Sequence number:s0300 Date of letter:1993-04-15 Address of author:Beijing City Date of event:1944-1945 Location of event:Boli County, Qitaihe City, Heilongjiang Province Name of author:Guo Qingyuan Name(s) of victim(s):Guo Qingyuan Type of atrocity:Slave Laborers(SL) Other details:In the fall of 1944, I (Guo Qingyuan) was forced into labor by the Japanese, digging “pine seeds” for fuel. I was […]
Sequence number:s0299 Date of Letter:1993-08-22 Address of Author:Yuanshi County, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province Date of Event:1944-09-09（lunar calendar） Location of Event:Yuanshi County, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province Name of Author:Li Shuyin Name(s) of victim(s):Li Qiu (Li Shuyin’s father) Type of atrocity:Slave Laborers (SL) Other Details:”On September 9, 1944 (lunar calendar), LI Qiu was taken away by force to […]
Sequence number:s0295 Date of letter:1993-02-21 Address of author:Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province Date of event:1937-1945 Location of event:Many places Name of author:Jiang Hongsheng, Xu Lanhua, etc. Name(s) of victim(s):Jiang Shunqin, Xu Baolan, Jiang Shangqin, Wu Xiaonai, Fu Hongfu, Fu Meiying, Zhang Yuwen, Yuan Qizhi, Chen Yanmei Type of atrocity:Slave Laborers, Rapes, Air Bombings, Murders, Others（SL, RA, AB, […]
Sequence number:s0292 Date of Letter:1993-01-25 Address of Author:Suichang County, Lijiang City, Zhejiang Province Date of Event:1939, 1941, 1942 Location of Event:Suichang County and Songyang County, Lijiang City, Zhejiang Province Name of Author:Zhu Fangqing Name(s) of victim(s):Fu Jincai, Yu Zhengkuan, Fang Maoer, Xie Hongdeng, Pan Yongxu Type of atrocity:Rapes, Murders, Others (RA, MU, OT) Other Details The victims in Suichang County, Lijiang […]
Sequence number:s0291 Date of letter:April 30, 1992 Address of author:Baoding City, Hebei Province Date of event:Not mentioned Location of event:Not mentioned Name of author:Zhang Youdong Name(s) of victim(s):Not mentioned Type of atrocity:Others, Slave Laborers(SL, OT) Other details:I have seen your name in many newspapers. The mentioned signature compaign was really exciting. I learnt a lot after visiting the slave […]
Sequence number:s0290 Date of Letter:1993-11-10 Address of Author:Hongdong County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province Date of Event:1944-1945 Location of Event:Hongdong County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province Name of Author:Zhang Tiancheng Name(s) of victim(s):Zhang Tiancheng, Li Shirong, Zhang Shulong, Han Jinxi Type of atrocity:Slave Laborers (SL) Other Details:When the Japanese invaded my hometown, over 20 villagers of Hongdong County, Shanxi Province were caught to work as […]
Sequence number:s0286 Date of Letter:1993-03-17 Address of Author:Wuhan City, Hubei Province Date of Event:1938 Location of Event:Wuchang, Wuhan City, Hubei Province Name of Author:Tang Shikai Name(s) of victim(s):Tang Yijing(uncle), Tang Yihe(father) Type of atrocity:Air Bombings (AB) Other Details:The school established by my uncle Tang Yijing and father Tang Yihe caught the attention of the Japanese because it was an activity […]
Sequence number:s0279 Date of letter:1996-06-12 Address of author:Yicheng County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province Date of event:1943 Location of event:Yicheng County, Linfen City, Shanxi Province Name of author:Wang Gencang Name(s) of victim(s):Wang Changsheng（Wang Gencang） Type of atrocity:Murders (MU) Other details:My father Wang Changsheng participated in the Anti-Japanese War. He was arrested in 1943 and killed, with his heart cut out, cooked up and eaten […]
Sequence number:s0274 Date of letter:1995-10-25 Address of author:Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province Date of event:Not mentioned Location of event:Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province Name of author:Zhao Bin Name(s) of victim(s):Zhao Bin Type of atrocity:Nanking Massacre (NM) Other details:This year (1995), a film named The Nanjing Massacre contains about 5-7 min shots of me describing my experience. My history […]
Sequence number:s0268 Date of Letter:1993-04-30 Address of Author:Shenyang City, Liaoning Province Date of Event:1944-02 Location of Event:Gaizhou City (originally Gaizhou County), Liaoning Province Name of Author:Gao Wancai Name(s) of victim(s):Gaowancai’s elder brother Type of atrocity:Slave Laborers (SL) Other Details:My elder brother Gao Wangde was born in Gaiping County (now Gaizhou City), Liaoning Province. In February […]
Sequence number:s0265 Date of Letter:1993-02-09 Address of Author:Chengdu City, Sichuan Province Date of Event:1938-07-07 (lunar calendar) Location of Event:Fenyang City (originally Fenyang County), Shanxi Province Name of Author:Duan Peishen, et al. Name(s) of victim(s):Duan Huanyou (Duan Peishen’s father), Duan Huanlong (Duan Peishen’s uncle) and other over 40 peoples Type of atrocity Other Massacres (OM) Other Details:On […]
Sequence number:s0262 Date of letter:1992-07-30（date on envelope） Address of author:Meng County, Yangquan City, Shanxi Province Date of event:1941, 1939, 1942, 1943 Location of event:Meng County, Yangquan City, Shanxi Province Name of author:Zhang Shuangbing Name(s) of victim(s):Hou Donge, Liu Linhuan, Chen Lintao, Liu Mianhuan, Feng Zhuangxiang, Zhang Erli, Li Sanxiao, Hou Runwu, Zhao Mei Type of atrocity:Sex Slaves, […]
Sequence number:s0255 Date of Letter:1993-02-04 Address of Author:Qionghai City (originally known as Qiongdong County), Hainan Province Date of Event:1943-02-07 Location of Event:Qionghai City (originally known as Qiongdong County), Hainan Province Name of Author:Wang Zuochun, Chen Zhaofang, Zhou Jianmao Name(s) of victim(s):Wang Zuochun’s fellow villagers Type of atrocity:Murders (MU), Rapes (RA), Others (OT) Other Details:On February […]
Sequence number:s0254 Date of Letter:1992-10-14 Address of Author:Luoyang City, Heinan Province Date of Event:Not mentioned Location of Event:Rushan city (originally Rushan County), Shandong Province Name of Author:Xu Shuntai Name(s) of victim(s):Xu Shuntai’s father and fellow-villagers Type of atrocity:Others (OT) Other Details:When the Japanese invaded my hometown, they robbed the properties of my family. Once, when […]
Sequence number:s0252 Date of Letter:1992-09-06 Address of Author:Wuhan City, Hubei Province Date of Event:Not specified in the letter Location of Event:Not specified in the letter Name of Author:Chen Zhongyi, Wang Fuxiao Name(s) of victim(s):Wang Fuxiao’s step mother and others Type of atrocity:Sex Slaves (SS) Other Details:”Ms. Chen who was originally from South Korea was a sex […]
Sequence number:s0247 Date of Letter:1993-04-29 Address of Author:Anhua County, Yiyang City, Hunan Province Date of Event:1942-03-18(lunar calendar) Location of Event :Wuwei County, Wuhu City, Anhui Province Name of Author:Wang Zhiquan Name(s) of victim(s):Wang Zhiquan’s mother Type of atrocity:Sex Slaves (SS) Other Details:On March 18, 1942 of lunar calendar, Wang Zhiquan’s mother Chen Xinghua was caught by the Japanese army to be a sex slave. She could not endure the […]
Sequence number:s0242 Date of letter:February 22, 1993 Address of author:Wusu County, Wusu City, Xinjiang Autonomous Region Date of event:1943 Location of event:Lingling District, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province Name of author:Peng Shuling Name(s) of victim(s):Peng Shuling Type of atrocity:Air Bombings (AB) Other details:In 1943, Japanese invaders bombed Lingling City, Hunan Province for several times, including Peng Shuling’s house. Comrade Tong, Hello! I […]
Sequence number:s0240 Date of letter:1993-05-20 Address of author:Dali City, Yunnan Province Date of event:1942 Location of event:Qinyuan County, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province Name of author:Yin Qiwei Name(s) of victim(s):Yin Qiwei’s father, younger brother, younger sister, aunt, cousin, and two uncles Type of atrocity:Others, Murders(OT, MU) Other details:I am native to Qinyuan County, Shanxi. In 1942 my house was burned down, property robbed, […]
Sequence number:s0237 Date of letter:1995-08-15 Address of author:Qujing City, Yunnan Province Date of event:1941-05 Location of event:Chongqing City Name of author:Shen Quan Name(s) of victim(s):Shen Quan Type of atrocity:Air Bombings (AB) Other details:In May 1941, the Japanese bombed the Chongqing City, breaking a high-voltage wire that caused the disability of Shen Quan’s right hand. He […]
Sequence number:s0235 Date of letter:1993-04-01 Address of author:Anhua County, Yiyang City, Hunan Province Date of event:1942 Location of event:Hefei City, Anhui Province Name of author:Wang Zhiquan Name(s) of victim(s):Wang Zhiquan’s mother Type of atrocity:Rapes (RA) Other details:In 1942, Wang Zhiquan and his parents ran into the Japanese on their way of fleeing. His mother was raped, […]
Sequence number:s0234 Date of letter:1993-04-08 Address of author:Guiyang County, Chenzhou City, Hunan Province Date of event:Not mentioned Location of event:Not mentioned Name of author:Ouyang Guocai, Ouyang Liangcai and their brothers and sisters, five people in total Name(s) of victim(s):Ouyang Guocai’s father Type of atrocity:Air Bombings, Slave Laborers(AB, SL) Other details:My father Ouyang Yulan joined in the anti-Japanese war. When the Japanese invaded Luoyang City, Henan Province, aircrafts were […]
Sequence number:s0232 Date of Letter:1993-01-05 Address of Author:Chengdu City, Sichuan Province Date of Event:1942 Location of Event:Qinshui County, Jincheng City, Shanxi Province Name of Author:(The name of auther is unreadable due to the broken letter) Name(s) of victim(s):Aunt, grandmother Type of atrocity:Murders, Rapes (MU, RA) Other Details:In 1942, the Japanese army killed two people of my uncle’s family and their farm […]
Sequence number:s0229 Date of letter:1995-07-15 Address of author:Shanghai Date of event:1943-10-01 Location of event:Wendeng County, Rongcheng City, Shandong Province Name of author:Li Junqing, Li Xuewei, Hu Dan Name(s) of victim(s):Li Junqing’s grandfather, mother, spouse, sister-in-law and niece Type of atrocity:Air Bombings (AB) Other details:On October 1, 1943, the Japanese bombed my village, and five members […]
Sequence number:s0219 Date of letter:July 5, 1993 Address of author:Yongqing County, Langfang City, Hebei Province Date of event:January 1942 Location of event:Yongqing County, Langfang City, Hebei Province Name of author:Liu Siqing Name(s) of victim(s):Liu Yongfeng (Liu Siqing’s father) Type of atrocity:Slave Laborers (SL) Other details:In January 1942, when the Japanese army was attacking Daqinghe, Hebei Province, Liu Siqing’s father Liu Wenfeng was caught to work […]
Sequence number:s0218 Date of Letter:1993-01-08 Address of Author:Chongqing, Sichuan Province Date of Event:1935、1938 Location of Event:Zibo City, Shandong Province Name of Author:Zhao Xiulan Name(s) of victim(s):Zhao Sufang Type of atrocity:Air Bombings (AB) Other Details:”1. The houses were burnt. 2. In 1935, the Japanese invaders air bombed Chongqing and burnt, killed, robbed and looted everywhere in daytime. Chinese people had to escape in […]
Sequence number:s0216 Date of Letter:1993-05-20 Address of Author:Zhengding County, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province Date of Event 1944 Location of Event:Zhengding County, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province Name of Author:Shao Zongchang, Shao Wenbei Name(s) of victim(s):Shao Jihe, Liu Maiao, Zhang Zenglin（or Zhang Zengmu), et al. Type of atrocity:Murders, Others (MU, OT) Other Details:”On one day in August, 1944, Japanese army came to the village, caught people and looted […]
Sequence number:s0215 Date of letter:1993-02-17 Address of author:Tongren City, Guizhou Province Date of event:1941 Location of event:Taishan City, Guangdong Province Name of author:Liu Xin Name(s) of victim(s):Liu Xin’s grandmother, mother and townsmen Type of atrocity:Murders, Other Massacres, Others, Rapes(RA, MU, OM, OT) Other details:My hometown is Taishan City, Guangdong. On July 1, 1941, the Japanese […]
Sequence number:s0213 Date of letter:1992-10-22（date on envelope） Address of author:Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Date of event:1933, Others Location of event:Kailu County, Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region; Fuxin City, Liaoning Province; Jixi City, Heilongjiang Province Name of author:Li Guojun Name(s) of victim(s):Li Guojun’s grandmother and aunt, Li Wanyou (Li Guojun’s father) Type of […]
Sequence number:s0212 Date of letter:1993-05-28 Address of author:Yongqing County, Langfang City, Hebei Province Date of event:1942-01 Location of event:Yongqing County, Langfang City, Hebei Province Name of author:Liu Shanbo Name(s) of victim(s):Liu Baochen (Liu Shanbo’s father), Liu Shuge, Zheng Wenlin, Li Shuming, Li Xi’en Type of atrocity:Slave Laborers（SL） Other details:In January 1942 when the Japanese raided […]
Sequence number:s0201 Date of Letter:1993-04-25 Address of Author:Langfang City, Heibei Province Date of Event:1942-03 Location of Event:Langfang City, Heibei Province Name of Author:Song Shuzhi Name(s) of victim(s):Song Shuzhi Type of atrocity;Slave Laborers (SL) Other Details:In March 1942, Song Shuzhi and other unemployed workers were forced to be sent to Beijing Camp by Japanese puppet New People Association. After over 700 people were gathered, […]
Sequence number:s0199 Date of letter:1993-02-07 Address of author:Benxi City, Liaoning Province Date of event:1942 Location of event:Quyang County, Baoding City, Hebei Province Name of author:Yang Junxiu, Yang Jingru Name(s) of victim(s):Yang Junxiu’s mother Type of atrocity:Rapes, Others（RA, OT) Other details:In around 1942, the Japanese army invaded Yang Junxiu’s hometown Quyang County, Baoding City, Hebei. The Japanese […]
Sequence number:s0198 Date of letter:1993-03-03 Address of author:Xingcheng City, Liaoning Province Date of event:Not mentioned Location of event:Not mentioned Name of author:Li Zhirong Name(s) of victim(s):Li Chuansheng （Li Zhirong’s father） Type of atrocity:Slave Laborers（SL） Other details:Li Chuansheng was conscripted labor dredging mud in Hokkaido, Japan. The Japanese took fun of the Chinese Slave Laborerss during […]
Sequence number:s0196 Date of letter:1993-08-15 Address of author:Ankang City, Shanxi Province Date of event:1940-09-03 Location of event:Ankang City, Shanxi Province Name of author:Zhao Shushen Name(s) of victim(s):Zhao Shushen, etc. Type of atrocity:Air Bombings (AB) Other details:On September 3, 1940, 36 Japanese aircrafts bombed the civilian areas of Ankang City, Shaanxi Province and caused more than […]
Sequence number:s0195 Date of letter:1993-03-10 Address of author:Chengdu City, Sichuan Province Date of event:1938-1943 Location of event:Jingxing County, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province Name of author:Huo Peilin Name(s) of victim(s):Huo Peilin’s sister and father Type of atrocity:Rapes, Others, Slave Laborers（RA, OT, SL） Other details:In late 1938, the Japanese invaded the Zhoujiakeng Village, burning, killing and looting. […]
Sequence number:s0194 Date of letter:1993-10-10 Address of author:Shenyang City, Liaoning Province Date of event:1936-1937 Location of event:Kuandian County, Dandong City, Liaoning Province Name of author:Lan Yunrui Name(s) of victim(s):Lan Jixian (Lan Yunrui’s father), Cong Shuchun Type of atrocity:Murders, Others, Other Massacres（MU, OT, OM) Other details:On November 17, 1936, my father Lan Jixian was detained by […]
Sequence number:s0191 Date of Letter:1992-11-06 Address of Author:Lingyuan City, Liaoning Province Date of Event:1945 Location of Event:Jixi City, Heilongjiang Province Name of Author:Bai Baolin Name(s) of victim(s):Bai Qingfeng (Bai Baolin’s father) and someone called Gao Type of atrocity:Murders (MU) Other Details:My father Bai Qingfeng was born in Jixi City, Heilongjiang Province. In August 1945, my father and someone called Gao were tied up to the […]
Sequence number:s0190 Date of letter:1992-09-10 Address of author:Tongling City, Anhui Province Date of event:1939 Location of event:Tongling County, Tongling City, Anhui Province Name of author:Sheng Changming, He Qigang, Name(s) of victim(s):He Bowu (He Qigang’s father), Wang Shijun, Xu Maofa, Xu Xiusheng, Wu Yongqing, Sheng Weisan (Sheng Changming’s father) Type of atrocity:Murders, Others（MU, OT） Other details:I […]
Sequence number:s0189 Date of letter:1993-06-01 Address of author:Quanzhou City, Fujian Province Date of event:1943-01-23（lunar calendar） Location of event:Malaysia Name of author:Wu Jiasheng Name(s) of victim(s):Wu Jiasheng’s uncle’s family, etc. Type of atrocity:Other Massacres(OM) Other details:My uncle lived in Singapore and he fled to Malaysia during Japanese invasion. On January 23rd 1943 on the lunar calendar, […]
Sequence number:s0184 Date of letter:1993-06-24 Address of author:Yongqing County, Langfang City, Hebei Province Date of event:1942-01 Location of event:Yongqing County, Langfang City, Hebei Province Name of author:Han Zuozhi Name(s) of victim(s):Han Zuozhi Type of atrocity:Slave Laborers(SL) Other details:In January 1942 when the Japanese army raided the Daqing River, Hebei Province; many people were conscripted labor. […]
Sequence number:s0179 Date of letter:1993-06-25 Address of author:Xi’an City, Shanxi Province Date of event:1943-1944 Location of event:Changsha City, Hunan Province Name of author:Wang Jiwu, Wang Jiwen, Wang Jixian Name(s) of victim(s):Wang Jiwu, his parents, etc. Type of atrocity:Murders, Rapes, Others（MU, RA, OT) Other details:During 1943-1944, the Japanese army invaded Changsha, Hunan for three times, when […]
Sequence number:s0178 Date of Letter:1993-05-30 Address of Author:Shouchang County, Jiande City, Zhejiang Province Date of Event:1942-07-18 Location of Event:Jiande City, Zhejiang Province Name of Author:Xu Genfeng Name(s) of victim(s):Xu Genfeng and his family members Type of atrocity:Air bombings (AB) Other Details:On July 18, 1942 of lunar calender, the Japanese army bombed Datong Town, Shouchang County, Zhejiang Province and my house was bombed, too. Two people got killed, 10 […]
Sequence number:s0177 Date of letter:1993-04-11 Address of author:Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province Date of event:Not mentioned Location of event:Nanchang County, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province Name of author:Zhang Zhengping, Pan Wenjun Name(s) of victim(s):Common people in Nanchang County and Nanjing City Type of atrocity:Other Massacres, Others, Rapes, Nanking Massacre（OM, OT, RA, NM) Other details:44 people were killed by one Japanese on average in Nanchang County, […]
Sequence number:s0174 Date of letter:1993-01-31 Address of author:Baoshan City, Yunnan Province Date of event:1942-05-04 Location of event:Baoding City, Hebei Province Name of author:Zhao Wenchang Name(s) of victim(s):Zhao Wenchang, etc. Type of atrocity:Air Bombings, Slave Laborers, Sex Slaves（AB, SL, SS） Other details:On May 4, 1942, the Japanese bombed Baoding, Hebei Province, when Zhao Wenchang’s three family […]
Sequence number:s0171 Date of letter:February 16, 1993 Address of author:Chuzhou City, Anhui Province Date of event:December 16, 1937 Location of event:Chuzhou City, Anhui Province Name of author:Wang Yijiang Name(s) of victim(s):Wang Yijiang’s grandfather and fellow-villagers Type of atrocity:Other Massacres (OM) Other details:On December 16, 1937 when Japanese army invaded the hometown, thet looted, killed and burnt. Wang Yijiang’s […]
Sequence number:s0163 Date of letter:1992-06-30 Address of author:Qingdao City, Shandong Province Date of event:1944 Location of event:Ye County, Laizhou City, Shandong Province Name of author:Chan Yanyi Name(s) of victim(s):Chan Yanyi’s cousin Type of atrocity:Rapes (RA) Other details:In the morning the Japanese soldiers broke the door down and raped Chan Yanyi’s cousin, and then left. Comrade Tong Zeng: Qingdao “Newspaper Reference” (November-December, 1992) reprinted […]
Sequence number:s0162 Date of letter:1993-02-10 Address of author:Chengdu City, Sichuan Province Date of event:Not mentioned Location of event:Xiamen City, Fujian Province Name of author:Chen Qingsi Name(s) of victim(s):Chen Qingsi’s father Type of atrocity:Air Bombings (AB) Other details:When Chen Qingsi’s father was doing business in Fujian Province, his cargo was snatched away by Japanese and his […]
Sequence number:s0161 Date of letter:February 28, 1993 Address of author:Fuquan County, Fuquan City, Guizhou Province Date of event:1940 Location of event:Yushan County, Shangrao City, Shanxi Province Name of author:Chen Xianfu Name(s) of victim(s):Chen Xianfu Type of atrocity:Others, Air Bombing(AB, OT) Other details:Chen Xinafu’s hometown is Yushan County, Shangrao City, Shanxi Province. In the summer of 1940, […]
Sequence number:s0160 Date of letter:1993-08 Address of author:Wuhan City, Hubei Province Date of event:1938 Location of event:Hankou, Wuhan City, Hubei Province Name of author:Chen Deqing Name(s) of victim(s):Chen Deqing’s family Type of atrocity:Sex Slaves (SS) Other details:In 1938, the Japanese occupied Anhui and my grandfather fled with his family to Hankou, Hubei, where the Japanese deceived […]
Sequence number:s0159 Date of letter:1993-08 Address of author:Wuhan City, Hubei Province Date of event:Not mentioned Location of event:Hankou, Wuhan City, Hubei Province Name of author:Chen Deqing Name(s) of victim(s):Chen Deqing’s family Type of atrocity:Sex Slaves (SS) Other details:In Hankou, Hubei, the Japanese deceived women on the excuse of recruiting female workers and sent them to be comfort women. We knew that […]
Sequence number:s0158 Date of letter:1993-09-20 Address of author:Wuhan City, Hubei Province Date of event:1943 Location of event:Yunmeng County, Xiaogan City, Hubei Province Name of author:Chen Yongfu Name(s) of victim(s):father of Chen Yongfu Type of atrocity:Slave Laborers, Others（SL, OT） Other details:1. When the Japanese entered the Yunmeng County, Chen Yongfu’s pig weighing only 5 kg was […]
