Comfort Women of Bahay na Pula

Many of the women who appeared in this video have already died waiting in vain for a public apology from the Japanese Government. Let their voices be heard so these atrocities will never be repeated again. Please share this video. It is my hope that today's Japanese citizens realize what has been omitted from their school curriculum.

Comfort Women of Bahay na Pula, Mapanique, Pampangga, Philippines

If these walls have eyes and mouths, they would weep and wail of the horrifying and monstrous events that have occurred within these walls 50 years ago. These walls walls watched as the women wept, cowering among themselves as they fought their captors and took the blows that rendered them unconscious. These walls saw how their dignity was mutilated, how their young, frail bodies endured pain as they suffered under the Japanese soldiers who were also housed within these walls.

Testimonies:

PILAR GALANG
The experience I had during the Japanese war is something I will never forget. In the morning of November 23, 1944 we were awakened by many explosions. My father shouted for us to get down to the basement of our house. As we crouched in the basement, the explosions ceased but the Japanese barged into our home and found us hiding. They kicked my brother and tied up my father by the wrists. We were crying out to God to save us from this danger. We were then brought to the school…

ESTER BALINGIT
The Japanese soldiers took everything that they wanted. The soldiers forced me to go with them. My mother was screaming in protest, so the Japanesegot mad and kicked her. Then the soldiers brought me to the school…

Genocide:

BELEN CULALA
We were all gathered in front of the schoolyard, under the heat of the sun. All women and girls, young and old. The children added to our burden. They were crying from hunger and thirst. We were begging for food and water. Sometimes the mothers gave carabao urine for their children to drink.

JANURARIA GALANG
When we came down from our houses, we saw the men with their hands tied up. Some were bleeding to death. We were brought here to this school. There used to be a very small school here. The machine gun was pointed towards the school. We witnessed the soldiers cutting the bodies of the men and forcing them to eat their own flesh. The captured men were tied to the posts of the school. After the soldiers got tired of torturing the men, they looted the houses. After they piled up the valuables into one spot, they burned the houses to ashes. The surroundings were blackened. After they were done burning down the houses, they turned the machine guns on us. We prayed, we thought it was our end. God must have heard us because they took away the machine gun. But then they pointed the machine gun to the men. All the men who were tied up were gunned down. After they have all died, their bodies were thrown into the school and burned. We women were crying for our male relatives and friends. We women were quietly praying. All of us villagers together, hungry, thirsty, it happened during this time, this same month.

BELEN CULALA
This is the tomb of all who were burned in the school. It’s a mass grave, all the ashes were collected and buried. Many light candles here because many individuals are buried together.

Forced Labor
JOVITRA DAVID
The women were forced to carry the valuables they looted. If we could not carry the load were were kicked and threatened by the Japanese. They kicked, pushed and shoved us to made us walk faster. We told them “We can no longer carry these, they are heavy!” They said “Go on! Carry it! If you don’t, we will kill you!” So even we were crawling, we went on. When we reached the red house, we then were separated.

VICTORIA DELA CRUZ
They forced us to bring the loot. I was carrying a sewing machine. My sister even lost a patch of her hair from the weight of the load upon her head.

Sexual violence
EMILIA DELA CRUZ
When it was nightfall, the Japanese did not allow us to leave. They closed the door upon us. In short, we were imprisoned, each room had women. I realized they had an evil plan for us. I was not menstruating then. I was 14. Because of my physical hardship and hunger, my body felt very weak and tired. I was awaken from my sleep when some men approached me. Naturally, at first I fought them, but I could not do anything. They did what they wanted to me. As I recall, there were 4 soldiers who raped me.

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