Date of letter:1993-10-09
Address of author:Yuanshi County, Shijiazhuang, Hebei
Date of event:1944-10-10
Location of event:Yuanshi County, Shijiazhuang, Hebei
Name of author:JIA Yingchen
Name(s) of victim(s):JIA Jijun
Type of atrocity:Slave Laborers (SL)
Other details:On October 10, 1944, JIA Jijun was captured by Japanese army and shipped to Hokkaido to work as slave coal laborer. He died of exhaustion in Japan. Other laborers who were captured at the same time as JIA Jijun and shipped to Japan to work include JIA Deyin, WU Yuting and LI Yuzhen. Remark: the letter was stamped with Village Committee’s seal.
Teacher Tong,
This letter serves as a report on JIA Jijun’s death in Japan.
JIA Jijun, male, was born in Wei Village, Yuanshi County, Hebei Province. He was captured by Japanese army on October 10, 1944, shipped to Japan through Tanggu port after connecting to Yuanshi County and Shijiazhuang South Military Camp. He was forced to work as a coal laborer at Mitsui Rikubetsu coal mine in Hokkaido. He worked and lived as a slave, and died of exhaustion at the coal mine in Japan. His death has made his family live in unbearable misery. Therefore, his family demand a compensation of more than 30 thousand U.S. dollars.
Claimer: JIA Yingchen
Other laborers who were captured the same time as JIA Jijun and shipped to Japan to work include JIA Deyin and WU Yuting from Chuzhuang Village and LI Yuzhen from Xitongxia Village.
Any correspondence should be mailed to JIA Yingchen, Wei Village, Yuanshi County, Hebei Province, 051134.
We certify the fact stated in the letter true: The Wei Village Committee
Committee of the Wei Village, Yincun Town, Yuanshi County (seal)
10/09/1993
