被遗忘的历史:日据初期台湾店仔口“铁庄”屠杀事件的重建与省思

History in Silence:Reconstruction and Reflection of “Iron Village” Massacre of Dian Zai Kou in Taiwan in Early Japanese Colonial Period

本文围绕日据(1895—1945)初期在台湾台南县白河镇(旧名店仔口)发生的“铁庄”屠杀事件,首先从《台湾宪兵队史》以及《台湾省通志稿》两书的记载进行分析比较,证明此一屠杀事件的确定地点是枋子林庄(即铁庄),但两书均误载为上茄苳庄;指出该屠杀事件的元凶乃由日本军、宪、警的事前预谋之联合行动。为解释铁庄何以会被屠戮,本文从时代的脉络背景出发,分析当时店仔口的地方势力以及从总督府当时的执行政策有密切的相关性,阐释铁庄之所以成为时代牺牲品的必然性。最后,藉此屠杀事件之被忽略与遗忘进行对“过去历史的意义”做一番省思,说明透过一些硬件的建设型式,保存重要的历史记忆,有助于唤醒历史意识以及接合历史的断裂记忆,重建历史的连续性。

This study analyzes “Iron Village”, Massacre in Baihe Township, Tainan County (Dian Zai Kou as old name) of early Japanese Colonial Period. First, it compares the records in History of Taiwan Military Police and General History of Taiwan Province and validates that the massacre has occurred in Fang Zi Lin Village (Iron Village). Nevertheless, in two books, it was wrongly recorded as Shang Qie Tung Village;it argues that the massacre was caused by premeditated joint action of Japanese military, military police and police. In order to explain the origin of the massacre, by the background of time, this study analyzes the local factions in Dian Zai Kou at the time and the correlation with policy of the government in order to reveal the cause that Iron Village was thus sacrificed. Finally, since the massacre was neglected and forgotten, this study reflects on “significance of the past” and argues that preservation of important history by hardware construction will arouse historical consciousness and reconnect the gap to reconstruct the continuity of history.