BOOK REVIEW - MARY LYNN BRACHT's White Chrysanthemum
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This book is a riveting memoir of two sisters who were separated and could never reunite in their lifetime.
The book tells the story of their struggles in the backdrop of raging World War 2 and Korean War.
This intense account of abuse is centered around war crimes perpetrated against young girls and women by the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces before and during World War 2.
As many as 20,000 to 200,000 girls and women were abducted from Korea and other occupied countries and territores like Australia, Burma, China, Philippines, Indonesia, etc.
We have often heard of war spoils where women have been raped and abducted. What happened in Korea in the 1930's was levels above than that. Young girls and women were abducted and forced into prostitution for the soldiers fighing for Japan.
This shameful account of abuse hurled at women is an unpardonable offense which has time and again been shoved under the carpet, not only by the government but also by the families as well. When we abandon our own, how do we expect the rest of the world to care!
Can a formal, political apology erase the pains of thousands of souls who were forcefully tortured?
Erasing them from the annals of history and general remembrance in everyday life is a political crime.
The least the world can give them back is remembrance and respect and we can do that only by informing the world of their history.
This is author's Mary Lynn Bracht's first book and is a remarkable one.
The author employs simple and clear flow of writing that is pleasing to read.
Happy Reading!
Bibilosmia
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