. There is a large family of "foreigners" living in the "Little United Nations" by people. Three generations of grandparents and grandchildren, and 6 nationalities. The male owner Hans Miller , whose ancestral home is German; his wife Kyoko Nakamura is Japanese; his daughter Mimi is Swiss and his son-in-law is German; his son Midwah is American and his daughter-in-law is Chinese; his granddaughter Mianqi is British... This is a member of the family of the old man Miller. Since he moved into Beijing City in 1960, his family has lived in Beijing Hutong for 60 years.
Miller and his wife Kyoko Nakamura
In the war in China, Miller had similar experiences and beliefs with Bethune, Ke Dihua, and Snow. Influenced by Chinese classmates during his studies in Switzerland, he expressed deep sympathy for the sufferings suffered by the Chinese people under the invasion of Japanese imperialism and admired the anti-Japanese struggle under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. Through the Tongmeng, who was led by Soong Ching Ling, defending China, met with Liao Chengzhi, which strengthened his determination to go to the Chinese revolution.
In 1939, after obtaining a doctorate in medical treatment at the University of Basel, Switzerland, Miller traveled across the ocean to China alone, bringing 600 boxes of medical supplies and a large ambulance to the revolutionary holy land of Yan'an from foreign aid to China's war of resistance, and was cordially received by Chairman Mao Zedong. At that time, the translator was the consultant of the Central Military Commission's Health Department, Ma Haide (American). From then on, they met and became lifelong friends. From then on, Miller firmly applied to go to the front line. He said the closer the doctor is to the wounded, the better.
In winter, Miller and an Indian medical team aiding to China, including Doctor Ke Dihua, crossed the Yellow River to the east and arrived at the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang Mountains. When I met Commander-in-Chief Zhu De, I accidentally heard German greetings. After learning that Zhu De had worked part-time in France, Miller felt very warm and kind.
Miller (2nd left) and Zhu De (4th left)
On the battlefield of the Anti-Japanese War, in order to promptly rescue the wounded, Miller always asked to be closer to the battlefield and closer to the wounded. On the earthen kang, on the door panel, and under the illumination of several candles, he performed surgery on the wounded members of the Eighth Route Army, saving the lives of countless anti-Japanese soldiers. As a foreign expert, he gave all the eggs, sugar and other nutritional products he "specially supplied" to the wounded, and ate coarse grains with everyone. During the Chinese People's Anti-Japanese War in , there were more than 9,000 wounded and sick people from the Eighth Route Army who were treated by him.
After Japan announced its surrender, Miller applied to Zhu De to return home. Commander-in-Chief Zhu De personally signed a certificate for him, highly affirming his work. However, due to poor transportation, Miller's plan to return to Germany by the Soviet Union through the Northeast was failed. In this way, Miller, who stayed in China, met his other half of Nakamura Kyoko. It can be said that it is lost in the east corner and it is won in the east corner.
Kyoko Nakamura is a Japanese and also came to China because of the war. At the age of 14, she studied at the Nursing School of Jinzhou Manchu Railway Hospital under the craze of "Jiu War" in Japan. When the Japanese Emperor announced his unconditional surrender, the nurse school where Kyoko Nakamura was located was taken over by the Eighth Route Army led by the Communist Party of China. The hospital's director said to the students: "The Eighth Route Army lacks medical staff, and those who are willing to join the Eighth Route Army follow us." At that time, Japan was in a mess because of the war, and Kyoko Nakamura's family was not sure where to go? She joined the Eighth Route Army without hesitation and became an Eighth Route Army nurse. Later, when Kyoko Nakamura met Miller for the first time in , she said in surprise that there will be doctors with big noses and blue eyes in the Chinese army? After several years of gunfire and smoke, these two "fascists" finally fell in love.
In July 1949, at the moment when the War of Liberation was about to win the final victory, the "Ocean Eighth Route Army" held a simple wedding in Tianjin, arousing people's curiosity and blessings. To use the jokes of his comrades, a Western German man and an Eastern Japanese soldier bloomed the flower of love on the land of China.What's even more amazing is that Miller does not understand Japanese and Nakamura does not understand German, so Chinese becomes the only link for their daily communication. They met on China's land, in the people's army, and in the war of revolution. In the end, they became lifelong companions who devoted themselves to the cause of China's revolution and the friendship between China and Germany and China and Japan.
1972, based on the implementation of the hepatitis epidemic in my country, Hans actively organized forces to carry out research on the prevention and treatment of hepatitis B, and personally introduced more advanced diagnostic technology and vaccine production technology from Japan, and started the research on hepatitis B based on the People's Hospital of Beijing Medical College as a base. Under his guidance, the People's Hospital Liver Disease Research Institute was the first to successfully develop the first batch of domestic hepatitis B blood-borne vaccines, and trial it among the population, making my country's hepatitis B prevention and treatment at the world's advanced level.
Miller became Chinese nationality in 1951 and later joined the Communist Party of China gloriously. He has held important positions in medical units and medical schools such as Changchun, Shenyang, and Beijing, and has become a member of the 6th, 7th and 8th National Committee of the "CPPCC". Just as Miller worked hard for the medical work of New China, an unprecedented movement began.
At that time, the paint alley where Miller lived, and his family had to lower their heads when they entered and left. The two "Overseas Eighth Route Army" who participated in the Anti-Japanese War and the two old revolutionaries who helped the Chinese people fight bloody battles had to seal themselves in the alley and live a cautious life. When he learned that the leaders of the army, Peng Dehuai, He Long and Deng Xiaoping, who fought side by side in the war, were also criticized and deprived of their leadership positions, he felt very puzzled and heartbroken. In a chill, Miller began to teach his wife and children to learn German. He is preparing to lead his whole family out of China and return to his hometown of Germany. Finally, under the concerns of Premier Zhou Enlai, he solved practical problems such as employment of Miller's children and persuaded Miller to "forget those unhappiness."
In 1989, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Miller's coming to China to participate in the revolutionary work, the Ministry of Health awarded Hans Miller the outstanding certificate of honor for the white-clothed warrior in International Communism. After China's reform and opening up, they felt tremendous changes from their alley neighbors. Kyoko Nakamura said, I saw their happy smiling faces, the changes in clothing styles, the rich shopping of groceries and shopping, and the changes in China were too great. In this way, the Miller family devoted themselves to selfless work.
As the saying goes, I go to the temple to follow a monk. The two "Ocean Eighth Road" lived in Beijing Hutong for decades and gradually became Beijing-style. His family did not have a close door or was isolated from the world, but lived in harmony with the neighbors in the alley. Whenever the neighbors have headaches and fever, they come and ask Dr. Miller to show it. Every time Miller opened the door without disgust and enthusiastically invited the neighbors to come home and diagnosed them in the room. After that, they will also have to prescribe medicine for them. Over time, the relationship between Beijingers and the neighbors of the "Ocean Eighth Route Army" is very harmonious, which makes them feel the enthusiasm, ambition and righteousness of the Chinese Beijingers.
Miller's family photo
Kyoko Nakamura recalled: "When Miller was sick and died in his later years, the neighbors in the alley came to visit. Last year I had a minor operation and didn't tell anyone, but how did the neighbors know and came to greet me one after another. There is no foreigner, the difference between Chinese people, there is no such obstacle at all."
Miller once said during his lifetime: "When I was not alive, don't go home (Japan), just stay in China. We know that we are in the army on the battlefield of the Chinese battlefield, and marriage is also in the army. Our marriage is very meaningful; we cannot forget the greatness of the Communist Party of China."Kyoko Nakamura also regards China as her hometown. She joked that being a Chinese woman has status and has the power to control financial power at home. After saying that, the old lady laughed loudly.
On August 23, 2004, Kyoko received the first permanent residence permit issued to foreigners in China. At that moment, Kyoko was extremely excited. She said that she loves China and wants to live there forever, and China is her home.
