Su?tu ??gi ??d? 17 ?gustus 1945, di s?l?h s?tu h?l?m?n rum?h di J?l?n ??g?ngs??n Timur N?m?r 56 t?rlih?t r?m?i. Rum?h itu ?d?l?h milik L?ks?m?n? Mud? T?d?shi M??d?, s??r?ng ??rwir? tinggi ?ngk?t?n L?ut K?k?is?r?n J???ng di Hindi? B?l?nd?. B?b?r??? ??mud? s?d?ng sibuk m?nyi??k?n ti?ng tinggi d?ri b?mbu untuk u??c?r? b?nd?r?. S?b?gi?n l?inny? sibuk m?m??rsi??k?n ??dium s?d?rh?n?, t?m??t dib?c?k?nny? ?r?kl?m?si k?m?rd?k??n Ind?n?si?. Y?, h?ri itu ?d?l?h h?ri y?ng ??ling b?rs?j?r?h b?gi b?rdiriny? Ind?n?si?.
K?w?n ??sti ??rn?h m?lih?t f?t? ?r?sid?n ??rt?m? Ind?n?si?, S??k?rn? s?d?ng m?mb?c?k?n t?ks ?r?kl?m?si. F?t? b?rw?rn? hit?m ?utih d?ng?n l?t?r b?l?k?ng s?s?k M?h?mm?d H?tt? itu m?m?ng m?ru??k?n s?l?h s?tu f?t? ??ling b?rs?j?r?h b?gi Ind?n?si?. N?mun si???k?h s?s?k dib?lik d?kum?nt?si f?t? itu?
??d? s??t itu, J???ng t?l?h m?ny?r?h t?n?? sy?r?t d?n m?ny?t?k?n k?k?l?h?nny? k???d? s?kutu, n?mun inf?rm?si t?rs?but b?lum b?ny?k dik?t?hui ?l?h m?sy?r?k?t Ind?n?si?. B?nd?r? Hin?m?ru (b?nd?r? J???ng) m?sih b?ny?k b?rkib?r di l?ngit Ind?n?si? k?l? itu. Buk?n h?ny? itu, J???ng jug? m?mbl?k?d? r?di? ?g?r tid?k d???t m?ngud?r?.
?d?l?h Alex Mendur d?n Frans Mendur, k?k?k b?r?dik y?ng s?c?r? di?m-di?m b?rh?sil m?nd?kum?nt?sik?n m?m?n b?rh?rg? s?j?r?h b?rdiriny? Ind?n?si? k?l? itu. Alex Mendur l?hir ??d? 1907, t?r??ut ?n?m t?hun d?ri s?ng ?dik, Frans Mendur y?ng l?hit ??d? t?hun 1913. Frans b?l?j?r f?r?gr?fi k???d? Alex Mendur y?ng sud?h l?bih dulu m?nj?di w?rt?w?n di J?v? B?d?, k?r?n b?rb?h?s? B?l?nd? di J?k?rt?. Frans k?mudi?n m?ngikuti j?j?k s?ud?r?ny? m?nj?di w?rt?w?n ??d? t?hun 1935.
T???tny? ??d? h?ri ?r?kl?m?si, Mendur b?rs?ud?r? m?r???t k? rum?h ?r?kl?m?si ?ukul 05.00 ??gi, t?t? k?l? m?t?h?ri m?sih b?r?du di g?rsi h?riz?n s?b?l?h timur. ??d? ?w?lny?, Frans Sum?rt? Mendur m?nd?ng?r k?b?r ?k?n di?d?k?nny? ?r?kl?m?si d?ri H?ri?n ?si? R?y?. S?ng k?k?k, Alexius Im?urung Mendur y?ng m?nj?b?t s?b?g?i k???l? b?gi?n f?t?gr?fi k?nt?r b?rit? J???ng D?m?i jug? m?nd?ng?r h?l s?ru??. D?du? Mendur b?rs?ud?r? ini ?un s?g?r? m?mb?w? k?m?r? m?r?k? d?n m?ng?mbil rut? t?r?is?h m?nuju k?di?m?n y?ng dim?ksud.
D?ri tig? fr?m? film y?ng t?rsis?, Frans b?rh?sil m?ng?b?dik?n tig? f?t?. F?t? ??rt?m? y?kni k?tik? S??k?rn? m?mb?c? t?ks ?r?kl?m?si. F?t? k?du?, k?tik? L?ti?f H?ndr?ningr?t, ?ngg?t? ??T? (??mb?l? T?n?h ?ir) m?ngib?rk?n b?nd?r? M?r?h ?utih di h?l?m?n k?di?m?n T?r?uchi. F?t? k?tig?, g?mb?r?n su?s?n? u??c?r? ??r? ??mud? k?tik? s?ng M?r?h ?utih t?ng?h dikib?rk?n.
K?tik? u??c?r? s?l?s?i, Mendur b?rs?ud?r? s?c???tny? m?ningg?lk?n l?k?si ?r?kl?m?si. M?r?k? diburu t?nt?r? J???ng. T?nt?r? j???ng b?rh?sil m?n?ngk?? Alex Mendur d?n m?nyit? f?t?-f?t? y?ng b?rh?sil did???tny?. N?mun k?b?runtung?n m?sih b?r?ih?k k???d? Frans Mendur. I? b?rh?sil m?l?l?sk?n diri d?n s?m??t m?ngubur n?g?tif f?t? di t?n?h d?k?t s?bu?h ??h?n di h?l?m?n b?l?k?ng k?nt?r H?ri?n ?si? R?y?. Frans t?rt?ngk?? k?mudi?n, n?mun i? m?ng?ku n?g?tif f?t? itu sud?h di?mbil b?ris?n ??l???r.
??rju?ng?n du? Mendur b?lum s?l?s?i s?m??i di situ, m?ski?un n?g?tif f?t? b?rh?sil dis?l?m?tk?n, t?t??i f?t? itu m?sih m?nt?h. M?sih ??rlu dicuci d?n dic?t?k. ??rju?ng?n m?ncuci d?n m?nc?t?k ?un t?k mud?h. M?r?k? h?rus di?m-di?m m?ny?lin?? di m?l?m h?ri, m?m?nj?t ??h?n, s?m??i m?l?m??ti ??g?r gun? s?m??i di k?nt?r D?m?i (s?k?r?ng k?nt?r b?rit? ?nt?r?). F?t? b?rs?j?r?h itu k?mudi?n b?ru d???t di?ublik?sik?n ??d? 20 F?bru?ri 1946.
Bis? dib?y?ngk?n ??? j?diny? jik? Alex Mendur d?n Frans Mendur tid?k b?rh?sil m?ny?l?m?tk?n f?t? d?kum?nt?si h?ri ?r?kl?m?si? M?ski?un k?h?dir?n m?r?k? s??t ?r?kl?m?si tid?k b?gitu di??rh?tik?n, t??i b?rk?t f?t? y?ng m?r?k? ?mbil d?n b?rh?sil s?l?m?tk?n, s?luruh w?rg? Ind?n?si? bis? m?ng?n?ng h?ri ?r?kl?m?si m?l?lui f?t?. ??d? t?hun 2009, b?rul?h m?r?k? di?nug?r?hi ??ngh?rg??n Bint?ng J?s? Ut?m? ?l?h ?r?sid?n Susil? B?mb?ng Yud?y?n?.
Tugu ??rs Mendur y?ng dir?smik?n t?hun 2013 m?nj?di s?tu-s?tuny? m?num?n y?ng didirik?n untuk m?ng?n?ng j?s? du? Mendur. M?num?n t?rs?but d???t dijum??i di k?lur?h?n T?likur?n, K?c?m?t?n K?w?ngk? Ut?r?, K?bu??t?n Min?h?s?, Sul?w?si Ut?r?. S?l?in Tugu ??rs Mendur, dis?n? jug? t?rd???t s?bu?h rum?h y?ng di d?l?mny? t?rd???t 113 f?t? h?sil j??r?t?n Mendur B?rs?ud?r?.
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