The Gerald De Cruz Private Papers

Gerald de Cruz (20 February 1920 – 9 December 1991) – Journalist/political observer

Gerald de Cruz (Gerald Evelyn de Cruz) was born the eldest of five children to a Roman Catholic, Eurasian family in Singapore. His family lived in Katong, and de Cruz attended St Andrew’s School where he attained his Higher School Certificate.

In 1940, de Cruz joined the Straits Times as a journalist. During the Japanese Occupation, de Cruz secured a news editing job in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City). 

After the war, de Cruz became an outspoken nationalist. He was drawn to communism as he believed, at the time, that the communists were “true nationalists”. De Cruz help found the Eurasian Progressive movement, and.... Click here to read more.

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