Entrevistas

1. Grandfather migrating to Colombia

2. Family having to hide guns during World War II in Colombia

3. Stories of Grandfather at a concentration camp in Fusagasuga

4. Keirokai, the biggest celebration in the Cali Nikkei community

5. Food preparations for Keirokai

6. Japanese reputation in Colombia

7. Her definition of Nikkei

8. Identification as Colombian, feeling closer to JA than Japanese

9. Interracial marriage trends

10. Her grandfather in a concentration camp in Fusagasuga (Spanish)

11. Japanese were treated with dignity during WWII (Spanish)

Teisher,Monica

(n.1974) Colombiana japonesa que atualmente reside nos Estados Unidos

Japanese were treated with dignity during WWII (Spanish)

(Spanish) The Colombian government had something to do with the protection, so to speak, of the Japanese, because they were respected farmers.

They helped to develop farming practices in Colombia, so they didn’t mistreat them. They treated them with a lot of dignity, I think. His experience, in spite of everything, wasn’t the worst. The family suffered because they were alone and had to figure out how to survive with the head of the household gone. But really, it wasn’t so bad for them, they weren’t mistreated.

Data: September 22, 2019

Localização Geográfica: California, US

Entrevistado: Yoko Nishimura

País: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum

Entrevistados

Monica Teisher nasceu em Cali, Colômbia, em 1974, pai Issei e mãe Nissei. Ela e sua grande família extendida eram ativas na comunidade japonesa de Cali, a maior da Colômbia. Ela se mudou para os Estados Unidos depois de se casar com um cidadão americano de descendência judaica do Leste Europeu. Eles e suas filhas passam férias na Colômbia, participando de eventos comunitários. (Maio de 2020)