Interview with Zou Dengke

Zou Dengke (b. 1938) was born in Zoujia Village, Shangdian Town, Binzhou City, Shandong Province. In this interview, Zou recalls life during the Great Famine. In the beginning, Zou and his wife tried everything to earn money for food, saving most food for their children. After the People's Commune canteen was established, he could get food after carrying coal every day, and life became slightly better. Although he saw food get wasted and knows that the famine was not a natural disaster, Zou still insist that the famine is not caused by Chairman Mao's policy, but the cadres at the local level.

邹登科1938年出生于山东省滨州市阳信县商店镇邹家村。在这段口述中，邹老人回忆了大饥荒时期的生活。饥荒刚开始的时候，他和妻子用各种办法挣钱换吃的，还把吃的省給孩子们。食堂办起来后，他每天去推碳能分到粮食，生活稍微好转了些。虽然邹登科看见过好好的粮食被糟蹋，也知道饥荒不是自然灾害，他却强调说这不是因为毛主席的政策，而是下边的官有问题。

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