Stories that Make History : The Experience and Memories of the Japanese Military ›Comfort Girls Women‹ Verlagsinfo: What would it be like if your existence was erased for half a century This is the reality for the Korean comfort girls women whose lives had been erased since the time of the expansion of comfort stations by the Japanese military in 1937. This book is an effort to bring these women back to life and to make their voices experiences and memories available to future generations. The experiences of Korean comfort girls women are a paradigmatic example of how military sexual violence can obliterate the dignity of women and shame them into nonexistence. This book examines how the turning of their innocence into inadequacy actively by the Japanese government and passively by the Korean government and its people and also by the world compounded their long miserable suffering for half a century until Kim Hak sun broke the silence in 1991 with the support of Korean activists. The relentless and courageous efforts of Korean comfort girls women and activists on the road to healing and justice are shared here. These efforts made it possible for us to hear their horrific stories which are embedded with numerous and intense traumas allowing them to unfold and be shared on the road to justice and healing. Inhaltsverzeichnis: Frontmatter Translators Preface Acknowledgments Preface Contents Introduction: The Stories of the Survivors of the Japanese Military Comfort Girls Women: The Making of the Memories and Meaning Explanatory Notes Glossary I Never Dreamt Not in My Wildest Dreams That So Many Soldiers Would Come to Me Like That : Gong Jeom yeop You Japs Without Your War Why Would We Have Gone There : Kim Hwa ja (Pseudonym) It Is Like a Dream That I Survived. But an Utterly Terrifying Nightmare of a Dream : Chung Seo un When I Try to Speak of What Is Buried in My Heart It Feels Like My Heart Is Bursting : Kang Il chul How Can I Avenge Myself : Seok Soon hee (pseudonym) Ahn Jeom soon (real name) That History At First I Was Ashamed About It So I Was Not Able to Talk Very Clearly : Lee Ok seon Never Ever Forget : Lim Jeong ja Do Not Ask Me About My Past Life. It Pains My Heart : Roh Chung ja You Come and Give Us Compensation and Beg Us for Forgiveness : Jang Jeom dol To Whom Shall I Say This Does Anyone in Heaven or on Earth Know What I Went Through : Kim Bong yi (pseudonym) Choi Seon soon (real name) There Was Not a Thing I Could Do that I Wanted : Kim Soon ak It Passed Along With the Blow of Wind and Waves of Water Time Has : Gil Won ok The Story of Failed Interviews: The Silence of Cho Yi Seon the Secret of Kim Dduk Bbal: Jungae Park Some Works on Comfort Girls Women.