Under the iron hooves of the Japanese army, Chinese prisoners of war and laborers

Author: Mei Sangyu
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: I am not a vengeful person, and I have no intention of holding the blood debt owed by Japanese militarism against the people of Japan. However, I believe that forgetting past suffering may lead to future calamities. — This is what Tokyo Military Legal Chinese judge Mei Ruyue said. To forget is to abandon memory, to betray memory, to betray history. In other words, forgetting is to risk being slaughtered again. — This is what Jewish writer Elie Wiesel said when receiving the Nobel Peace Prize.
During the 14 years of Japanese invasion of China, in addition to the bloody massacres of the Chinese people in occupied areas, another crime committed by the Japanese invaders was the frenzied plunder of China's material resources and the construction of various projects. They forced over 10 million prisoners of war and civilians to work as laborers, resulting in millions of people being injured or killed due to cruel persecution and murder.
This book, written in a documentary style, provides a panoramic reflection of the extremely tragic experiences of over 10 million Chinese prisoners of war and laborers. Under the iron hooves of the Japanese invaders, they were monitored and controlled like prisoners, living a life of hunger, cold, and exposure, engaging in heavy and dangerous labor. A slight carelessness could lead to brutal beatings or even death. The Japanese invaders' methods of torturing and slaughtering Chinese prisoners of war and laborers were extremely cruel: pouring chili water, electrocuting people, freezing them alive, having wolves tear them open, conducting germ experiments, performing live dissections, using live humans as targets for swordplay or shooting, and other atrocities beyond description, shocking and infuriating.
During their period of enslavement, Chinese prisoners of war and laborers continuously resisted and fought back, risking their lives to escape or engage in fierce battles with the enemy. They never stopped their struggle until Japan's defeat and surrender. Many of their stories are heart-stirring, tragic yet heroic, moving and unforgettable.