MUSEUM DEDICATED TO PEACE AND 'COMFORT' WOMEN'S RIGHTS OPENS|和平與女性人權館 "阿嬤家"正式開幕

Yesterday Dec. 10 was World Human Rights Day. It was also the official opening of the museum dedicated to womens' rights and peace, known as the Ama Museum in Taipei's Dihua Street. Two of the surviving so-called comfort women Chen Lien-hua and Lee Rong-zhu came to the opening. The photos in the corridor are of scenes from the lives of Taiwan's 58 so-called comfort women. The hall is dedicated to an exhibition on the Japanese abuse of women in the second world war. After decades of effort, the museum dedicated to peace and womens' rights and known as the Ama Museum finally had its official opening. ==CHEN LIEN-HUA Taiwan 'comfort' woman== When I see the love all of you show, taking care of us old women, I am very thankful. 92 year old Lien-hua is one of three surviving of the 58 Taiwan 'comfort' women. even though her health is not good she still wanted to be present at the museum opening. She was held captive in Hsinchu's Airbase as a so-called comfort woman. 86 year old Korean Lee Rong-zhu also came to talk about her time held captive in Taiwan. ==LEE RONG-ZHU Korean 'comfort' woman== When I was brought here to serve, there was a 17 year old boy who was working at odd jobs in the camp, and one day he told me that the war was over and you are free, you can go home. Most of the 'comfort' women have died without ever having received an apology from the Japanese. The Taipei Women's Rescue Foundation hopes that the new government will continue to seek compensation from Japan, and that the values of the womens' stories, human rights and anti-gender violence would be passed on through the Ama Museum to the next generation. TRANSLATED BY：CLARE LEAR 今天世界人權日，位在迪化街的和平與女性人權館--阿嬤家，正式開幕，目前仍健在的慰安婦倖存者陳蓮花阿嬤，以及曾在新竹受害的韓國李容洙阿嬤，今天都一起見證歷史。 走進迪化街這棟典雅老建築的長廊，一張又一張的照片映入眼簾，全是台灣58位慰安婦阿嬤的生命故事，下一進廳堂，有著二次大戰時，慰安婦的相關歷史文物！十多年努力，阿嬤家-和平與女性人權館終於正式開幕。 ==台籍慰安婦 陳蓮花== 看到你這些人真有愛心 在顧阿嬤 真感謝 高齡92歲的蓮花阿嬤，是台灣58位慰安婦倖存者，仍然健在的三位阿嬤之一，身體再不好也要前來見證，曾受迫在台灣新竹空軍基地當慰安婦，86歲的韓國李容洙阿嬤也現身，最想見後來出來當證人，軍營裡的一位台灣小哥，向他說謝謝。 ==韓國慰安婦 李容洙== 當時我在被捉來服務的時候 這個人是17歲的小弟弟 在部隊打零工 然後他告訴我 戰爭已經結束了 你被解放 可以回家了 等不到日本一句道歉，阿嬤們相繼逝世令人感傷，婦援會希望新政府繼續對日本求償，而阿嬤的故事，人權、反性別暴力的價值，將從阿嬤館傳給下一代。 記者林曉慧 沈志明 台北報導