Celebrities become refugees, Chinese women who should not be forgotten
A powerful black-and-white documentary about the liberation of the Ravensbrück women's concentration camp during World War II. This unknown Chinese woman was ** at the moment of the camera, and her smile was so bright.
Her presence seemed so abrupt in the crowd of blond, blue-eyed Europeans. How could a Chinese appear in a German Nazi concentration camp? What's even more surprising is that while everyone was cheering for being rescued, the Chinese woman glanced at the camera indifferently, the corners of her mouth slightly tugging, revealing a disdainful sneer.
Her gaze seems to have the power to travel through time and space, and even after more than 70 years, people are still moved by the calmness and arrogance in her eyes. It's hard to imagine that such an expression could come from a refugee who had just gone through a long period of captivity.
Her identity has aroused people's conjecture, and after in-depth investigation by netizens, a name that has long been submerged by the long river of history has finally surfaced. Huang Neting, a legendary woman who appeared in the world's newspapers in the last century, but is little known in China.
In 1902, Huang Neting was born in Madrid, the capital of Spain, his father was a native of Yuyao, Zhejiang, and served as a diplomat of the Qing Dynasty in Spain, and his mother was a Belgian nobleman.
After Huang Luhe returned to China, he served in Beiyang *** and served as the director of the protocol department, so Huang Neting can be said to be a ** child from a famous family.
New copywriting: Huang Neting once read an article about *** in a magazine, when *** was only 23 years old, but he was already appreciated and noticed by his father.
In Huang Neting's heart, ** is a young man with a great future. At that time, Huang Neting was only a 14-year-old girl.
Huang Neting is a young girl from a famous family who has received a high-quality education from high society since she was a child. She attended the Sacred Heart School founded by the French Church, and at the same time received a private school education at home, and met celebrities in society, including cultural celebrities such as Lin Yutang and Hu Shi.
She is fluent in not only Chinese, but also French, Spanish, Italian, and English, and through correspondence courses, earned a law degree from Hamilton College Chicago.
In that period of change, Eastern and Western cultures blended with each other, and this mixed-race child, who had received the most advanced education and witnessed countless romantic figures, became a unique scenery in Beijing's social circle.
However, she is not the "lady show" in the traditional aesthetic. handsome, prefers to dress up, and often appears at banquets with **; She was proficient in fencing, horseback riding, tennis, ice hockey, rowing, boxing, and other sports that were considered "male-only" at the time; He actively participated in social activities, and had the courage to stand at rallies and raise his fists and speak out for reform.
In the old society where women were forcibly bound their feet, Huang Neting's behavior was unbelievable, and was even regarded as "deviant" by some outdated people. However, Huang Neting never cared about their opinions, and with her advanced way of thinking and acting, she tried to leave that era full of restrictions and constraints on women far behind.
Huang Neting, a woman who amazed the whole world, was known as a "beautiful pirate" and was praised by American artist Isamu Noguchi as "young and promising, handsome and chic".
Le Temps (The Times) was also full of praise for her, calling her "a brilliant genius". Her masculine photos shined on the cover of the Spanish magazine Estampa, and she was crowned "Joan of Arc of China".
This unique and charming oriental woman has invisibly changed the world's perception of China, especially Chinese women, and unreservedly showed the demeanor of Chinese women to the world.
I am not a "vase" in the army, but a firm foothold in the military and political circles with real strength. In 1921, at the age of 19, I wore ** to a ball, and an Aragonese hota dance won the appreciation of the upper echelons of the Feng army, and I was awarded the rank of colonel in the Air Force.
It sounds incredible, but that's because I have a good background and background, and more importantly, I really have the fame and ability.
Huang Neting: The vase girl in military life has changed from the past, Huang Neting passed all the courses of the military academy with tenacious will and excellent results, and was trained at Le Bourget airport, learning to fly an airplane.
She was known for her resolute audacity, and few in the Air Force dared to juggle like her. Huang Neting is well-informed, courageous, proficient in many Chinese, and very good at socializing, undoubtedly the darling of God's favor, destined to have a broader world.
In 1926, she became the confidential secretary to Pan Fu, the prime minister of Beiyang, guarding important economic posts and taking charge of relations with the European press. In 1927, she was sent to Oregon, USA, to do diplomatic service.
But soon after, the domestic political situation changed, Beiyang ** fell, and the Nanjing people ** completed the formal "unification of the whole country". Huang Neting was like a kite flying in the sky, suddenly broke the line, and could only return to China and become a lieutenant under the command of Young Marshal Zhang Xueliang.
During the ** period of Kuomintang rule, Huang Neting seemed to find a suitable way to serve the country in the army. In 1929, when the Middle East Road Incident broke out, a fierce war broke out between the Northeast Army and the Soviet Army, and Huang Neting desperately wanted to go to the front line to participate in the war, but the war ended in a crushing defeat without approval.
Disheartened by successive setbacks, perhaps exhausted by the struggle, she eventually chose to move to Paris and live a bohemian life.
The bohemian life of the "homosexual" is a unique way of life, often seen among artists and writers who do not adhere to traditional ideas and have no illusions about it.
In 1933, at the age of 31, Huang Neting came to Paris alone and met the 57-year-old American writer Natalie Clifford Barney. Barney is a bright star in the literary and artistic worlds and a public lesbian, and her salons are highly regarded and bring together big names from all over the world.
Huang Neting's encounter with Barney stems from her status as a chauffeur and personal assistant. As time went on, the relationship between the two gradually warmed up, and Huang Neting didn't care about it, she firmly believed: "When I met Barney, I knew what was going to happen. ”
Under Barney's guidance, Wong often attends salons where social events are both elegant and opulent. With a charming oriental face, a slender figure and a noble temperament, Huang Neting can easily control the Chinese cheongsam and is very good at showing himself.
When she performs a sword dance in Chinese costume, no one doesn't fall for her.
Huang Neting quickly established herself in the Parisian art scene with her unique charm and became famous, and Barney's affection for her grew stronger and deeper. The writer Helene Nera once described Huang Neting's charm as follows: "Because she was Chinese and was so favored, she aroused the strong jealousy of many suitors and lovers, and the competition was as fierce as that of harem concubines." ”
British journalists hailed Huang Neting as a model in the fashion industry, which is unforgettable. However, they never discovered that behind the identity of Huang Neting's socialite, there was a little-known top-secret identity.
During World War II in the thirties and forties of the last century, Huang Nating was a brave resistant, actively participated in the struggle against the Nazis, and successfully became an agent of the French resistance movement.
However, in May 1944, her identity was discovered, captured by Nazi Germany, and sent to the Ravensbrück concentration camp, known as the "Hell for Women".
The Ravensbrück concentration camp mainly imprisons women, and according to the Jewish Memorial Hall in Israel, the camp held 1330,000 people, nearly 50,000 people died, which is heartbreaking.
Even in such a harsh environment, Huang Neting still maintained his demeanor. A Jewish woman, also in the camp, described Huang Neting as "a special woman, well-educated, lively and with a strong personality. ”
In 1945, news of the imminent capture of Berlin by Soviet troops spread through the concentration camps, and the women saw hope for survival. They began to look for a piece of red cloth and embroidered their names with their own hands to prove that they had lived here.
Huang Neting embroidered "Yellow China" on red cloth.
Operation "White Bus": a humanitarian rescue operation led by Sweden and Denmark** to secretly assist in the safe evacuation of prisoners from concentration camps. In order to ensure the smooth operation of the operation, the transfer buses were painted in a striking white and painted with the Red Cross logo to avoid misjudgment.
White buses"During the operation, Huang Neting managed to include a 9-year-old girl and her mother in the rescue list, but some had no way out"Prisoners"but forgotten.
In April 1945, Huang Neting was successfully rescued, but her sneer may be a helplessness and self-mockery for her inability to save others in the dark and turbulent times, or a kind of bitterness and discouragement that she is powerless.
What an irony for a man who has to be strong all his life.
Freed from the shackles of Europe, Huang Neting chose Venezuela in South America as his new home. Here, he started a new life with his girlfriend Nelly, who spent 20 wonderful years in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela.
Despite crossing time and space, their love and freedom are reborn and perpetuated here.
Huang and Nelly worked in the embassy, and Huang worked as a secretary in a bank with his background in law. Outside of work, Huang Neting still likes to party at home, sometimes wearing **, sometimes changing into a Chinese cheongsam, making her home a popular place for friends to gather.
At the end of the 60s, Huang Neting unfortunately fell seriously ill and suffered a stroke due to an overdose, and his physical condition deteriorated rapidly. She and Nelly traveled to Belgium and settled in Nelly's hometown of Brussels.
In 1972, Huang Neting died of illness at the age of 70 and was buried in Brussels. Nearly half a century later, a documentary called "Every Face Has a Name" was released in Sweden, showing a 9-year-old girl who was rescued by Huang Neting in a Nazi concentration camp.
In the flashbacks, Erin Klauz Feynman tells us in an affectionate tone about what happened to her and her mother in the concentration camp near the end of the war. At that time, the conditions in the concentration camps were very bad, and people were constantly urged to move to another concentration camp.
However, Nadine Hwang, also known as Huang Neting, reminded Erin and her mother not to go to the camp. Nadine told them that some white-painted buses were coming to pick up the people on the list, and that they would be sent straight to Sweden to be freed.
Nadine managed to add their names to the list. Before leaving, Erin's mother promised that if Erin gave birth to a daughter in the future, that daughter would be named Nadine as a tribute to Nadine's life-saving grace.
Nadine's name reappears 50 years later, and her life seems to have been extended and reborn. Her indomitable spirit, fighting for her country and her own life, broke through the shackles and difficulties, and brought hope and light to more people.
Her story is touching and makes us cherish the preciousness and resilience of life even more.
Her life is like a magnificent epic, the first half of her life is endless, and the second half of her life is indifferent to fame and fortune. Her story is full of endless charm and real humanity, making people feel the ups and downs of life and the complexity and diversity of human nature.
She is a model of women, and her legendary life is admirable.