Gedung Juang 45 Bekasi — Attraction in Kabupaten Bekasi

Gedung Juang 45 Bekasi, is a government property, which has function as historical museum to remember freedom fighter. It was built in two stages, in 1906 and in 1925. Initially, in front Gedung Juang, the yard was a beautiful fruits garden, many of which were planted with mango trees which at that time is the first for Tambun and Bekasi. Landlord Kouw Oen Huy, controlled this old building until 1942. Subsequently, from 1943 until 1945, the historic building was under the supervision of the Japanese government. The Japanese army also used this old building as the center in colonizing Indonesia. During the struggle for independence in 1945, the building which was located on land about 1000 meters was taken over by the Indonesian National Committee (KNI) to serve as the Jatinegara Regency Office. At that time, Bekasi was made a defensive front area, so the building also functioned as the Indonesian Combat Command Center in facing the Allied Army which had just finished the second world war. This building has monumental meaning as the enslavement and exchange of prisoners of war took place. The location of the prisoner exchange itself was carried out near Bekasi River which is now not far from the Bekasi pawnshop. Many Japanese soldiers died being slaughtered and dumped in Bekasi River, making every year Japanese soldiers always sow flowers at times that stretch this Bekasi city. In exchange for prisoners, RI fighters by the Dutch were repatriated to Bekasi, and Dutch prisoners by Indonesian fighters were sent back to Jakarta via a train which was just behind this building. This building had been used as the Indonesian Military Command Center during the physical struggle, therefore it had always been the target of firing aircraft and Dutch cannons. But, lots of weirdness in this building. When the Dutch cannon was dropped on the building, it turned out that the cannon did not explode and only damaged a small part of the building. Therefore the building is still save until now. We can visit this building to remember Bekasi...

Museum gedung juang, setelah direnovasi dan dibuka resmi untuk umum tanggal 21 Maret 2021. Gedung menjadi lebih terawat dan rapih. Pelayanan dari gerbang masuk hingga dalam museum sangat ramah. Penataan ruangan cukup rapih, namun peletakan pendingin ruangan di bawah gambar cukup menganggu karena langsung mengarah ke badan, mungkin dapat diubah posisinya. Mengusung museum digital cukup baik, tapi terdapat beberapa sensor yang tidak berjalan baik. Denah di area parkir lebih jelas daripada denah di museum. Dari awal masuk tidak ada sama sekali denah rute, sangat sulit mencari jalan keluar, toilet, dan mushola. Mungkin kedepannya dapat diberikan rute supaya pengunjung yang tidak didampingi tour guide tidak kebingungan.

Museum ini sangat tidak ramah disabilitas. Keseluruhan bangunan masih menggunakan tangga, dari pintu masuk hingga ke lantai atas. Pengusungan museum digital baik, tapi mohon juga beri penjelasan untuk orang yang mengalami gangguan pendengaran.

Ruangan bawah tanah belum dibuka, semoga cepat dapat diselesaikan dan diharapkan dapat langsung tembus ke depan stasiun. Monumen gedung juang menunjuk ke arah barat (ke arah kanan dari museum), tidak ada keterangan mengapa monumen diarahkan ke sana, bukan ke depan seperti awal pembangunan monumen tersebut. Beberapa area museum masih dalam tahap pembangunan.

Saya rasa museum ini masih belum dalam keadaan siap untuk dibuka secara umum, karena area belakang dan samping museum masih dalam tahap pembangunan, serta minimnya petunjuk arah.

Semoga untuk kedepannya dapat lebih baik lagi, dan semoga sosial media khusus untuk museum ini dapat cepat dibangun untuk mempermudah dalam memberi kritik dan saran demi perkembangan museum yang berpotensial...

1st time i had visited this building at 1990 when i was at junior high school..i was very amazed with the structure and material of it...it is a heritage building that bekasi as local and central education goverment of RI should give attention for this...and now at 2023..i'm here for a beauty fair that held overyard this building...but unfortunately we cannot keep our behave to keep this building n city clean..many plastics..garbage around this yard....feel sorry about...