Nanjing Massacre Documentation Series. 7 -- Tokyo Trial

Author: Yang Xiaping (Editor)
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: The complete set of "The Nanjing Massacre Historical Materials" consists of 25 volumes, approximately 12 million words. The first 8 published volumes comprehensively and systematically introduce 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 invading Japanese forces, a large amount of data on the burial of victims' bodies of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese troops, diaries, letters, memories, and testimonies of Japanese officers and soldiers who invaded China, written historical materials about the Nanjing Massacre by Westerners, testimonies of Nanjing Massacre survivors, materials from the International Military Tribunal for the Far East and the Military Court of the Chinese National Government for the Prosecution of War Criminals, as well as a large number of post-war investigation and statistical materials by the National Government concerning the Nanjing Massacre, covering all aspects of the massacre's history. With irrefutable facts, the collection presents the historical truth of the events at that time to the world. This historical materials collection also includes testimonies from a group of Nanjing Massacre survivors. Among them, important ones include the diary of Ms. Cheng Ruifang, former head of the refugee camp at Jinling Women's College, who recorded the atrocities of the Japanese forces day by day. There are also numerous recollections written by survivors after the Nanjing Incident, such as "Blood and Tears in Captured Nanjing" and "Three Months in Captured Nanjing." The collection also includes recollections from surviving officers and refugees. These materials hold significant historical value.