Murders(MU)
<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: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, […]
<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: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: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: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: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: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: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:s1104 Date of letter:1993-09-15 Address of author:Wuxue City, Hubei Province Date of event:1938-09-20 Location of event:Wuxue City, Hubei Province Name of author:Zhong Ronghua Name(s) of victim(s):Zhong Xinhuai (Zhong Ronghua’s grandfather) Type of atrocity:Murders (MU) Other details:On Sept. 20, 1938, when the Japanese invaded the Guangji County (Now Wuxue City), Hebei, my grandfather Zhong Xinhuai […]
Sequence number：s1093 Date of Letter:1992-07-05 Address of Author:Xi’an City, Shanxi Province Date of Event:1938-1939 Location of Event:Linqu County, Langfang City, Shandong Province Name of Author:Zhang Zaizhong Name(s) of victim(s):Zhang Lexin (Zhang Zaizhong’s grandfather), Zhang Zaizhong’s father, etc. Type of atrocity:Slave Laborers, Murders(SL, MU） Other Details:My hometown was Linqu County, Langfang City, Shandong. On the New […]
Sequence number:s1043 Date of letter:1993-01-09 Address of author:Linfen City, Shanxi Date of event:1937 Location of event:Linfen City, Shanxi Name of author:Li Ai, Li Tianlong Name(s) of victim(s):An Yongxiang (Li Ai’s maternal grandfather), Ru Nvnv (Li Ai’s maternal grandmother), Li Ai’s uncle Type of atrocity:Slave Laborers, Murders(SL, MU） Other details:My maternal grandfather was native to Linfen […]
Sequence number:s1023 Date of letter:1993-03-02 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:Li Guangming Name(s) of victim(s):Li Wenshou（Li Guangming’s grandfather） Type of atrocity:Slave Laborers, Murders（SL, MU) Other details:My name is Li Guangming. During 1944, my grandfather Li Wenshou was captured by […]
Sequence number:s1019 Date of letter:1992-12-31 Address of author:Yunnan Province Date of event:1938-1944 Location of event:Linxi County, Xingtai City, Hebei Province Name of author:Wang Zhenlong Name(s) of victim(s):Wang Zhenlong and his father, Wang Zhangyi, etc. Type of atrocity:Murders, Others(MU, OT） Other details:My father, a civilian, was taken as a member of the Eighth Route Army and […]
Sequence number:s0985 Date of letter:1993-07-26 Address of author:Shenzhen City Date of event:1944 Location of event:Hengyang City, Hunan Province Name of author:Luo Yunjiang Name(s) of victim(s):Luo Yunjiang Type of atrocity:Rapes, Slave Laborers, Murders(RA, SL, MU） Other details:In July 1944, the Japanese army invaded southward from Wuhan to enter Hunan Province. The enemy controlled Changsha first and […]
Sequence number:s0984 Date of letter:1993-08-16 Address of author:Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province Date of event:1944 Location of event:Hengyang City, Hunan Province Name of author:Luo Yunjiang Name(s) of victim(s):Luo Yunjiang’s townsmen Type of atrocity:Murders, Rapes(MU, RA) Other details:In 1944, the Japanese troops surrounded Hengyang and killed many villagerss. Yin’s daughter was gang-raped and died shortly after. Li’s […]
<div>Sequence number:s0967 Date of letter:1993-01-05 Address of author:Longyan City, Fujian Province Date of event:Not mentioned Location of event:Malaysia, Singapore Name of author:Zhang Guoxian Name(s) of victim(s):Zhang Guoxian’s father Type of atrocity:Others, Murders(OT, MU) Other details:Enclosed in the letter are photos of a mourning event in Malaysia for 18 townsmen killed by Japanese, among them there […]
Sequence number:s0899 Date of letter:1992-06-11 Address of author:Xiangheng County, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province Date of event:1940, 1941-04-19 Location of event:Wuxiang County, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province Name of author:Dou Fengshu, Dou Fengming Name(s) of victim(s):Dou Zhiren, Dou Zhigao and villagers Type of atrocity:Murders, Others（MU, OT) Other details:I thank you for speaking out what’s on the victims’ […]
Sequence number:s0853 Date of Letter:1992-11-30 Address of Author:Baise City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Date of Event:1944-1945 Location of Event:Liuzhou City, Guangxi Province Name of Author:Huang Shangling Name(s) of victim(s):Huang Tiansong (Huang Shanglin’s big brother) Type of atrocity:Murders, Others（MU, OT） Other Details:During 1944 -1945 , my cousin and I were persecuted by the Japanese invaders. One […]
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:s0839 Date of letter:1992-012-09 Address of author:Dantu County, Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Date of event:1942-07, 1943-09, 1944 Location of event:Xuancheng City, Anhui Name of author:Zhou zhaoshun Name(s) of victim(s):Zhou Zhengbao（Zhou zhaoshun’s uncle）, Ruan Ruinan（Zhou Zhaoshun‘s grandfather）, Zhou Zhengyuan（Zhou Zhaoshun’s father） Type of atrocity:Murders, Others（MU, OT） Other details:In 1942 my uncle was tragically cut open in […]
Sequence number:s0822 Date of letter:1994-03-15 Address of author:Shenyang City, Liaoning Province Date of event:1942-03 Location of event:Beijing Name of author:Xu Deming Name(s) of victim(s):Xu Deming Type of atrocity:Slave Laborers, Murders（SL, MU） Other details:In 1943 I was arrested in the west suburbs of Beijing and forced into labor work in Japan. On the way, three fellows […]
Sequence number:s0752 Date of letter:1993-09-18 Address of author:Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture Date of event:1940-02-21 Location of event:Jiaozuo City, Henan Province Name of author:Zhang Lixuan Name(s) of victim(s):Zhang Lixuan’s mother Type of atrocity:Murders (MU) Other details:During the spring festival of 1940, my mother and I paid a new year call to my grandfather’s. On […]
Sequence number:s3562 Date of letter:1992-06-02 Address of author:Yinchuan City, Ningxia Autonomous Region Date of event:1937 Location of event:Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province Name of author:Zhang Mingde Name(s) of victim(s):Zhang Jilu (father of Zhang Mingde) and Zhang Mingde’s uncle Type of atrocity:Nanking Massacre, Murders (NM, MU) Other details:My father was killed in the Nanjing Massacre, my two […]
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:s0398 Date of letter:1993-04-04 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:Zeng Runtan Name(s) of victim(s):Zeng Runtan, Jin Zhicheng, Wu Hongcheng, Fang Songyi, Jiang Zuhong’s father Type of atrocity:Others, Murders, Biological/Chemical Warfare(OT, MU, BC) Other details:The Japanese burned my house and goods […]
Sequence number:s0025 Date of letter:1994-09-24 Address of author:Fushun, Liaoning Date of event:1931 Location of event:Xinbin County, Fushun, Liaoning Name of author:GUO Junhong Name(s) of victim(s):Grandfather of GUO Junhong Type of atrocity:Murders (MU) Other details:In 1931, GUO Junhong’s great-grandfather, an anti-Japanese soldier, was hunted by Japanese army. Japanese soilders couldn’t find him, so they took his […]
Sequence number:s0656 Date of letter:1993-04-13 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):many Type of atrocity:Others, Murders， Rapes(RA, OT, MU） Other details:A detailed list of victims who suffered from the Japanese crimes and whose houses were burnt […]
Sequence number:s0643 Date of letter:1992-07-02 Address of author:Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province Date of event:1942-05, 1944 Location of event:Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province Name of author:Huang Changming Name(s) of victim(s):Huang Zenghong (Huang Changming’s father), Huang Changming’s grandmother, Huang Baocui (Huang Changming’s sister), Xianlan (townsman), Chunnai (townsman), Baojin (townsman), Baocai (townsman), Xiaokui’s wife (townsman) Type of atrocity:Murders, Rapes, […]
Sequence number:s0567 Date of letter:1993-11-06 Address of author:Deqing County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province Date of event:1937-12-21 Location of event:Wukang County, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province Name of author:Xu Jiyao Name(s) of victim(s):Common people in Wukang County Type of atrocity:Other Massacres, Murders, Rapes, Others（OM, MU, RA, OT） Other details:One night in 1937, the Japanese invaded the Wukang County, […]
Sequence number:s0514 Date of letter:1993-11-08 Address of author:Wuxue City, Hubei Province Date of event:1938-03-17 Location of event:Wuxue City, Hubei Province Name of author:Hu Donge Name(s) of victim(s):Zhu Damei (Hu Dong’e’s mother) Type of atrocity:Rapes, Murders（RA, MU） Other details:The Japanese looked everywhere for women when passing by our village and my mother wasn’t able to escape. Resisting the rapists, my mother’s hands and head were cut off. […]
Sequence number:s0499 Date of letter:1993-03-07 Address of author:Fuxin City, Liaoning Province Date of event:1936-08-26 Location of event:Fuxin City, Liaoning Province Name of author:Qu Huanchen Name(s) of victim(s):Qu Huanzhang, the old Mintou, Dengfu and other two people Type of atrocity:Murders(MU) Other details:On Aug. 26, 1936, the Japanese killed our villagers Qu Huanzhang, the old Mintou, Deng Fu and other two people. Deng Fu was cruelly […]
Sequence number:s0472 Date of letter:1993-04-03 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):Qiu Jiantun and many townsmen Type of atrocity:Others, Murders, Biological/Chemical Warfare （OT, MU, BC) Other details:On August 16th 1942 on the lunar calendar, dozens […]
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:s0430 Date of letter:1993-04-12 Address of author:Honghe County, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province Date of event:1941 Location of event:Vietnam Name of author:Wang Lihua Name(s) of victim(s):Wang Lihua’s father-in-law Type of atrocity:Murders (MU) Other details:My father-in-law He Xiancheng was doing business in Vietnam in 1941, when Japan and Vietnam were at war. He was mistaken as a […]
Sequence number:s0389 Date of Letter:1995-04-22 Address of Author:Huoshan County, Liuan City, Anhui Province Date of Event:1938-08 Location of Event:Huoshan County, Luan City, Anhui Province Name of Author:Wang Zecheng Name(s) of victim(s):Wang Zecheng and his grandmother and mother Type of atrocity:Others, Murders (OT, MU) Other Details:In August 1938, Wang Zecheng was cut at his neck by […]
Sequence number:s0388 Date of letter:February, 1993 Address of author:Honghu City, Hubei Provnce Date of event:1933 Location of event:Honghu City, Hubei Provnce Name of author:Wan Hengquan Name(s) of victim(s):Wan Hengquan’s uncle and Yang Lizhen Type of atrocity:Murders, Others (MU, OT) Other details:In 1933, when Hubei was occupied, my uncle was killed on his way to Wuhan to make a living. Companions Yang Lizhen were killed and […]
Sequence number:s0369 Date of letter:1993-02-10 Address of author:Jinhua County, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province Date of event:1942, 1943 Location of event:Jinhua County, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province Name of author:Ni Yuanmao Name(s) of victim(s):Ni Guiying, Lou Xiuzhen, Wang Genrong and his brother Wang Hongqing, Wang Baoxian, Ning Jinzhu, Zhou Yingnai (Wang Zhirui’s mother), Shen Chunfeng, Wu Mingyou […]
Sequence number:s0338 Date of letter:1993-09-04 Address of author:Chengdu City, Sichuan Province Date of event:1940-1942 Location of event:Lingchuan County, Jincheng City, Shanxi Province Name of author:Zhao Guangyi Name(s) of victim(s):Hou Zhengqing (Zhao Guangyi’s adoptive father), Zhao Guangyi’s sister Type of atrocity:Others, Murders, Rapes(OT, MU, RA) Other details:During 1940-1942, the Japanese invaded my hometown Lingchuan County and destroyed […]
Sequence number:s0316 Date of letter:1993-07-01 Address of author:Nan County, Yiyang City, Hunan Province Date of event:1943-11 Location of event:Taoyuan County, Changde City, Hunan Province Name of author:Yu Zhenzhong Name(s) of victim(s):Liu Zhongwu, HuangMeisheng, etc. Type of atrocity:Murders, Rapes, Others(MU, RA, OT) Other details:In November 1943, the Japanese invaded my hometown, burning houses and killing people, including Liu Zhongwu and Huang Meisheng’s 12-year-old girl, who […]
Sequence number:s0315 Date of letter:1993-05-14 Address of author:Jiangyong County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province Date of event:1944-09-16（lunar calendar） Location of event:Jiangyong County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province Name of author:Mao Yuebao Name(s) of victim(s):Mao Yuebao’s sister, Zhou Xiaonv (wife), Mao Yuerong Type of atrocity:Rapes, Murders, Others（RA, MU, OT) Other details:On September 16th 1944 on the lunar calendar, the […]
Sequence number:s0309 Date of letter:1992-08-15（date on envelope） Address of author:Pan’an County, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province Date of event:Not mentioned Location of event:Pan’an County, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province Name of author:Sun Qingda Name(s) of victim(s):Zhou Qingde’s townsmen Type of atrocity:Murders (MU) Other details:I (Kong Qingda) visited Zhou Qingde, who told me that when our county was raided by the Japanese, countless people were thrown into cesspits […]
