Interview with Pan Zhenhua

Pan Zhenhua (b. 1945) is a resident of Huanzidong Village, Shenyang, Liaoning Province. In this interview, Pan talks about the life during the Great Famine. Despite the reduced production, the cadres of the local production teams exaggerated the numbers in their report to the higher government for their own profit. As a result, the grains were taken to the higher level government and ordinary villagers had to starve. The situation was at its worst in 1960, when many people starved to death and corpses were put in cabinets due to the lack of coffins.

潘振华1945年出生，是沈阳市法库县獾子洞村村民。在这段口述中，潘老人讲述了大饥荒时的经历。当时粮食减产，但生产队干部为了自己的利益向上级政府虚报收成，导致粮食都被上缴而百姓只能挨饿。60年情况最严重，好多人饿死，因为没有棺材，尸体只能用柜子装。

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