Nanjing Massacre Case: Citizens' Petition

Author: Zhang Jianning et al.
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Publishing Date: 2006-01-01
Features: The "Nanjing Massacre Historical Materials Collection" is divided into several thematic sections, systematically introducing important historical materials related to the Nanjing Massacre. The content includes: historical archives of the Chinese army's fierce battles to defend the capital Nanjing against the invading Japanese forces; numerous diaries, letters, recollections, and testimonies of Japanese officers and soldiers who participated in the invasion; a large collection of written historical materials about the Nanjing Massacre by Western individuals; testimonies of Nanjing Massacre survivors; historical materials from the International Military Tribunal for the Far East and the Military Court of the National Defense for the Prosecution of War Criminals, covering all aspects of the massacre's history. With irrefutable facts, it presents the historical truth of the events at that time to the world. This book is a compilation of citizen petitions related to the Nanjing Massacre case. The main sources of the materials in this volume are archival collections from the Nanjing Archives and the Second Historical Archives of China, the majority of which have been published for the first time, holding significant historical value. The volume is divided into six parts: 1. Petitions by Nanjing citizens calling for support from the National Government and Nanjing Municipal Government, expressing their suffering over eight years and accusing Japanese atrocities; 2. Petitions for compensation for casualties; 3. Petitions to locate missing persons; 4. Petitions regarding industrial and commercial losses; 5. Petitions for losses of private property and assets; 6. Petitions for losses of property of religious, charitable, and philanthropic organizations. The seventh part is an appendix, which includes documents from the Kuomintang Party and government agencies regarding the handling of petitions, as well as certificates and official letters issued for the compensation of citizens' property losses. The archival materials collected in this book, except for the titles and dates which are uniformly in the Gregorian calendar, retain the original lunar calendar and dynastic years in the main text.