Date of letter:1992-12-25
Address of author:Fuyang County, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province
Date of event:Not mentioned
Location of event:Fuyang County, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province
Name of author:Tiewukou Village Committee, Fuyang Town, Fuyang County
Name(s) of victim(s):Many villagers
Type of atrocity:Other Massacres, Others, Biological/Chemical Warfare , Murders（OM, OT, BC, MU）
Other details:The houses, property and grain in our village were looted and burned repeatedly by the Japanese troops. They committed all sort so crimes: looting livestock and poultry; massacring civilians; and raping women. According to the statistics, 1138 houses were burned; 11 villagers were killed; 6 people forced into service died in battle and 15 starved to death; 3 people died of bacterial disease, etc. We strongly urge the Japanese government to compensate our village.
Accusation of losses caused to my village during the Japanese occupancy period from 1937 to 1945
Japanese Emperor Akihito visited China in this October and when meeting our leaders in Beijing, he first of all apologized for their crimes. I recalled the Three Alls Policy implemented by the invading Japanese army in China. I cannot forget my deep pain and hate during the 8-year anti-Japanese war, which cannot be described with words.
All the houses and property of my village were burned to ground by the Japanese army in sweeps. The livestock were robbed, people killed and women insulted. The villagers became homeless and began to live a vagrant life suffering from hunger and cold. The painful facts have been kept from the public for half a century. The Aging Society of my village will educate new generations about the bloody history. We charge the invading Japanese army with multiple crimes including causing 1,172 villagers (238 households) from 3 villages homeless, burning 1,138 houses and property within them and killing 11 villagers (excluding 6 villagers who were captured to be forced laborers and died, 15 villagers who were died of starvation and 3 villagers who died of bacterial diseases) and countless livestock, and chopping down innumerable trees. All the villagers agree that our government is generous enough to give up war reparations between governments, but the civilian damage compensation should be made in accordance with the international practice. Now the Japanese government sincerely repents of its sins, but it should take practical action to compensate us, which is just and reasonable. Moreover, the Japanese government compensating Chinese people will not only ease their pain especially the older generation, but is conducive to the Sino-Japanese friendship in the future and will make immeasurable contributions to peace in Asia.
The attached is the signature form.
Aging Society of Tiewukou, Fuyang, Fuyang
Aging Society of Tiewukou, Daqing, Fuyang (Seal)
Villagers’ Committee of Tiewukou, Daqing, Fuyang
(Villagers’ Committee seal)
December 25, 1992
Signatures of villagers (living representatives) being victimized by the Japanese army during 1937 and 1945
Villagers’ Committee of Tiewukou, Fuyang, Fuyang, Zhejiang
Signatures of villagers (living representatives) being victimized by the Japanese army during 1937 and 1945
Villagers’ Committee of Tiewukou, Fuyang, Fuyang, Zhejiang
Signatures of villagers (living representatives) being victimized by the Japanese army during 1937 and 1945
Villagers’ Committee of Tiewukou, Fuyang, Fuyang, Zhejiang
Signatures of villagers (living representatives) being victimized by the Japanese army during 1937 and 1945
Villagers’ Committee of Tiewukou, Fuyang, Fuyang, Zhejiang
