Sequence number:s1554 Date of letter:1995-02-23 Address of author:Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province Date of event:1938 Location of event:Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province Name of author:Not mentioned Name(s) of victim(s):Many people Type of atrocity:Air Bombings, Other Massacres, Rapes(AB, OM, RA） Other details:Beginning in 1937, the Japanese soldiers committed all manner of crimes in Yancheng City: bombarding, arson, looting, […]
Sequence number:s1546 Date of letter:1994-03-01 Address of author:Bin County, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province Date of event:1936-08-27 Location of event:Bin County, Harbin City, Heilongjiang Province Name of author:Liu Wenxiang Name(s) of victim(s):Liu Diankui (Liu Wenxiang’s great-grandfather) Type of atrocity:Others(OT) Other details:The Japanese invaders burned up all belongings of my family. They pursued the Three Alls Policy. […]
Sequence number:s1523 Date of Letter:1993-09-02 Address of Author:Qinyang City, Henan Province Date of Event:1940 Location of Event:Qinyang City, Henan Province Name of Author:Zhang Lixian, Wu Zi’an, Qin Weiba, He Bingshun, etc. (families of the victims) Name(s) of victim(s):Zhang’s wife Wang, Liang Magen, Zhou Shuang, Liang’s wife Wu, Qin’s wife Zhang, Songduo and her son, a […]
Sequence number:s1515 Date of letter:1993-02-08 Address of author:Wuhan City, Hubei Province Date of event:1938 Location of event:Not mentioned Name of author:Chen Bingsong Name(s) of victim(s):Chen Jinyu, Chen Jinbao (Chen Bingsong’s aunt), Chen Qiling (Chen Bingsong’s grandfather) Type of atrocity:Sex Slaves (SS) Other details:The Japanese soldiers came to my hometown persuading my grandfather to do hard […]
Sequence number:s1503 Date of letter:1993-03-18 Address of author:Shenyang City, Liaoning Province Date of event:Not mentioned Location of event:Not mentioned Name of author:Zheng Shikui Name(s) of victim(s):Zheng Ruiqing (Zheng Shikui’s father) Type of atrocity:Slave Laborers（SL） Other details:The Japanese invaded China, plundering our belongings and pursuing the policy of “burning all, killing all, and looting all”. They […]
Sequence number:s1495 Date of letter:1993-10-31 Address of author:Jiangjin District, Chongqing City, Sichuan Province Date of event:Not mentioned Location of event:Sichuan Province Name of author:Dong Yunqing Name(s) of victim(s):Dong Yunqing’s parents and their townsmen Type of atrocity:Other Massacres(OM) Other details:I can’t remember in which year it happened. Because our village was close to Rao’an Highway, the […]
Sequence number:s1492 Date of letter:1993-08-20 Address of author:Yuanshi County, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province Date of event:1944-1945 Location of event:Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province Name of author:Hu Yanrong Name(s) of victim(s):Hu Yanrong Type of atrocity:Slave Laborers(SL) Other details:In 1944 when I was at Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan railway, I was caught by the Japanese gendarmerie for no reason. I suffered […]
Sequence number:s1475 Date of letter:1993-01-04 Address of author:Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province Date of event:1938-08-11 Location of event:Wuhan City, Hubei Province Name of author:Lin Chuanyi Name(s) of victim(s):Lin Chenghou（Lin Chuanyi’s father） Type of atrocity:Air Bombings (AB) Other details:My father Lin Chenghou died from bombing by the Japanese soldiers in Wuhan on August 11, 1938, which was […]
Sequence number:s1474 Date of letter:1993-06-08 Address of author:Jinhua County, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province Date of event:1942-08-16（lunar calendar） Location of event:Jinhua County, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province Name of author:Qiu Jiantun Name(s) of victim(s):Teng Yongxi, Wang Zhongquan, etc. Type of atrocity:Others (OT) Other details:The collected information on victims in Jinhua County was sent by Qiu Jiantun. On […]
Sequence number:s1462 Date of letter:1992-11-17 Address of author:Miluo City, Hunan Province Date of event:1939 Location of event:Miluo City, Hunan Province Name of author:Zhu Jiandong Name(s) of victim(s):Zhu Jiandong’s father and townsmen Type of atrocity:Murders, Sex Slaves, Others(MU, SS, OT） Other details:In 1939, Hukou was occupied. The Japanese soldiers drove away the villagers at the foot […]
Sequence number:s1452 Date of letter:1993-01 Address of author:Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province Date of event:1937, 1940 Location of event:Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province Name of author:Yang Lanfen, Bian Jinfeng Name(s) of victim(s):Yang Lanfen’s father, Shan Xueqing, Xue Zhongda, Xue Peigen, etc. Type of atrocity:Other Massacres, Rapes, Others(OM, RA, OT） Other details:Yang Lanfen was born in April 1940. […]
Sequence number:s1449 Date of letter:1992-12-10 Address of author:Jinhua County, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province Date of event:1942 Location of event:Jinhua County, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province Name of author:Ni Yuanmao Name(s) of victim(s):Wang Zhaoliang, Ni Haicha, Zhu Xiaoyi, Jiang Hongshun, Wang Fengying, Sheng Asu, etc. Type of atrocity:Rapes, Murders, Biological/Chemical Warfare, Others(RA, MU, BC, OT） Other details:Here […]
<div>Sequence number:s1445 Date of letter:1993-02-08 Address of author:Chengdu City, Sichuan Province Date of event:1932-1933, 1942 Location of event:Not mentioned Name of author:Zhao Yujin Name(s) of victim(s):Zhao Yujin’s parents Type of atrocity:Slave Laborers, Murders(SL, MU） Other details:About between 1932 to 1933, my father was beaten to death in prison by the Japanese soldiers. My […]
Sequence number:s1435 Date of letter:1996-05-05 Address of author:Yicheng County, Langfang City, Shanxi Province Date of event:1939-05 Location of event:Yicheng County, Langfang City, Shanxi Province Name of author:Ma Changyan Name(s) of victim(s):Ma Xiaoniu (Ma Changyan’s younger sister) Type of atrocity:Murders (MU) Other details:In May 1939, the Japanese soldiers invaded my hometown, and all the villagers ran […]
Sequence number:s1433 Date of letter:1992-10-20 Address of author:Changchun City, Jilin Province Date of event:1939-1942 Location of event:Not mentioned Name of author:Li Chunxiang Name(s) of victim(s):Li Guodong（Li Chunxiang’s father） Type of atrocity:Biological/Chemical Warfare(BC) Other details:In the winter of 1939, my father Li Guodong was caught by the Japanese soldiers in a battle. He was taken to […]
Sequence number:s1421 Date of letter:1993-11-01 Address of author:Xiangcheng City (county-level city), Zhoukou City, Henan Province Date of event:1937, 1938 Location of event:Shanghai Citu, Zhejiang Province Name of author:Xia Zhennan Name(s) of victim(s):Xia Zhennan, his father, younger brother and fellow citizens Type of atrocity:Rapes, Murders, Biological/Chemical Warfare, Others(RA, MU, BC, OT) Other details:On August 13, 1937, […]
Sequence number:s1418 Date of letter:1994-03-18 Address of author:Nan County, Yiyang City, Hunan Province Date of event:1943 Location of event:Nan County, Yiyang City, Hunan Province Name of author:Guo Luping Name(s) of victim(s):Guo Luping’s father and townsmen Type of atrocity:Other Massacres, Rapes（OM, RA） Other details:My name is Guo Luping. I am from Nan County of Hunan Province. […]
<div>Sequence number:s1408 Date of letter:1993-02-13 Address of author:Zhengzhou City, Henan Province Date of event:1943 Location of event:Tongxu County, Kaifeng City, Henan Province Name of author:Li Weihai Name(s) of victim(s):Li Weihai’s grandfather and father Type of atrocity:Murders, Slave Laborers(MU, SL） Other details:In 1943, my hometown Tongxu County in Henan Province was occupied by the Japanese soldiers. […]
Sequence number:s1405 Date of letter:1993-06-12 Address of author:Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province Date of event:1937-10-22（lunar calendar） Location of event:Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province Name of author:Yan Xiaqin, Yan Xiu fang Name(s) of victim(s):Yan Jinqing, Yan Peichun Type of atrocity:Murders (MU) Other details:On the evening of October 22, 1937 according to the Chinese lular calendar, the Japanese soldiers […]
Sequence number:s1390 Date of Letter:1993-04-05 Address of Author:Xiangtan County, Xiangtan City, Hunan Province Date of Event 1944 Location of Event:Xiangtan County, Xiangtan City, Hunan Province Name of Author:Zhu Xianhe, Zhu Xianming Name(s) of victim(s):Zhu Xianhe’s parents and brother Type of atrocity:Murders, Slave Laborers(MU, SL） Other Details:”In 1944, the Japanese soldiers invaded Hunan Province. My mother […]
Sequence number:s1389 Date of letter:1993-03-21 Address of author:Leiyang City (county-level city), Hengyang City, Hunan Province Date of event:1940-1943 Location of event:Hunan Province Name of author:Liu Yuechu Name(s) of victim(s):Liu Yuechu’s father, Liu Zhi (Liu Yuechu’s uncle) and their townsmen Type of atrocity:Others, Slave Laborers, Air Bombings, Murders, Rapes(OT, SL, AB, MU, RA） Other details:Hunan Province […]
Sequence number:s1388 Date of letter:1993-08-16 Address of author:Yiyang City, Hunan Province Date of event:1944 Location of event:Yiyang City, Hunan Province Name of author:Wan Youxiu Name(s) of victim(s):Wan Youxiu’s husband Type of atrocity:Others (OT) Other details:One day in the spring of 1944, the Japanese soldiers were coming into our village, so the villagers had hidden in […]
Sequence number:s1376 Date of letter:1996-12-12 Address of author:Tianjin City Date of event:1942-1944 Location of event:Tianjin City Name of author:Seven people including Tian Shulan, Cai Yu, Pan Zhi Name(s) of victim(s):Pan Shulin, He Junsheng, Pan Fusen, etc. Type of atrocity:Murders, Others(MU, OT） Other details:One day in the winter of 1944, more than 50 Japanese surrounded our […]
Sequence number:s1353 Date of letter:1992-07-13 Address of author:Yuci City, Shanxi Province Date of event:1940-1943 Location of event:Yuci City, Shanxi Province Name of author:Zhang Zhili Name(s) of victim(s):Common people in Yuci Type of atrocity:Others, Other Massacres, Rapes, Slave Laborers(OT, OM, RA, SL） Other details:Yuci City was destroyed by Japanese during the war time. In 1943, the […]
Sequence number:s1351 Date of letter:1992-06-05 Address of author:Tongling City, Anhui Province Date of event:1937 Location of event:Shucheng County, Liu’an City, Anhui Province Name of author:Huang Changying Name(s) of victim(s):Huang Shizhen(Huang Changying’s grandfather) Type of atrocity:Murders (MU) Other details:My grandfather Huang Shizhen was a farmer. In 1937 during Japanese invasion, he was captured by Japanese on […]
Sequence number:s1342 Date of letter:1992-08-23 Address of author:Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province Date of event:1945 Location of event:Japan Name of author:Liu Xingru Name(s) of victim(s):Liu Xingru’s father Type of atrocity:Murders (MU) Other details:In 1945, my father was captured and sent to Japan by the Japanese and tortured to death. In 1953, his ashes were sent home […]
Sequence number:s1330 Date of letter:1992-12-21 Address of author:Binchuan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province Date of event:Not mentioned Location of event:Henan Province, Hunan Province, Shandong Province and Shanxi Province Name of author:Chen Chongjun Name(s) of victim(s):Zhao Ruicai’s father and townsmen, Li Xiaoyou and Chen Hua’e Type of atrocity:Other Massacres, Murders, Others, Rapes, Biological/Chemical Warfare(OM, MU, OT, […]
Sequence number:s1329 Date of letter:1993-02-23 Address of author:Wuhan City, Hubei Province Date of event:1939, 1940 Location of event:Wuhan City, Hubei Province Name of author:Chen Bingtang Name(s) of victim(s):Chen Bingtang’s grandfather, father, mother and aunt Type of atrocity:Slave Laborers, Sex Slaves(SL, SS） Other details:In 1939, after the Japanese occupation of Wuhan, my grandfather and father were […]
Sequence number:s1320 Date of letter:1993-03-05 Address of author:Changsha City, Hunan Province Date of event:1944 (approximate time) Location of event:Not mentioned Name of author:Zou Changgui Name(s) of victim(s):Zou Lisheng(Zou Changgui’s father) Type of atrocity:Others, Slave Laborers(SL, OT) Other details:I was born in 1941. When I was three years old, my father Zou Lisheng took me to seek […]
Sequence number:s1313 Date of letter:1994-04-24 Address of author:Cangxian County, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province Date of event:1942-1945 Location of event:Cangxian County, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province Name of author:Zhang Shiyan Name(s) of victim(s):Zhang Shiyan Type of atrocity:Slave Laborers(SL） Other details:In March 1942, I was forced into labor by the Japanese in Cangxian County and did not return […]
Sequence number:s1289 Date of letter:1992-05-02 Address of author:Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province Date of event:1943-09 Location of event:Dongtai City (county-level), Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province Name of author:Xu Feng Name(s) of victim(s):Xu Feng’s father Type of atrocity:Others (OT) Other details:One afternoon in Sept. 1943, the Japanese broke into my house, looted our belongings and captured my father […]
Sequence number:s1263 Date of letter:1992-12-19 Address of author:Anping County, Hengshui City, Hebei Province Date of event:1942-08 Location of event:Anping County, Hengshui City, Hebei Province Name of author:Qiao Xinpan, Qiao Guoxing Name(s) of victim(s):Qiao Xinpan, Qiao Guoxing Type of atrocity:Others (OT) Other details:One day in August 1942, the Japanese residing in Anping County captured Qiao Xinpan […]
Sequence number:s1246 Date of letter:1993-02-10 Address of author:Deyang County, Sichuan Province Date of event:1931, 1937 Location of event:Shanghai City Name of author:Xu Baoluo Name(s) of victim(s):Xu Baoluo Type of atrocity:Air Bombings (AB) Other details:In 1931 the Japanese bombed Shanghai and made my whole family homeless. In 1937, my family suffered again from another bombing launched […]
Sequence number:s1242 Date of letter:1993-02-17 Address of author:Jinhua County, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province Date of event:1941-1945 Location of event:Jinhua County, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province Name of author:Ni Yuanmao Name(s) of victim(s):Ying Xiaoniu, Tong Zhiqiu, Ni Jingui, Ni Guifeng, etc. Type of atrocity:Slave Laborers, Murders, Biological/Chemical Warfare, Others, Rapes(RA, SL, MU, BC, OT) Other details:Enclosed is […]
Sequence number:s1233 Date of letter:1993-09 Address of author:Jinhua County, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province Date of event:1942-08-16 Location of event:Jinhua County, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province Name of author:Qiu Jiantun Name(s) of victim(s):Xu Zhiming, Shen Jingwen, Xu Zhiming, etc. Type of atrocity:Murders, Others(MU, OT） Other details:On Aug. 16, 1942, the Japanese raided my village, shot many people […]
Sequence number:s1223 Date of letter:1993-02-11 Address of author:Chongqing City Date of event:1939-05-03 Location of event:Chongqing City Name of author:Deng Zhengqun Name(s) of victim(s):Deng Zhengqun’s parents Type of atrocity:Air Bombings (AB) Other details:On May 3, 1939, the Japanese raided Chongqing and my parents were killed in the bombing. For that I demand compensation from Japan and […]
Sequence number:s1204 Date of letter:1993-09-29 Address of author:Kunming City, Yunnan Province Date of event:1941, 1942 Location of event:Qinyuan County, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province Name of author:Zhang Xianwen Name(s) of victim(s):Zhang Xianwen’s father and two uncles, etc. Type of atrocity:Murders, Others( MU, OT） Other details:After the Japanese invaded my hometown Qinyuan County, Shanxi, atrocious crimes were […]
Sequence number:s1198 Date of letter:1993-08-26 Address of author:Wuxue City, Hubei Province Date of event:1940 Location of event:Wuxue City, Hubei Province Name of author:Feng Xibao Name(s) of victim(s):Dozens of people including Feng Dongmin, He Nailin, Feng Boyou, Ma Jinhua, etc. Type of atrocity:Other Massacres, Others, Rapes, Air Bombings（OM, OT, RA, AB） Other details:In March 1940, the […]
Sequence number:s1195 Date of letter:1993-03-15 Address of author:Changsha City, Hunan Province Date of event:1944 Location of event:Changsha City, Hunan Province Name of author:Zhou Zhenqiu Name(s) of victim(s):Zhou Zhenqiu’s mother and cousin Type of atrocity:Rapes, Other Massacres(RA, OM） Other details:I was a witness to the death of my fellows under Japanese swords and guns in three […]
Sequence number:s1190 Date of letter:1993-04-22 Address of author:Fengjie County, Chongqing City, Sichuan Province Date of event:1939 Location of event:Fengjie County, Chongqing City, Sichuan Province Name of author:Huang Wenhua, Huang Wenlan Name(s) of victim(s):Huang Yuanru, Huang Peishan (Huang Wenhua’s relative) Type of atrocity:Air Bombings (AB) Other details:After 1937, Sichuan became a focus bombing area of Japanese. […]
Sequence number:s1187 Date of letter:1993-03-09 Address of author:Hengyang City, Hunan Province Date of event:1940 Location of event:Kunming City, Yunnan Province Name of author:Yang Zhenwei Name(s) of victim(s):Yang Zhenwei’s grandmother Type of atrocity:Air Bombings (AB) Other details:In the end of 1940, my father took the family to hide before the air-raid siren even sounded. Days after […]
Sequence number:s1163 Date of letter:1992-12-09 Address of author:Shanghai City Date of event:1945 Location of event:Nanjing City Name of author:Sun Genfa Name(s) of victim(s):Sun Chenqing（Sun Genfa‘s father） Type of atrocity:Air Bombings (AB) Other details:My family moved for several times during the Japanese invasion. In 1945, we fled to Yishan County, Guangxi and again suffered from the […]
Sequence number:s1160 Date of letter:1992-12-20 Address of author:Shanghai City Date of event:1943-06-28（lunar calendar） Location of event:Shanghai City Name of author:Wang Lingen Name(s) of victim(s):Wang Lingen Type of atrocity:Others (OT) Other details:On the 28th of the 6th lunar month of 1943, my parent and I (ten-year-old), carrying a rice bag on my shoulder, were walking in […]
Sequence number:s1155 Date of letter:1993-01-13 Address of author:Shanghai City Date of event:1945-06-30 Location of event:Not mentioned Name of author:Huang Lizhong Name(s) of victim(s):Geng Chun, etc. Type of atrocity:Slave Laborers(SL） Other details:Today I read a report about the Hanaoka Incident: On June 30, 1945, the Slave Laborerss initiated a collective riot led by Geng Zhun. They […]
Sequence number:s1150 Date of letter:1993-01-26 Address of author:Chenzhou City, Hunan Province Date of event:1941 Location of event:Hunan Province Name of author:Yin Yingke Name(s) of victim(s):Yin Yingke Type of atrocity:Air Bombings (AB) Other details:I am Yin Yingke, a victim of the World War II. I strongly support your efforts of claiming compensation from Japan. During 1937-1941, […]
Sequence number:s1143 Date of letter:1993-10-15 Address of author:Deqing County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province Date of event:1941 Location of event:Jinzhai County, Liu’an City, Anhui Province Name of author:Xu Jiyao Name(s) of victim(s):Xu Jiyao’s father, brother, etc. Type of atrocity:Air Bombings, Murders, Others(AB, MU, OT） Other details:In Dec. 1941, the Japanese raided Lihuang County (now Jinzhai County), […]
Sequence number:s1142 Date of letter:1993-01-07 Address of author:Linfen City, Shanxi Province Date of event:1939-04-13（lunar calendar） Location of event:Not mentioned Name of author:Xu Dianyou Name(s) of victim(s):Xu Dianyou’s father Type of atrocity:Murders (MU) Other details:In the 13th of the 4th lunar month, 1939, my father was taken as a spy of the Eighth Route Army on […]
Sequence number:s1135 Date of Letter:1992-06-02 Address of Author:Qinshui County, Jincheng City, Shanxi Province Date of Event:1938-1943 Location of Event:Qinshui County, Jincheng City, Shanxi Province Name of Author:Zhang Wanshun Name(s) of victim(s):Common people in Qinshui County Type of atrocity:Other Massacres, Rapes, Others（OM, RA, OT） Other Details:During a Japanese sweep in 1943, 778 people in Qinshui County […]
Sequence number:s1126 Date of letter:1993-03-05 Address of author:Chenzhou City, Hunan Province Date of event:1944 Location of event:Chenzhou City, Hunan Province Name of author:Ren Kunquan Name(s) of victim(s):Ren Kunquan and his grandfather Ren Weicheng, father Ren Runsheng, grandfather’s brother Ren Liangquan Type of atrocity:Murders, Rapes, Slave Laborers, Others(MU, RA, SL, OT） Other details:In the summer of […]
Sequence number:s1113 Date of Letter:1992-08-15 Address of Author:Kunming City, Yunnan Province Date of Event:1944-1945 Location of Event:Guilin City, Guangxi Province Name of Author:Mo Baomin（former name: Mo Nengyu） Name(s) of victim(s):Mo Baomin Type of atrocity:Slave Laborers(SL） Other Details:In the fall of 1944, after Guilin fell into the hands of the enemy, my family had to flee […]
