From the summer of 1942 to the spring of 1943, Henan suffered from drought and locust plagues, the grain harvest in summer and autumn was cut off, and more than 10 million people in more than 110 counties in Henan Province suffered an unprecedented famine disaster, making this former prosperous place of the Central Plains Dynasty instantly become a purgatory on earth.
Time to 2012, the famous director Feng Xiaogang based on the writer Liu Zhenyun's novel "Wen Gu 1942" adapted the film "1942" after the release, only to attract the attention of many people to this real history, and according to incomplete statistics of historical materials, in this tragic catastrophe of mankind, a total of about 12 million people were affected, of which the number of deaths exceeded 3 million staggering. The following set of real photos of the 1942 Henan famine is very shocking, this group of photos was taken by the American Time Magazine reporter Bai Xiude (the original photo is a black and white photo, after AI coloring processing to repair the color photo).
The picture above shows the affected people in Henan in 1942 cutting tree bark to fill their hunger
The picture above shows the father and son in the disaster area of Henan In 1942, they fainted from hunger and starvation
The picture above shows a woman in the disaster area of Henan Province in 1942 using a sieve tree bark
The picture above shows a woman in a disaster area in Henan Province boiling bark in a pot in 1942
The picture above shows a mother feeding porridge to her child in the disaster area of Henan In 1942
The picture above shows three fathers and sons in the disaster area of Henan Province in 1942 starving on the side of the road
The picture above shows the starving children in the disaster area of Henan in 1942
The picture above shows a cave dug on the road to escape from the disaster area in Henan in 1942
The picture above shows a man who fell to the ground starving in the disaster area of Henan in 1942
The picture above shows hungry children waiting for relief in the disaster area of Henan in 1942
The picture above shows mothers and daughters-in-law in the disaster areas of Henan Province choosing grassroots in 1942
The picture above shows people waiting for relief in the disaster area of Henan in 1942
The picture above shows women who fell to the ground starving in the disaster area of Henan in 1942
The picture above shows the elderly selling ancestral drugs in the disaster area of Henan in 1942
The picture above shows people waiting for relief in the disaster area of Henan in 1942
The picture above shows a person who starved to death on the ground in the 1942 disaster area of Henan Province, waiting to be reincarnated
The picture above shows mother and son crying in the 1942 Henan disaster area (husband starved to death)