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Betty Barr came to SHSID

April 15, 2015

Betty Barr came to SHSID

On Thursday, April⁹, 2015, Ms. Betty Barr, the 82 year old who is the last remaining survivor of the Lunghwa Civilian Assembly Centre still living in Shanghai, came to our campus to speak to students about her life here as an internee from 1943-1945 and answer questions. Before her appearance, she answered questions submitted by the Campus History Club in a video interview which will be used in a guide computer app the club is working on. Then, with the club faculty advisor Sven Serrano, she made her way to the Annex auditorium where nearly 75 students were waiting to hear her talk.

Our SHSID students enthusiastically asked Betty numerous questions about details of the camp life and Betty did her best to tell them what it was like to live through a war as a young girl. She showed the old green enamel bowl and plate she kept from the camp time, as well as the small blue five year diary her mother meticulously kept through the war. She also showed us the get well card SHSID students sent her last year when she was sick and was unable to visit our campus. Betty received enthusiastic applause and thanks after her remarks and we hope she can return and speak to us again next year!

(Written by Sven Serrano Picture by LI Yunuo)