해방 후 중국 上海지역 일본군 ‘위안부’의 집단수용과 귀환

Abstract

Japanese imperialism which expanding front line to Asian and Pacific in the Pacific War tightly forced mobilization of Japanese military ‘comfort women’. But Pacific War ended later, Japanese imperialism left Japanese military ‘comfort women’ in front line. Japanese military ‘comfort women’. Japanese military ‘comfort women’ fell into the vortex of the ‘termination of war’ by the irresponsibility of Japanese imperialism. But it did not properly understand what they went through the liberation in any environment. Therefore, this study attempted to investigate the reality facing the Japanese military ‘comfort women’ by the case of Korean women were housed in the Shanghai area in China after termination of Pacific War. Japanese military ‘comfort women’ in China at the time of the war´s end were treated as ordinary Koreans. Except in some cases, most women were gathered near the port of residence just like ordinary people and returned to Korea since 1946 or retained in China. The women retained in China temporary stayed retained in local residence were undergone rigorous ‘historical research’ or ‘resident survey’. Some of them were forced to accept the repatriation while forcibly detained ‘disorderly’ reasons. Shanghai where was the bridgehead of Japanese troops became an economy base for pro-Japanese Koreans after the Sino-Japanese War. In August 1945, Shanghai was crowded with Koreans from central China area with around 5000 people ordinary Korean immigrants who wanted to return to the Korea. Among them, there were women who mobilized for Japanese military ‘comfort women’ left in the field. At this time, Korea Women Mutual Aid Association accommodated women as a group under the name of ‘Rehabilitation aid’. However, there was manager of ‘Japanese army brothels’ in leading figures of Korea Women Mutual Aid Association. Eventually Korean women were swayed by manager of ‘Japanese army brothels’ after the liberation. Women accommodated by Korea Women Mutual Aid Association started to return to Korea with Korean Restoration Army unit temporarily organized in Shanghai. However, some of them give up return to Korea and Wandered the Shanghai Street were controlled by local authorities. And some hesitated to return home and marry local Chinese. In a conclusion, Women eventually deviated from Japanese imperialism were left at the intersection of liberation and confusion and did not receive any protection and compensation.