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(7 March 1912 – 14 January 1947) was a Japanese esperantist, also known by her Esperanto pen name Verda Majo (green May).〔 ==Life== Teru Hasegawa was born in 1912 as the second of three children. Her family moved a lot, but most of her younger years were spent in Tokyo. Her relationship with her family was troubled. After graduation in 1929 she enrolled at the Women’s College of Education in remote Nara prefecture to become a teacher. During her studies, she was introduced to leftist literary circles. She also became acquainted with Esperantist circles via her eldest sister. She married Liu Ren, who was from Manchuria, in 1936. She kept the marriage secret from her parents.〔 In April 1937 she went to China. She joined the Chinese resistance to Japan, where she made broadcasts aimed at the Japanese Army.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Verda Majo – A Sincere Friend Dedicated to China )〕 Her family received letters telling them to commit suicide to avoid the shame of having a daughter who performed propaganda for the enemy. On November 1, 1938, in the Japanese newspaper, ''Miyako shinbun'', Hasegawa’s picture appeared under the headline “The real face of the coquettish traitor exposed here". Hasegawa Teru became an active member of the Japanese People's Anti-war League (Nihonjinmin hansen dōmei) in China.〔Crossing Empire's Edge: Foreign Ministry Police and Japanese Expansionism in Northeast Asia By Erik Esselstrom Page 139〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Teru Hasegawa」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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