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[[War Diaries (nonfiction)|War Diary]] quotations for [[October 28]]
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== Quotations ==
== Quotations ==


=== Reina Spiegel: October 28, 1939 ===
=== Mister Park: October 27, 1943 ===


[[Reina Spiegel (nonfiction)|Renia Spiegel]] began her diary in January 1939 at the age of 15.
''[[Diary of a Japanese Military Brothel Manager (nonfiction)|Diary of a Japanese Military Brothel Manager]]'' is a book of diaries written by a clerk who worked in Japanese military brothels, also known as "comfort stations", in Burma and Singapore during World War II. The author, a Korean businessman known only as Mister Park, kept a daily diary between 1922 and 1957.  


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Polish women riot when they hear people saluting Stalin. They refuse to join in. They write secret messages saying “Poland has not yet perished,” even though, to be honest, it perished a long time ago. Now we’re under the rule of communism, where everybody is equal. It hurts them that they can’t say “You lousy Yid.” They still say it, but in secret.
At the request of a comfort woman, I withdrew six hundred yen from her savings for
 
remittance and then sent it out via the Central Post Office.
Those Russians are such cute boys (though not all of them). One of them was determined to marry me. France and England are fighting with the Germans and something’s brewing here, but what do I care? I just want Mamma to come be with us. Then I can face all my trials and tribulations.
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War Diary quotations for October 28

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Mister Park: October 27, 1943

Diary of a Japanese Military Brothel Manager is a book of diaries written by a clerk who worked in Japanese military brothels, also known as "comfort stations", in Burma and Singapore during World War II. The author, a Korean businessman known only as Mister Park, kept a daily diary between 1922 and 1957.

At the request of a comfort woman, I withdrew six hundred yen from her savings for remittance and then sent it out via the Central Post Office.

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