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

Family having to hide guns during World War II in Colombia

I'm assuming there were all kinds of curfews, and also like guns. They weren't allowed to have guns, and stuff. There's a story where my uncle said that they would come, and check on them every so often. They would send guards to go check on them, on the families. And so when they knew they were coming, they would hide the guns, and the valuables in hidey holes, or something like gopher holes that they had found where armadillos lived, or something.

They had found several little places, nooks, and crannies, and they would hide those things that were considered valuables. Even guns because guns weren't allowed. They weren't allowed to have guns, but they needed guns to survive and hunt, and whatever not because they were living practically in the rural place. And even for self defense, or I don't know snakes, whatever it is that you need guns for those things. So they would hide them until they left.

Colômbia armas de fogo armas armamento Segunda Guerra Mundial

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)