Interviews with Lei Dayu, Wang Hongying, Yin Zhengshan

Lei Dayu (b.1943) is a resident of Diaoyutai Village, Hubei Province. He says that people ate anything they could find during the famine. Some died if starvation in his village. He went to Zijin Mountain to build reservoir. The locals calls Zijin the 'Mountain of the Dead'. He also mentions that Ma Taishan died during the Land Reform. Ma was criticized at struggle sessions and died of illness.

Wang Hongying(b.1943) is a resident of Diaoyutai Village, Hubei Province. She says that people were so hungry during the famine that they ate anything they could find: chaff, tree bark, cotton leaves and peanut leaves. Quite a few people died of starvation.

Yin Zhengshan(b.1942) is a resident of Diaoyutai Village, Hubei Province. He recalls that 1959 is the most difficult year, people died of starvation. He also went to Zijin Mountain to build reservoir. He remembers that Ma Taishan was criticized during struggle sessions.

雷大玉（1943年生）是湖北省随州市随县殷店镇钓鱼台村村民。雷大玉说饥饿时什么都吃过。村里有人饿死。他到紫金山修水库, 当地人把紫金山叫做'死人山'。他提到马泰山是土改时死的。马被批斗, 后来病死。

王红英（1943年生）是湖北省随州市随县殷店镇钓鱼台村村民。王红英回忆饥荒时什么都吃：糠、树皮、棉花叶子、花生叶子。村里面有不少人饿死。

殷正山（1942年生）是湖北省随州市随县殷店镇钓鱼台村村民。殷正山说1959年情况最糟糕, 那年死的全都是饿死的。他还到紫金山修水库。他提到马泰山是土改时被批斗。

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