the reservoir, He was shot by japan’s army cruely in Pandanaran. At 11.30 am He carried to hospital but he could not secured. He died at 40 years old.  In 28 0ctober 1945, The governor of central java Mr. Wongsonegoro put the first rock construction of this monument. Nevertheless on November 1945 there was a war between ally andjapan, this project unfinished.     

     In 1949, BKPI initiated this project again. But this effort was fell through because any trouble financing.

The new construction was unchecked When in 1951 the mayor of Semarang Hadi Soebeno Sosro Werdoyo made committee of Tugumuda. The location was moved from semarang’s square to this location now. Tugu’s design was made by Salim, whereas the below relief made by Hendro. The rock was brought from kaliurang and paker. In 10 november 1951 was put a first rock by the governor in central java Boediono and in 1953 coincided with a national resurrection day tugu muda  hah dedicated by President Soekarno