柯旗化故居

Wikipedia: He was born in Zuoyingzhuang, Okayama County, Kaohsiung Prefecture (now Zuoying District, Kaohsiung City) during the Japanese Occupation Period, because his mother was from Qishan County, Kaohsiung Prefecture (now Qishan District, Kaohsiung City), and his father was Shanhua Street, Xinhua County, Tainan Prefecture. (Today's Shanhua District, Tainan City), cut one of the two place names and named him Qihua. During the February 28th Incident, I witnessed the massacre of the Kuomintang army in Kaohsiung. After that, it opposed the Kuomintang government and gave birth to the idea of ​​Taiwan’s self-determination. After graduating from university, he served as a middle school English teacher. In 1951, he revealed his dissatisfaction with the government during a private chat with his classmates who were studying in Kaohsiung middle school. His classmate was arrested because of the case, and Ke Qihua was cited as a witness. The police found the book "Material Dialectics" at his residence. He was considered to be left-minded. Ke Qihua was tortured for interrogation. Half a month later, he was transferred. Detained by the Security Division of the Taipei Security Command. Half a year later, he was found not guilty for training and was first sent to the New Student Training Office of Neihu Elementary School in Taipei to be imprisoned, and then moved to Green Island to perform hard labor and ideological reform. He was released more than a year later. Author of "New English Law". Later, one of the interrogators thought that his name had changed, implying rebellion[2]. In Taiyuan Prison, he taught foreign languages ​​to difficult friends such as Golden Island and Jiang Bingxing.

Home furnishings and decorations are almost like returning to the old childhood home

Have you heard of "New English Law"? That's right, it's the blue one This is a quiet space, the former residence of Teacher Ke Qihua.

Kaohsiung, the only UN-certified human rights city in Taiwan, has been involved in the historical events of Taiwan's democratic freedom process since the war, from 228 to the beautiful island, too many stories have occurred in Kaohsiung, among which are located in the roadside street houses. The former residence of Ke Qihua is silently witnessing the violence and abuse of power by the government in the era of authoritarianism. The more sin is suffering from no words, only because of a book, Mr. Ke was imprisoned in Ludao at the age of becoming a family. One level is more than ten years. He himself and his wife and children can only participate in children through letter photos. The growth process, how helpless and sad. After the prison, the teacher is still very concerned about the Taiwan society. From culture to politics, the teacher’s tall and thin figure can be seen on many important occasions, and a powerful speech is used to voice the idea of ​​freedom and democracy. The justice is finally to give the teacher a fair, but people like teachers are just a lucky group. Imagine that many victims can't get the redress they deserve. This former residence is a human rights fighter who struggles for democracy and freedom.

Mr. Ke is a Taiwanese writer and English educator. He was imprisoned for a long time after being tortured for being suspected of being left-leaning. It was a distressing and persevering life at that time, which was admirable. The furnishings of the former residence are attentive and warm, so that people can really walk into that time and space and learn more about this history.