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Mr. Tong Zeng,

　　Since I have not written a letter to you for a long time, you must miss me a lot. Today I mail you the 19th batch list of fellow victims (people being killed by the Japanese Army, and households being burned and destroyed by the Japanese Army). I hope Mr. Tong to take care and put them aside carefully, so as to facilitate future use.

　　Now I want you to have a check, since I mailed the first batch of victims to the nineteenth batch of victims to your place, I now request Mr. Tong to have a check and see if they are complete, and I request you to write me a reply letter, lest I worry, this is my only request, please do not neglect it.

　　Fellow townsfolk living near me (referring to family members being killed by the Japanese Army) often came to my home to inquire about the progress of the compensation matter. Since I am not clear about the current situation, I don’t know how to answer their questions. Could Mr. Tong please briefly inform me of the current situation? I will say no more, let’s talk next time, wish all your family members healthy and all the best.

Victim Ni Yuanmao (name seal)
August 6, 1994 AD

Signature for Demanding Damage Compensation from Japan

China Business Herald 　August 11 (Page3)

Our government has never given up damage compensation by Japan

　　In 1972, the Chinese government abandoned the “War Compensation” claim toward Japan, but it did not announce to abandon the “Damage Compensation” claim. On May 23, the “Legal Daily” published an article by youth jurist Tong Zeng to explain the difference between the two kinds of compensations prescribed by international laws: War compensation refers to the compensation for losses sustained by the invaded countries when the defeated nation launched invasion into other countries; damage compensation refers to compensation that must be undertaken by the invading nation being defeated to compensate for multiple serious crimes committed against the people and properties of the invaded nation, due to violation of laws of war and humanitarian rules during the war. After the WWII, Jews, Poland, and France all claimed huge amount of damage compensation on the ground of receiving Nazi persecution. (Excerpted from the “Legal Daily”)

　　This signature form is the 19h batch of households whose victims were killed by the Japanese Army and whose houses were burned by the Japanese Army.

　　During the Anti-Japanese War (i.e. May 25, 1942), among villagers of villages near Bailongqiao Town, Jinhua County, Zhejiang Province, when Jinhua County was occupied by the Japanese Army with force, Jinhua fell into the enemy’s hands, people suffered miserably, after that many people were killed by the Japanese Army, captured to work as slave labors to dismantle railway before death, captured to work as slave labors to build airport before death, or raped by the Japanese Army before death, the detailed names of the dead are listed below:

　　The above totals 7 victims

Prepared by: Ni Yuanmao (name seal)

August 5, 1994 AD

About the Appendix

　　The following is a list of true details on personnel directly or indirectly killed or persecuted by the Japanese Army, houses and farming tools, grains, and clothing being burned or looted without provocation by the Japanese Army during the Anti-Japanese War:

　　I. Victim Zhu XX, male, back then aged 50, residing at Nantang Village, Sumeng Town, Wucheng District, Jinhua City
　　After Jinhua County was occupied by the Japanese Army, the Japanese Army every day came out to capture slave labors, rape women, loot materials, in September 1942 on the lunar calendar, a Brigade troop (Red Troop) of the Japanese Army with over 300 people was stationed at Shimen Village, Changshan Town, they built gun turrets on the nearby hills of our village, on that day several Japanese soldiers came to our village to commit crimes, and unfortunately intruded into our home, they saw my elder sister) (Zhu XX aged 16) and immediately want to rape her, at that time my father knelt to the Japanese Army to plead for mercy, the Japanese Army immediately beat my father with gun stock, my father immediately vomited blood and fainted, because at that time there was no hospital, no drug store, there was no way to bring treatment, soon my father passed away due to serious injury.

Informer victim’s son Zhu XX

　　II. Victim Zhu Hairong, male, back then aged 18, residing at Nantang Village, Sumeng Town, Wucheng District, Jinhua City
　　After Jinhua fell into the enemy’s hands, the Japanese Army stationed large troop at Shimen Village. On that day my elder brother unfortunately was captured by the Japanese Army and was forced to build gun turrets. The Japanese Army forced my elder brother to carry a piece of pine log to Jinjide Turret. Because the mountain road was slippery, unfortunately this piece of pine log (about 400 catties) crushed onto my elder brothers’ body, which caused serious waist injury. What’s more, each day the Japanese Army forced my elder brother to work, he was often beaten by the Japanese Army, with wounds all over the body. My elder brother could no longer tolerate such abuse; he secretly retuned home and hid himself. Soon my elder brother died of serious injury, which defied medical treatment.

Informer victim’s younger brother Zhu Rongfu.

　　III. Victim Zhu XX, female, back then aged 16, residing at Jinhua City
　　After Jinhua County was occupied by the Japanese Army, the Japanese Army stationed large troops at Shimen Village, Changshan Town, and built gun turrets on the small hill near our village. On that day several Japanese soldiers intruded into our home and saw my elder sister, and they immediately began to rape her, after raping they released toxic gas in my home, as a result, my elder sister was poisoned by the toxic gas and died.

Informer victim’s younger brother Zhu XX

　　IV. Victim Zhu Baolong, male, back then aged 6, residing at Nantang Village, Sumeng Town, Wucheng District, Jinhua City
　　After Jinhua fell into the enemy’s hands, the Japanese Army stationed at Shimen Village, Changshan Town, and stationed in Hongbu at Shimen Village, with about 400-500 soldiers, they built gun turrets on small hills near our village, in order to control Chinese troops in the surrounding areas. The Japanese Army often intruded into our village to loot materials, and rape women, unexpectedly on that day they intruded into our home to release toxic gas, my younger brother was poisoned by the toxic gas, and died of poisoning.

Informer victim’s elder brother Zhu Rongfu

　　V. Victim Zhu Rongfu, male, currently 62 years old, residing at Nantang Village, Sumeng Town, Wucheng District, Jinhua City
　　After Jinhua County was occupied by the Japanese Army with force, each day they went to nearby areas to loot things, rape women, and commit numerous crimes, by September 1942 on the lunar calendar, there were about 400 to 500 persons (the Japanese Army) stationed at Shimen Village, they also built gun turrets on the small hill near our home, they often came to our village to harass us. My father had no choice but to run to other towns to live. Soon my father went to Jiankeng Village and bought three storied houses (equivalent to RMB 20000 yuan today), yet unfortunate incident struck again, several days later large troops of the Japanese Army went to the South Mountain in a mopping-up campaign, aiming to deal a heavy blow to Chinese troops, after the Japanese Army arrived at Jiankeng Village, they burned all the houses, as a result three storied houses of my home were all burned.

Informer Zhu Rongfu

　　VI. Victim Ni Zhaojun, male, back then aged 46, residing at Zhangsiqiao Village, Changshan Town, Jinhua County
　　On April 11, 1942, on the lunar calendar, Jinhua County was occupied by the Japanese Army with force, about 400-500 Japanese troops were stationed at Shimen Village of Jinhua County, who also built more than a dozen gun turrets on the mountain tops of nearby mountains. The Japanese Army each day went out to capture slave labors, rape women, loot materials; they killed and burned, and committed countless crimes. In the noon of September 26, on the lunar calendar, the Japanese Army stationed at Shimen Village without provocation bombarded the surrounding villages, back then my father was eating lunch at home, an unfortunate tragedy landed in my home, the Japanese Army’s bomb hit my father, who died on the spot.

Informer Ni Xiuxian, Guan Qiuying

　　VII. Victim Chen Laosi, male, back then aged　, formerly residing at Houfan Village, Andi Town, Jinhua County (now it has been converted into dam)

　　In May 1942, on the lunar calendar, when the Japanese Army entered the South Mountains in a mopping-up campaign to attack Chinese troops, an unfortunate incident happened, Chen Laosi was shot dead by the Japanese Army.

Informer Chen Caiqiu, female, currently aged　
Now residing at Xiafu Village, Andi town, Jinhua County

　　The above totals seven victims.

　　This signature form is the nineteenth batch of households whose victims were killed by the Japanese Army and whose houses were burned by the Japanese Army.

Prepared by: Ni Yuanmao (name seal)
August 5, 1994 AD