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. Note: The envelope was lost.
Petition Letter for Claiming Civilian Damages from the Japanese Government
”Hutoushan Incident”: On August 27, 1936, in Dongyang Village, (former Liudiankuitun), Bin’an Town, Bin County, Heilongjiang Province, the Japanese Invasion Army burned all my family’s properties, including 22 earth-wood built houses, earth-wood houses are two meters wide, and 4 meter high, situated in 360 linear meters compound. Also destroyed were 30 tons of grain, 9 horses, 2 farm vehicles, farming tools and family heirloom inherited from old times, etc. All were set on fire by the Japanese Invasion Army, which brought huge loss to my family. We hereby seek justice from the Japanese government, and demand the Japanese government to compensate for the losses brought to Chinese civilians by the Japanese Invasion Army during the invasion period in China. Converted into current minimum average price, the above damages are equivalent to RMB 228,600 yuan. (See attached summary table)
Applicant: Liu Wenxiang, great-grandson of Liu Diankui
March 1, 1994
To Whom It May Concern
On August 27, 1936, the Japanese Invasion Army perpetrated “Hutoushan Incident” at Dongyang Village, Bin’an Town, Bin County, Heilongjiang Province (former Liudiankuitun), which brought huge economic loss and human casualty to us innocent villagers. Seven households sustained damages in this time’s tragedy, wherein for victim Liu Diankui, Liu Diankui’s son Liu Feilin and Liu Diankui’s great-grandson Liu Wenxiang hereby present compensation petition to the Japanese government.
This certification is hereby issued
Bin’an Town Government
March 1, 1994
Summary table of burning and killing losses sustained by innocent farmers by the Japanese Invasion Army in Hutoushan Incident on August 27, 1936
Summary table of damage losses converted into RMB sustained by innocent farmers in Hutoushan Incident on August 27, 1936 Unit: 10K yuan
Note: The first table gives a summary of all damage losses and materials, wherein farm tools and by-products are not convenient to list and are indicated in amount in the second table.
The second table gives a summary of statistical figures converted into RMB based on current minimum process. The above is compensation amount to be lodged to the Japanese government.
To Whom It May Concern
Seven households of Liu Diankui, Meng Xiansen, Qu Shouyi, Min Zhenfa, Min Yuhu, Deng Fa, and Deng Fu in Heilongjiang Province Bin County Bin’an Town Dongyang Village, toward the Japanese government, and the Japanese Embassy in China, during the Japanese invasion into China, these seven households suffered persecution from the Japanese invaders, which resulted in huge loss of personal property and human casualty. We demand the Japanese government to give economic compensation for which we have respectively drafted “Letter of Petition”, upon search of Page 291-292 “Hutoushan Battle” incident records in “Bin County Annals”, the facts tally with the claim details filed by the above seven households. “Hutoushan battle was concluded at 4 o’clock in the early morning of August 26, 1936, at 6′ o’clock on August 27, immediately after the Anti-Japanese United Army left, two Japanese military aircrafts sprayed bullets with machine guns, killed five persons including Qu Huanzhang, Dengfu, and Min Yuhu, in the afternoon the Japanese soldiers set fire to Liu Diankui’s compound, Qu Shouyi’s compound and house compounds in Mengjiatun, and executed frantic retaliation toward innocent Chinese civilians, the people suffered huge loss in livelihood and human casualty. He lost his endeared ones, the facts stated by these seven households are true.
This certificate is hereby issued.
Heilongjiang Province Bin County People’s Government County office
1994.3.8
