Air Bombing
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: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: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: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: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:s1029 Date of letter:1992-11-19（date on envelope） Address of author:Xianyang City, Shanxi Province Date of event:1894-1945 Location of event:Many places in China Name of author:Shi Daoru Name(s) of victim(s):Shi Daoru Type of atrocity:Air Bombings, Rapes, Slave Laborers, Other Massacres, Others, Nanking Massacre(NM, AB, RA, SL, OM, OT） Other details:My name is Shi Daoru. The Japanese […]
Sequence number:s0913 Date of letter:1993-03-11 Address of author:Hutubi County, Changji Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Date of event:1941, 1943 Location of event:Wuxiang County, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province Name of author:Hao Zhiguo, Hao Zhibang, Zhang Aiying Name(s) of victim(s):Hao Zhiguo’s big brother and sister-in-law, more than 170 townsmen, Zhang Aiying’s grandfather Type of atrocity:Other Massacres, […]
Sequence number:s0852 Date of Letter:1992-12-10 Address of Author:Beijing City Date of Event:Not long after the Lugouqiao Incident Location of Event:Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province Name of Author:Mi Kangyou Name(s) of victim(s):Mi Kangyou’s family Type of atrocity:Murders, Air Bombings, Others, Rapes(RA, MU, AB, OT） Other Details Shortly after the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the warfare expanded to […]
Sequence number:s0784 Date of letter:1993 Address of author:Beijing City Date of event:1944 Location of event:Beijing City Name of author:Li Liangjie Name(s) of victim(s):Li Liangjie Type of atrocity:Slave Laborers（SL） Other details:I was born in Beijing in 1930. When I was 14 years old, a group of Japanese soldiers suddenly broke into my house, arrested me and […]
Sequence number:s0927 Date of letter:1992-07-09 Address of author:Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province Date of event:1941 Location of event:Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province Name of author:Lou Qiuxing Name(s) of victim(s):Over 200 people including Lou Xiaofang, etc. Type of atrocity:Air Bombings, Biological/Chemical Warfare(AB, BC) Other details:The Japanese bombed my house and my sister Lou Xiaofang died of Black Death. […]
Sequence number:s0758 Date of Letter:1992-11-20 Address of Author:Kunming City, Yunnan Province Date of Event:1937 Location of Event:Kunming City, Yunnan Province Name of Author:Tang Qingyu Name(s) of victim(s):Common people in Kunming Type of atrocity:Air Bombings, Biological/Chemical Warfare（AB, BC） Other Details:In 1937 the Japanese aircrafts bombed Kunming and shot the people with machine guns, leaving countless bodies […]
Sequence number:s0793 Date of letter:1992-07-15 Address of author:Lanxi City, Zhejiang Province Date of event:1942-05-28 Location of event:Lanxi City, Zhejiang Province Name of author:Zhu Jiying Name(s) of victim(s):Zhu Gendi (Zhu Jiying’s big sister), Xu Jiuhua (Zhu Jiying’s brother-in-law) and his son, Zhu Jiying’s father and sister Type of atrocity:Air Bombings, Rapes, Other Massacres, Others（AB, RA, OM, […]
Sequence number:s1950 Date of letter:1993-08-01 Address of author:Chengdu City, Sichuan Province Date of event:1939-07-05 Location of event:Leshan City, Sichuan Province Name of author:Luo Zongzhe Name(s) of victim(s):Luo Zongzhi（Luo Zongzhe’s cousin）and Luo Zongzhe’s family Type of atrocity:Air Bombings (AB) Other details:On July 5, 1937, 37 Japanese aircrafts bombarded Leshan County with bombs and fire bombs, and […]
Sequence number:s1031 Date of letter:1993-02-18 Address of author:Beijing City Date of event:1937-1945 Location of event:Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province; Hengyang City, Hunan Province; Guilin City, Guangxi Province, etc. Name of author:Shi Shuhua Name(s) of victim(s):Shi Shuhua’s bother, etc. Type of atrocity:Air Bombings, Murders, Others（AB, MU, OT） Other details:”I was living in Nanchang. When the Japanese launched […]
Sequence number:s0515 Date of letter:1993-03-17 Address of author:Rong County, Zigong City, Sichuan Province Date of event:1939-09-11 to 1940-08-12 Location of event:Lu County, Luzhou City, Sichuan Province Name of author:Li Lilin Name(s) of victim(s):Li Lilin’s grandfather Type of atrocity:Air Bombings, Others（AB, OT） Other details:On September 11, 1939, 18 Japanese heavy bombers entered the city’s airspace, launched […]
Sequence number:s0548 Date of letter:1992-10-30 Address of author:Jinhua County, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province Date of event:1939-1945 Location of event:Jinhua County, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province Name of author:Jiang Wenguang Name(s) of victim(s):Not mentioned Type of atrocity:Air Bombings, Other Massacres, Biological/Chemical Warfare（AB, OM, BC） Other details:The Japanese raided the area by bombing intensivelly and releasing biological and bacteriological weapons, which caused a large number of […]
Sequence number:s0519 Date of letter:1993-07-30 Address of author:Chengdu City, Sichuan Province Date of event:1941-07-27 Location of event:Chengdu City, Sichuan Province Name of author:An Xuqing Name(s) of victim(s):An Xuhong (An Xuqing’s father), An Xuqing’s sister Type of atrocity:Air Bombings (AB) Other details:My father was injured, and my sister, who was entering university, was killed in a […]
Sequence number:s0470 Date of Letter:1992-06-15 Address of Author:Zhangshu City, Jiangxi Province Date of Event:Not mentioned Location of Event:Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province Name of Author:Huang Weimin Name(s) of victim(s):Huang Weimin’s grandfather and townsmen Type of atrocity:Air Bombings, Nanking Massacres, Others（AB, NM, OT) Other Details:”Seeing reports about your claim, I admire you deeply and now send a Signature Form by my colleagues. During the Anti-Japanese […]
Sequence number:s0450 Date of letter:1992-09-14 Address of author:Baoshan City, Yunnan Province Date of event:1942-05 Location of event:Baoshan City, Yunnan Province Name of author:Zhao Wenchang Name(s) of victim(s):Zhao Wenchang’s family and townsmen Type of atrocity:Air Bombings, Biological/Chemical Warfare, Rapes, Others(AB, BC, RA, OT) Other details:On May 4, 1942, the Japanese bombed my hometown Baoshan City, Yunnan, killing and wounding more than 5,000 people, including […]
Sequence number:s0447 Date of letter:1993-02-06 Address of author:Wuhan City, Hubei Province Date of event:1940-05 Location of event:Xiao County, Suzhou City, Anhui Province Name of author:Zheng Zhongqin Name(s) of victim(s):Zheng Zhongqin and townsmen Type of atrocity:Air Bombings, Murders（AB, MU) Other details:In May 1940, the Japanese bombed Xiao County villages and killed many people. I was also wounded and disabled in the bombing. To the […]
Sequence number:s0411 Date of Letter:1992-11-05 Address of:Author Beijing Date of Event:Not mentioned Location of Event:Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province Name of Author:Mao Fumin Name(s) of victim(s):Mao Fumin and his children Type of atrocity:Air Bombings (AB) Other Details:During the anti-Japanese war, the middle school run by my children was bombed, school buildings were destroyed and my two […]
Sequence number:s0381 Date of letter:April 14, 1993 Address of author:Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province Date of event:1943 Location of event:Changsha City, Hunan Province Name of author:He Xijun Name(s) of victim(s):He Xijun’s father and uncle Type of atrocity:Air Bombings, Slave Laborers (AB, SL) Other details:In 1943, when Japanese army invaded Hunan Pronvince and bombed Changsha, my father, […]
Sequence number:s0365 Date of Letter:1993-05-25 Address of Author:Deqing County, Zhejiang Province Date of Event:1937 Location of Event:Jiangsu Province; Wukang County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province Name of Author:Xu Jiyao, Wang Yuqin, Jin Qizhi, Sun Meixian Name(s) of victim(s):Wang Yuqin’s father, Jin Pingsun (Jin Qizhi’s father), Jin Qizhi’s fellow-villagers Type of atrocity:Air bombings, Others, Other Massacres (AB, […]
Sequence number:s0311 Date of letter:1993-3-12 Address of author:Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province Date of event:1938-05 Location of event:Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province Name of author:Zhao Yuhua Name(s) of victim(s):Zhao Yuhua’s townsmen Type of atrocity:Other Massacres, Air Bombing(AB, OM) Other details:In May 1938 the Japanese bombed Xuzhou and committed atrocious crime by burning, killing, raping after occupation of […]
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: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: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: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: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: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: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: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: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: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: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:s0147 Date of Letter:1994-04-25 Address of Author:Shenyang City, Liaoning Province Date of Event:1937 Location of Event:Jiangyin County, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province Name of Author:Geng Kunyuan Name(s) of victim(s):Geng Kunyuan’s father, Zhang Erbao and other people Type of atrocity:Other Massacres, Air Bombings, Rapes, Others (OM, AB, RA, OT) Other Details:At the end of 1937 when […]
Sequence number:s0146 Date of letter:1993-01-05 Address of author:Xiangfan County, Xiangyang City, Hubei Province Date of event:1939 Location of event:Xiangfan County, Xiangyang City, Hubei Province Name of author:Zhou Zuliang Name(s) of victim(s):Zhou Zuliang’s family and townsmen Type of atrocity:Air Bombings, Rapes, Others, Murders（AB, RA, OT, MU） Other details:My hometown Xiangfan County, Hubei suffered from numerous Japanese […]
Sequence number:s0140 Date of letter:1992-12-26 Address of author:Rong County, Zigong City, Sichuan Province Date of event:1939-08-19 Location of event:Leshan City, Sichuan Province Name of author:Gao Yongshou Name(s) of victim(s):Gao Yongshou’s grandmother, big sister and uncle Type of atrocity:Air Bombings (AB) Other details:On Aug. 19, 1939, Gao Yongshou’s grandmother, big sister and uncle were killed in Japanese […]
Sequence number:s0139 Date of letter:1995-10-15 Address of author:Mengzi County, Honghe Prefecture,(same level as City), Yunnan Province Date of event:1939-04-13 Location of event:Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Name of author:Pu Xingchun Name(s) of victim(s):Pu Xingchun, etc. Type of atrocity:Air Bombings, Others（AB, OT） Other details:On April 13, 1939, the Japanese bombed the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region took the […]
Sequence number:s0133 Date of letter:1995-05-15 Address of author:Wuhan City, Hubei Province Date of event:1942-02-24 Location of event:Gong’an County, Jinzhou City, Hubei Province Name of author:Xu Shidong Name(s) of victim(s):Xu Ji’an（Xu Shidong’s father） Type of atrocity:Air Bombings (AB) Other details:On February 24, 1942, the Japanese bombed the civilian areas of Ouchi Town, Gong’an County, Jingzhou City, […]
Sequence number:s0126 Date of letter:1993-03-05 Address of author:Yuanling County, Huairou City, Hunan Province Date of event:1939-1941 Location of event:Yuanling County, Huairou City, Hunan Province; Hankou, Wuhan City, Hubei Province; Pei County, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province; Huangshi City, Hubei Province Name of author:Su Yu Name(s) of victim(s):Su Yu’s grandpa and his family, Su Yu’s parents, Yang […]
Sequence number:s0123 Date of letter:1992-07-06 Address of author:Wuyi County, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province Date of event:1944-04-18 Location of event:Wuyi County, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province Name of author:Jin Nianxiang Name(s) of victim(s):Jin Nianxiang’s grandfather Type of atrocity:Murders, Others, Air Bombing(MU, OT, AB) Other details:On April 18th 1944 on the lunar calendar, the Japanese splashed cold water onto […]
Sequence number:s0111 Date of letter:April 12, 1993 Address of author:Not mentioned Date of event:March, 1945 Location of event:Xinxiang City, Henan Province Name of author:Zhu Qinglin Name(s) of victim(s):Zhu Zian (Zhu Qinglin’s father) and other 31 people. Type of atrocity:Air Bombings (AB) Other details:In the middle of March, 1945, dozens of airplanes bombed the Xinxiang Railway […]
Sequence number:s0098 Date of letter:1992-12-15 Address of author:Wuyi County, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province Date of event:Not mentioned Location of event:Wuyi County, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province Name of author:Tang Qiangshen Name(s) of victim(s):Tang Qiangshen, etc. Type of atrocity:Air Bombings, Other Massacres, Slave Laborers, Rapes (AB, OM, SL, RA) Other details:The Japanese bombed Wuyi and killed more […]
Sequence number:s0091 Date of letter:1993-02-13 Address of author:Lanzhou City, Gansu Province Date of event:Not mentioned Location of event:Lanzhou City, Gansu Province Name of author:Wang Xiaolan, Deng Baoshan Name(s) of victim(s):Wang Xiaolan, Deng Baoshan Type of atrocity:Air Bombings (AB) Other details:Coal plants opened by Wang Xiaolan’s family in Andingmen, Lanzhou were bombed by Japanese for 5 times successively, causing the lives of Wang’s family members. Deng Baoshan […]
Sequence number:s0087 Date of letter:1993-02-03 Address of author:Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province Date of event:1937-1940 Location of event:Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province Name of author:Fan Maozhi Name(s) of victim(s):Fan Bitian (Fan Maozhi’s father) and townsmen Type of atrocity:Air Bombings, Others（AB, OT） Other details:Hometown Longkuang Villagee, Yangjiang City, Guangdong Province was bombed and strafed by Japanese planes under […]
