Interview with Yin Huizhang

Yin Huizhang (b. 1939) is a resident of Xiaoyin Village, Shangdian Town, Binzhou City, Shandong Province. In this interview, Yin remembers life during the Great Famine. He used to be the barn keeper of the Production Team, yet he didn't see grains for six months between 1959 and 1960. Later, people could get half jin (250 grams) of food each day after working. In the worst year, more than 800 people, about half of the population in Shawo Village and Guanzhuang Village either starved to death or left (migrated to the Northeast, re-married, etc.).

殷会章1939年出生，是山东省滨州市阳信县商店镇小殷村的村民。在这段口述中，殷老人回忆了大饥荒时的生活。他当时是生产队的粮食保管，1959年到1960年期间有六个月没见过粮食。在此之后人们干了活能在食堂领半斤粮食。那一年沙窝村和官庄村饿死的和离开的（逃去东北、改嫁等等）总共有八百多人，约原人口的一半。

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