By thinking of you, mom
Korea "I was born in Pyongyang in 1928. In 1940, when I was 13-years-old, Japanese soldiers abducted me and took me to the comfort station in Harbin, China, where I was turned into a sex slave. When I was 15-years-old, I was moved to a “comfort station” in Shíjiāzhuāng, China where I was forced to stay until I was eighteen. How painful and difficult it was to endure losing my body to countless Japanese soldiers.
It would seem that all my pain would disappear if I cried under my mom’s embrace. I survived the daily violations by the Japanese soldiers by thinking of you, mom. After the end of World War II, I managed to return to Korea but could not go back to my hometown because Korea had been divided. I have spent everyday of the 70 years dreaming about going home, still I have not given up."
Ms. Gil, also known as Grandma Gil, works as an activist fighting for the human rights of women in former and current war zones and conflict regions. She fulfilled her dream of becoming a singer and released an album of her songs.
