Entrevistas

1. The Origin of my Name (Japanese)

2. Attending Kindergarten in Panama (Japanese)

3. My father who returned by prisoner of war exchange ship (Japanese)

4. Meeting Harry for the first time (Japanese)

5. On international marriages (Japanese)

6. Masao-san (Japanese)

7. Conflicted about immigrating to America (Japanese)

8. You can’t be loyal to two countries (Japanese)

9. Respecting the will of a five-year-old daughter (Japanese)

10. Why I’m glad I immigrated to America (Japanese)

Schneider,Jean Hamako

(n. 1925) Novia de la guerra

Meeting Harry for the first time (Japanese)

(Japanese) I had gone to Kamakura to undergo eye surgery. I had heard that there was a good eye doctor there, so I went. I have…what would you call it…inverse eyelashes? Normal eyelashes grow outward, right? Well, mine all grow inward. When I went that time, I met him. It was 1946.

We started talking about how there was a really great place in the area called Enoshima. Then, we started saying,“Hey, actually Enoshima’s right on the way from Kamakura to Fujisawa – that’s really close. Shall we go there?”

He remembers that time well. Eating shellfish cooked whole in its shell really left an impression on him. On my way back, I couldn’t believe what I had done. I’d spoken with a foreigner I’d never even met before and gone off somewhere together to have fun. I couldn’t believe it.

Fecha: January 26, 2012

Zona: California, US

Entrevista: John Esaki, Yoko Nishimura

País: Watase Media Arts Center, Japanese American National Museum

Entrevista

Jean Hamako Schneider (apellido de soltera: AMANO) nacida en 1925 en la Ciudad de Yokohama, Japón. En 1933 su padre, el famoso hombre de negocios en América Latina, Yoshitaro AMANO se lo lleva a Panamá y allí permenece durante 2 años. Su padre como permaneció en Panamá quedó atrapado por la Segunda Guerra Mundial y recién en 1942 pudo regresar a Japón con un barco de intercambio de prisioneros. En la posguerra, dado que Hamako trabajaba en la radio conoce a quien será su marido, a Harry Schneider, que era un miembro de la MIS – Military Intelligence Service, perteneciente a las fuerzas de ocupación norteamericana. En 1948 se casa con Harry y dos años después se va a vivir a los Estados Unidos como “novia de la guerra” (sensoo hanayome). Tienen una hija y luego se naturaliza norteamericana. Actualmente, vive en la ciudad de Encinitas en el Estado de California. (Setiembre de 2014)