In late May, staff at the Nanjing Museum of the Site of Liji Lane Comfort Station, a branch of the Memorial Hall, confirmed three survivors of the Japanese Army's "comfort women" system in Hunan, China. They are 101-year-old Fang, 95-year- old Ou and 91-year-old Shen. (The details of the elderly would not be released due to their families' wishes.) When the Japanese invaded Hunan, they were seized and forced to become "comfort women". Grandma Fang and Grandma Ou were never and will never be pregnant, and Grandma Shen had never got married.

Grandma Fang was born in 1921 in Pingjiang County, Hunan Province, China. One day in 1939, the Japanese troops came to her village from Xiushui, Jiangxi Province. Grandma Fang was 18 years old at the time. There were seven people in her family, including her father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, and her own family of three. The Japanese asked her to join a "meeting". Her baby was not yet a month old and was very hungry. Fang’s father-in-law did not let the Japanese take her away, and one of the Japanese soldiers brutally killed Fang's brother-in-law with bayonet.

The Japanese killed her pig, ate a meal, and grabbed some other supplies, and then captured Grandma Fang. It was not until eight days later that she returned home. The infant died from lack of milk. As a result of the atrocities of the Japanese soldiers, Fang lost her fertility. In 1954, Fang and her husband adopted a four-year-old boy. Two years ago, fang fell because of her advanced age and was hospitalized. Last year, she suffered a stroke that left her paralyzed. Now she is confined to a wheelchair and is taken care of by her adopted son and son’s wife.

Grandma Ou was born in Pingjiang County, Hunan Province, China in August 1927. In October 1941, a Japanese troop passed through the village where Ou’s Grandma lived. At the age of 14, Grandma Ou could not hear and failed to escape in time. Unfortunately, she was seized from home and sexually abused by Japanese soldiers. Due to this experience, Grandma was unable to bear and had to end her early marriage and got remarried. Her second husband was kind to her, and they brought up a son adopted from his brother. In 2003, her husband died and she now lives with her adopted son. She is in good health and can grow and cook her own food.

Grandma Shen was born in Changsha County, Hunan Province, China in July 1931. In 1944, the Japanese troop came to the valley near Shen's house and occupied Zhong Kui Temple as a stronghold. When 13-year-old Shen fled with the ox, the main source of income of her family, she unfortunately encountered the Japanese on the road. The Japanese want to lead the ox, she refused. The Japanese slapped her twice and took her with the ox to the temple. Until the Japanese retreat, Grandma Shen was found by her family and taken home. Due to this harsh experience, Grandma Shen remained unmarried all her life.

From the left：Grandma Fang, Grandma Ou, Grandma Shen