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Zhang Wenbin (b.1933) is a resident of Heiqi Village, Damiaokou Town, Dong'an County, Hunan Province. In this interview, Zhang talks about his bitter days after the Liberation, and commented on the policy mistakes during the People's Commue canteen time and the Cultural Revolution. Because he was born in a landlord family, he quitted school after the Liberation. At 18 years old, he became a major labor force and had to do all kinds of work. The entire family relied on him. It only got better after collectivization in 1955. The transcript of this interview has been translated into English.

Zhang Xiaofa (b. 1935) is a resident of Huanlingqiao Village, Longquan Town, Xintian County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province. In this interview, Zhang recalls how the people's commune canteen was first established in production teams, and later in villages, when the villagers began to suffer from hunger. A few died of starvation while many suffered from hunger-related diseases.

Zhang Xiaogeng (b.1930) is a resident of Xizhai Village, Hanguguan Town, Lingbao City, Henan Province. In this interview, Zhang remembers experiences during the Great Leap Forward and the Great Famine. Due to the proneness to boasting and exaggeration at that time, tens of thousands jin of wheat and sweet potatoes were reported while the actual yield was only two or three hundred, and otherwise they would be criticized. When constructing backyard furnace, the village was organized into military units. Starvation began in 1960, because too much food was collected, the peasants didn't have enough to eat. He recalls eating corns and all kinds of leaves, eating grain seeds secretly while planting them as long as the cadres didn't know. At that time, peasants were divided into two classes, and landlords and rich peasants were struggled and beaten up.

Zhang Xiaomei (b.1928) is a resident of Baiyun Village, Fengqing Town, Yunnan Province. In this interview, Yang remembers the experience of eating at People's Commune Canteen and working for the collective during the Great Famine. The transcript of this interview has been translated into English.

Zhang Xirong (b. 1936) was born in Zoujia Village, Shangdian Town, Binzhou City, Shandong Province. In this interview, Zhang talks about eating at People's Commune canteen and at home during the Great Famine. The transcript of this interview has been translated into English.

Zhang Xiuxia (b.1948) is a resident of Qujia Village, Yuqiao Town, Jingyang County, Shaanxi Province. In this interview, Zhang remembers life during the Great Famine. She recalls that once there were only two eggs left at home, and nothing left after she ate them, and her mother brought her to the grandmother's grave and cried. After getting married, they were so poor that she and her husband only had one comforter. The transcript of this interview has been translated into English.