Tag: Yamaguchi
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Sylvia Leiser
C03SwC, Sylvia Leiser ‘87, Chen Suzue, Grandmother, Hong Kong, Manchuria, Korea, Yamaguchi In May 1986, I interviewed my grandmother about her experiences during World War II. Her name is Suzue Chen. My grandmother was Japanese, but after she married my grandfather from Taiwan, she became a Chinese citizen. Q: Where were you when the war broke…
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Yū (You) Tone
V03, Yū (You) Tone ‘21, Noboru Ōfuka, Great-uncle, 1942, Yamaguchi, Ōsaka My great-uncle was born in 1942, just after war broke out between Japan and the United States. In November 2019, I asked him about his childhood. Q: What kind of school days did you spend during and after the war? A: It was a…
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Zion Ikesue
W01, Zion Ikesue ‘22, Masako Ōmori, Grandmother, 1944, Yamaguchi, Hiroshima I conducted this interview on October 4, 2020, by telephone (because we live over four hours away by Shinkansen from my grandmother). I’ve also tried to stick to the original language used by the interviewees before my translation into English, as it is more authentic…
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Asako Kanzaki
H12, Asako Kanzaki ‘00, Toshinori Kurata, 1928, Korea, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi Q: When and where were you born? A: I was born on February 18 in 1928, in Pyong’an-Pukdo (in Japanese called Heian-Kokudō), which is now North Korea. Q: Tell me about your family. A: There were 10 members in my family including myself. I had…