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Memorial hall receives more massacre proof
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-04-07 08:38 The Nanjing Massacre Memorial
Hall collected more historical documents that shed light on the murder of
hundreds of thousands of people in the city during the Japanese invasion to
China in World War II recently.
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Residents in
Nanjing, capital of East China's Jiangsu Province, strike the Peace Bell
installed in the city on December 12, 2003, the day before the 66th
anniversary of the Nanjing massacre, in which 300,000 people were killed
by the Japanese invaders.
[newsphoto.com.cn]
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The latest collection
of over 400 items, which include photographs, letters and videos, came from
domestic and overseas collectors. Most of them will be available to the public
for the first time.
A letter written by a Japanese soldier in 1937, records the Japanese troops'
occupation of Nanjing and the ensuing killings.
The materials collected will be shown when the new exhibition rooms open.
Zhu Chengshan, curator of Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall, said: "More than 60
years ago, these items recorded the Nanjing massacre. They have now come out to
prove history."
The documents were very valuable in countering Japan's denial of World War II
reality and its distortion of history, said Zhu.
The memorial hall launched a 540 million yuan (US$65.3 million) expansion
project to renovate the older sections and add new display
areas.
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