CHINA - NANJING MASSACRE

Rape of Nanjing

China People's Republic

Nanjing Massacre Victim - Head by Nanjing Resident

   Nanjing Massacre is also known as the Rape of Nanjing, is a form of genocide war crime incident committed by Japanese soldiers in Nanjing as the capital of the Republic of China. Duration of the massacre is not so clear, but violence continues for six weeks, so early in February 1938. Nanjing Massacre is Bitter events that occurred during the six weeks since December 13, 1937 is still remembered citizens of Nanjing and the Chinese people as the massacre by Japanese soldiers when the City of Sunrise's occupying China. Chinese government claimed 300,000 people were killed in the massacre.

   Nanjing Massacre is a living proof brutality of Japanese soldiers during World War II. Thousands of civilians and unarmed Chinese soldiers were wounded, arrested, shot with machine guns and killed with bayonets. friend corpses lying on the banks of the Qinhuai River and Nanjing City Yang Tze  that divide. Nanjing city turned into a city full of blood and fear. There was no place for the townspeople to take cover. That's not all. What is frightening is thousands of Chinese women were raped by Japanese soldiers.

A Baby was impaled by soldier

    It has been almost 76 years the moments was passed, but not yet fully Nanjing residents can forget the incident. And indeed, the Nanjing Massacre is not to be forgotten. All School children in China since early invited to the Nanjing Massacre memorial park for them since childhood has been reminded of this event. Visit the Memorial Hall of Nanjing Massacre, in early November, the museum was visited by Chinese citizens. There, all the data and description of events is illustrated very clearly. In fact, there are examples of how the victims were killed inside they home.

   This event inspires Iris Chang a writer, the Chinese-American women, to write a book called The Rape of Nanjing - The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II. The data revealed in the book, including data about the grandmother who became victims, shocked the Western world. However, Iris Chang after it received threats and terror of the Japanese right wing, which rejected events Nanjing. Can not stand the terror and the threat, Iris Chang eventually found dead, allegedly due to depression. However, his book, The Rape of Nanjing, reprint experience and became a best seller.

    One of the Nanjing Massacre victims, Li Xiuling, as quoted by Newsweek (7/20/1998), expressed his anger with Japan. "I hate Japan so deep" said Liu Xiuling,at the time of the incident was seven months pregnant. Three Japanese soldiers stabbed him 37 times at the time. Dead fetuses, but Li survived. To commemorate the victory of the anti-fascist war around the world and China warn everyone not to forget the bloody history of aggression, we make a special occasion to recount the events of "Great Nanjing Massacre" while Japanese aggressors occupied Nanjing City of eastern China.

   On December 13th 1937, approximately 200 thousand Japanese aggressors occupied Nanjing City of China's capital at that time, and soon after the Japanese aggressors run barbaric massacre against peaceful population and military men who had laid down their arms in the city. In just 6 weeks, 300 thousand Chinese people have taken their lives at gunpoint Japanese soldiers, of whom 90 thousand people including prisoners. This is the event "of the Nanjing Massacre" made ​​famous in the Second World War.

      Xia Shuqin 77 years old is one of the victims of the Nanjing massacre is still alive. When the memory of the sinister 69 years ago, Xia Shuqin with tears welled said, only in half a day, Japanese soldiers had destroyed her family membered 9 people happy."In that day the Japanese soldiers banged on the door with ruthless. Dad went to open the door immediately shot dead. Holding my mother's sister with a mother and two neighbor kids hid under the table. When the Japanese soldiers dragged the mother I am from the bottom of the table, with bayonet combat stabbing death my sister and my mother undress. brothers 4 we hid in bed, and then the two brothers dragged and raped by Japanese soldiers while I was stabbed 3 times