In 1965, an estimated 500,000 to 1 million people were killed in Indonesia in a massacre that is still shrouded in mystery.
The massacre began on September 30, 1965, when six army generals were killed. The Indonesian government blamed the murders on the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), and launched a nationwide campaign to exterminate the party and its supporters.
The massacre continued for months, with the military and paramilitary groups slaughtering anyone suspected of being a communist. Women and children …