Date of letter:1992-11-09
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 Ruhuai, Ni Pinlin, Jin Zhaodi, Wang Yinjuan’s younger sister, etc.
Type of atrocity:Murders, Slave Laborers, Rapes, Biological/Chemical Warfare, Others(MU, SL, RA, BC, OT）
Other details:According to mailed complaint materials of a number of victims, there is a Ni Ruhuai who was captured by the Japanese Army in 1942 to build airport. Later he was beaten to develop heavy injury, and thrown into the river to drown; in 1943 Ni Pinlin’s mother was discovered by Japanese soldiers, who prepared to rape her, but she resisted and was injured, which led to death without medical treatment; Jin Zhaodi’s house was burned by the Japanese Army; Wang Yinjuan’s younger sister was infected by bacteria and died.
Signature for Demanding Damage Compensation Against Japan
Business Daily, August 11 (3d edition)
Our government has never given up damage compensation against Japan
The Chinese government gave up war reparations against Japan in 1972, but it has never given up damage compensation. The Legal Daily of May 23 published an article by young jurist Tong Zeng, in which he explained the difference between war reparations and damage compensation in accordance with the International Law: War reparations are paid by the defeated country that launched the war to the invaded countries for their losses, while damage compensation is paid by the defeated country that launched the war for violating the laws of war and humanitarian principles during the war and for committing serious crimes to the people and property of the invaded countries. After the World War II, the Jews, Polish and French people claimed for a large amount of damage compensation on the grounds of Nazi persecution.
(Excerpt from Legal Daily)
The following form lists the 7th group of 24 victims for your reference.
During the Sino-Japanese War (May 25, 1942) after Jinhua fell, some of the villagers from villages near Bailongqiao, Jinhua, Zhejiang were shot to death, or captured as slave labors to demolish rails or build airports and died in the process, or raped and died. The list of dead victims is provided below:
Signature for Demanding Damage Compensation Against Japan
The form is made by Ni Yuanmao (Personal seal) on November 9, 1992.
Attachment
The facts about people being directly or indirectly killed or tortured to death by the Japanese army during the Sino-Japanese war are provided below:
1. Victim Ni Ruhuai, male, then 50, Lvtangxia Village, Bailongqiao
In early lunar October 1942 after Jinhua fell, my eldest uncle was taken away by the Japanese army to build an airport in Quzhou and then sent to demolish rails in Jiangshan County where he was severely beaten by Japanese soldiers, thrown into Qu River and drowned.
2. Victim Ni Pinlin’s mother, female, then 65, Lvtangxia, Bailongqiao
In early January 1943 after Jinhua fell, Japanese soldiers entered Lvtangxia Village to capture and rape women. They found my aunt and forced her to find young women for them. After my aunt refused their request, a Japanese soldier shot her in the waist and belly. She instantly lost consciousness and didn’t come to herself until the next day. But she was badly injured and died despite treatment.
3. Victim Jiang Fannai, female, then 39, Shaxi Village, Bailongqiao
After Jinhua fell, the Japanese army would enter my village every day to rob our supplies and capture men to carry supplies for them as slave labors. One day, a Japanese soldier unexpectedly showed up at my house and took away a door. My fearless aunt chased after the soldier and tried to retake the door. The soldier beat my 8-month pregnant aunt in the waist and belly with the gun butt. Not long after that, my aunt had an abortion and died.
4. Jin Zhaodi, female, now 68, Lvtangxia, Bailongqiao
After Jinhua fell, the Japanese army entered my village and burned, for no reason, my family’s 4 and a half buildings, 4 bungalows and all furniture and farming tools in them.
5. Victim Xiang Hongfu, male, then 20, Xiang, Andi
On July 27, 1942 after Jinhua fell, the Japanese army used a traitor to deceive my uncle into demolishing rails in Jiangshan. Due to extremely heavy work and bad food, my uncle became weak and very sick after working for a period of time. As there were then no doctors, my uncle died in Quzhou.
6. Victim Xiang Jinchao, male, then 24, Xiang Village, Andi
In middle lunar May 1942 after Jinhua fell, the Japanese army entered my village to capture men and rape women. Bad luck struck my family. The Japanese army captured my uncle and forced him to carry supplies as a slave labor. When he carried the supplies to Luobu, Jinhua, the Japanese army killed him for no reason.
7. Xiang Songkai, male, now 37, Xiang Village, Andi
In early lunar June 1942 after Jinhua fell, a Japanese officer ordered hundreds of Japanese soldiers to carry out a military raid on Nanshan, where they burned all villages by implementing the Three Alls (kill all, burn all and loot all) policy. As my family was in Nanshan, our 9 buildings, 3 bungalows and all furniture and farming tools in them were burned. After that, we built 3 bungalows for temporary shelter, but they were burned by the Japanese army the next year.
8. Victim Wang Deyong, male, then 14, Donghe Village, Donghe, Yiwu
Wang Yinjiao, a family member of the victim, now lives at Room 502, No. 31, Yatang Street, Jinhua. After Yiwu fell, the Japanese army implemented the inhuman germ warfare in our county following the Three Alls policy. At that time, my village suffered a plague of mice. My older brother took the poison by mistake. He felt uncomfortable after dinner, then suffered from a headache, fever and diarrhea and died 2 hours later.
9. Victim Wang Yinjuan, female, then 12, Donghe Village, Donghe, Yiwu
Wang Yinjiao, a family member of the victim, now lives at Room 502, No. 31, Yatang Street, Jinhua. In lunar June 1942 after Yiwu fell, the Japanese army put down bacterial poisons in Yiwu. My young and innocent older sister took the poison by mistake. She felt extremely uncomfortable after dinner, then suffered from a headache, fever and diarrhea and died soon later.
10. Victim Wang Deyan, male, then 4, Donghe Village, Donghe, Yiwu
Wang Yinjiao, a family member of the victim, now lives at Room 502, No. 31, Yatang Street, Jinhua. After Yiwu fell, the Japanese army put down bacterial poisons in Yiwu in lunar June 1942. At that time, my village suffered a plague of mice. My younger brother had poor resistance to plague due to a young age, soon caught the plague and died the next day.
11. Victim Wang Xiaodi, male, then 1, Donghe Village, Donghe, Yiwu
Wang Yinjiao, a family member of the victim, now lives at Room 502, No. 31, Yatang Street, Jinhua. After Yiwu fell, the Japanese army put down bacterial poisons in Yiwu in lunar June 1942. At that time, my village suffered a plague of mice. My youngest brother caught the plague and died the next day despite treatment.
12. Wang Yinjiao family’s 4 buildings and all furniture, medicinal materials, facilities and 5 suitcases of clothes and cloth, etc. in them were burned by the Japanese army. The loss is estimated at about RMB 100,000.
13. Victim Chen Youfu, male, then 44. Chenwu Village, Lipu
Chen Qilong, a family member of the victim, now lives at No. 13, Beishan Road, Wucheng. In August 1944 after Jinhua fell, the Japanese army would capture men every day and sent them to build railways from Jinhua to Wuyi so they can obtain strategic supplies-fluoride Stone in Wuyi. One day, the Japanese army (garrison) asked a traitor to send my father to their base where they told him to send more men to build the Jinhua-Wuyi railway. When my father expressed difficulty in completing the task, the Japanese officer immediately beat him hard and tortured him with a tiger bench. My father lost consciousness and fell into a coma. The officer poured cold water on my father and then beat him dead.
14. Victim Fang Xingyun, male, then 70, Huangyuan Village, Bailongqiao
On lunar April 28, 1942 after Jinhua fell, the Japanese army entered Huangyuan Village to capture men and rape women. My grandfather, who was quite scared, escaped to Huangji Mountain near the village. Unfortunately, the Japanese army saw him and shot him in the leg. My grandfather bled excessively and died on the spot.
15. Victim Zheng Huasi, male, then 48, Tashuiqiao Village, Bailongqiao
At 3 p.m. on lunar April 15, 1942 after Jinhua fell, the Japanese army entered my village to capture men and rape women. My father was afraid of being captured or killed, so he hid among the wild grass in front of our house. It wasn’t long before he was seen by a Japanese soldier and got shot in the leg. My father bled heavily and died not long after that due to a lack of medicine and treatment.
16. Victim Zheng Qiuyun, female, then 5, Tashuiqiao Village, Bailongqiao
On lunar August 23 after Jinhua fell, my young and innocent younger sister took poison by mistake. After dinner, she suffered from a headache, fever and diarrhea, lost consciousness at midnight and fell into a coma. She died the next day due to a lack of medicine and doctors.
17. Zheng Hongdi, male, now 60, Tashuiqiao Village, Bailongqiao
After Jinhua fell, hundreds of Japanese soldiers were stationed in Jiangshantou Village and built over 10 forts there. As they often fought with Chinese soldiers, they burned all villages and chopped off all trees in front of the forts to get a better view. Unluckily, my village was located in front of a Japanese fort. At 10 p.m. on lunar August 16, 1942, the Japanese army burned all houses of my village, including my family’s 4 buildings and all furniture, farming tools, grain and clothes in them.
18. Xu Xuexue, female, now 77, Panjia Village, Bailongqiao
At 10 p.m. on lunar August 16, 1942 after Jinhua fell, hundreds of Japanese soldiers burned my village and surrounding villages, including my family’s 12 buildings, 3 bungalows and all furniture, farming tools, grain and clothes in them.
19. Zhu Chunbiao, male, now 73, Panjia Village, Bailongqiao
At 10 p.m. on lunar August 16, 1942 after Jinhua fell, the Japanese army burned, for no reason, my family’s 4 buildings, 6 bungalows and all furniture, farming tools, grain and clothes in them.
20. Victim Zhu Changsheng, then 68, Panjia Village, Bailongqiao
On October 10, 1942 after Jinhua fell, the Japanese army entered my village to capture men. My father was unluckily captured and forced to carry supplies. The supplies were so heavy that my father couldn’t walk fast. After a while, my father stopped to take a rest. A Japanese soldier beat him in the chest and belly with the gun butt. My father was seriously injured and died the next day at home due to a lack of medicine and doctors.
21. Victim Wu Aizhen, female, then 55, Panjia Village, Bailongqiao
After Jinhua fell, the Japanese army burned all houses and chopped off all trees in front of the forts so the Chinese soldiers had no places to hide. At about 10 p.m. on lunar August 16, 1942, the Japanese army entered my village to set a fire. My frightened mother, after being beaten by a Japanese soldier with his gun, blacked out, lost consciousness and died the next day.
22. Victim Zhu Bingnai, male, then 45, Panjia Village, Bailongqiao
At 10 p.m. on lunar August 16, 1942 after Jinhua fell, the Japanese army entered my village to burn our houses. A Japanese soldier violently beat my youngest grandfather in the foot with a gun until it bled badly. His foot injury worsened with time. He became very sick (bacterial poison) the next year and died due to a lack of treatment.
23. Victim Zhu Binggen, male, then 50, Panjia Village, Bailongqiao
At 10 p.m. on lunar August 16, 1942 after Jinhua fell, hundreds of Japanese soldiers burned my village and surrounding villages, including my family’s 6 buildings, 9 bungalows and all furniture, farming tools, grain and clothes in them.
24. Zhu Yunyi, male, then 18, Panjia Village, Bailongqiao
In middle lunar May 1942 after Jinhua fell, the Japanese army secretly put down bacterial poisons in Jinhua. My uncle got very sick after taking the poison by mistake and died despite treatment.
A total of 24 victims are listed above. This is the 7th batch of victim information sent for your reference.
The form is made by Ni Yuanmao (Personal seal).
November 9, 1992
