Zhang Kuizun | 张奎尊, 2011 August 05

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Zhang Kuizun (b. 1956) is a resident of Zhangzhuangzi Village, Tianjin. In this interview, Zhang recalls his childhood experience during the Great Famine. There were five people in Zhang's family back then. He had a brother who was born in 1960 but soon died of starvation. Villagers died almost every several days. Over 20 households fled to northeast China because there was more food there.

张奎尊1956年生，是天津市静海县梁头镇张庄子村村民。在这段口述中，张老人回忆了小时候大饥荒期间的经历。当时张老人家里五口人，一个弟弟60年出生不久后就饿死了。村里几乎每隔几天就有村民饿死，有二十多户村民逃难到产有粮食的东北。

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