Harry Wu
Harry Wu (Chin. Wú Hóngdá, 吳弘達; born February 8, 1937 in Shanghai , Republic of China , † April 26, 2016 in Honduras ) was an American citizen and Chinese dissident who mainly described the Chinese labor camps ( Laogai ) .
In 1960, geology student Wu was arrested as a "counter-revolutionary deviator" and held in labor camps for 19 years without charge . In 1985 he was able to travel to the USA and became a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley . As the executive director of the Laogai Research Foundation in Washington, DC , he provided information about labor camps and the products made there.
Works
- Laogai - The Chinese Gulag, 1993, ISBN 081331769X
- Only the wind is free. My Years in China's GULAG , 1994, ISBN 3550070624
- Troublemaker: one man's crusade against China's cruelty, 1996, ISBN 0970402996
- Anyone who remains silent is guilty. Eight million people suffer in China's labor camps, 1996, ISBN 3785708629
- Thunder of the Night: My Life in Chinese Penal Camps, 2009, ISBN 386744109X
Web links
Commons : Harry Wu - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
- Literature by and about Hongda Harry Wu in the catalog of the German National Library
- Laogai Research Foundation - One, founded by Harry Wu Foundation to Chinese labor camps (English)
- Laogai Handbook 2007–2008 ( Memento from July 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- Sep 27, 2006 Epoch Times Editorial on Harry Wu (English)
- Praise from Harry Wu for condemnation of the Chinese labor camps by the Bundestag (German)
- "From the small cage back to the large cage" - Interview with Harry Wu from October 10, 2012 in Die Welt (German)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wu, Harry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chinese dissident and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shanghai , Republic of China |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 26, 2016 |
| Place of death | Honduras |