169 Indonesian communists

The events in China and Russia also had repercussions in the Netherlands East Indies, where a communist party was founded in 1920. Darsono Notosudirdjo (1893-1976, standing on the photograph) and Tan Malaka (1894-1949) were among the early leaders. 

Raden Darsono Notosudirdjo (right) and Tan Malaka (left)
Berlin, 17 May 1920
Photograph, 9 x 14
(from Jan Romein Papers)