Date of letter:1993-04
Address of author:Shanglin County, Nanning City, Guangxi Autonomous Region
Date of event:1939
Location of event:Shanglin County, Nanning City, Guangxi Autonomous Region
Name of author:Suren Village Office
Name(s) of victim(s):People in Shizaizhuang
Type of atrocity:Other Massacres, Others（OM, OT）
Other details:In the winter of 1939, we villagers in Shizaizhuang met a massacre by the Japanese Army. 74 persons were killed, 232 houses were burned, plus other losses. We demand Japan to give compensation. Note: The envelope is missing
Demanding Damage Compensation from Japan
The Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman made a speech on March 11, 1992, “The civilian victims during the Sino-Japanese war can directly demand damage compensation from Japan.”
When answering a Japanese reporter before his visit to Japan in April 1992, General Secretary Jiang Zemin said, “The Chinese government has given up war reparations against Japan, but doesn’t restrict the civilian victims from demanding compensation from Japan.”
After Xiangxian fell in the winter of 1939 during Japan’s war of aggression against China, 74 people (including 67 males and 7 females) from Shizhaizhuang were killed by the Japanese army, and 232 houses with a total area of 3,159 square meters were burned, along with other losses (including grain, clothes, cattle, pigs, chicken and ducks, etc.). Therefore, we strongly demand compensation from Japan.
People of Shizhaizhuang, Suren, Xiangxian, Shanglin, Guangxi, China
April 1993
Villagers’ Committee of Shizhaizhuang, Xiangxian, Shanglin
(Villagers’ Committee)
The above facts are true.
Villages’ Committee of Suren
April 15, 1993
Villages’ Committee of Suren, Xiangxian, Shanglin (Seal)
The above facts are true.
April 15, 1993
People’s Government of Xiangxian, Shanglin (Government seal)
1. List of victims killed by the Japanese army
1. List of victims killed by the Japanese army
1. List of victims killed by the Japanese army
List of victims killed by the Japanese army
2. List of houses burned (bombed) by the Japanese army
2. List of houses burned (bombed) by the Japanese army
2. List of houses burned (bombed) by the Japanese army
