On December 13, 1937, Nanjing fell. More than 300,000 Chinese civilians and captured soldiers were massacred. As they carried out their frenzied killings, Japanese troops also engaged in widespread rape, looting, arson, and destruction. Their cruelty and barbarity were appalling. This bloody chapter is one of the darkest pages in the history of modern civilization, a shame no Chinese person should ever forget.
This catastrophe is an everlasting source of pain for the Chinese people and a disgrace to all humanity. In a sense, its nature was even graver than the Nazis’ murder of Jews during World War II: the Holocaust was the killing of one people by a political party, while the Nanjing Massacre was the slaughter of one people by another. This should give all humanity pause for thought. Yet even today, some people in Japan flatly deny that the Nanjing Massacre happened, while others publish books and articles seeking to absolve the aggressors of responsibility.
The author personally visited nearly a hundred survivors of the Nanjing Massacre who were still alive at the time, gathering a wealth of vivid firsthand accounts. In words steeped in the blood and tears of the Chinese people, he cuts through the mists of history and presents readers with a detailed account of the event from beginning to end.
This book gave me a deeper understanding of the Nanjing Massacre. The author truly depicts that tragic history through a large number of historical facts and oral accounts of survivors. The characters in the book are vivid and their experiences left me heartbroken. This book is not only a record of history, but also a reflection on human nature. It reminds us to cherish peace and never let such a tragedy happen again.
After reading "The Nanjing Massacre (A History That Every Chinese Should Not Forget)", the coolness of the paper still lingered on my fingertips, but it felt like a hot boulder was pressing on my heart, which was so heavy that I couldn't calm down for a long time. This book does not have gorgeous rhetoric. It only uses pages of historical materials and sentences of survivors' oral narrations to clearly unfold the hell on earth in Nanjing in 1937 before my eyes, allowing me to so truly touch the pain engraved in the bones and blood of the nation. Don't forget history, we should strengthen ourselves
This book gave me a deeper understanding of the Nanjing Massacre. The author truly depicts that tragic history through a large number of historical facts and oral accounts of survivors. The characters in the book are vivid and their experiences left me heartbroken. This book is not only a record of history, but also a reflection on human nature. It reminds us to cherish peace and never let such a tragedy happen again.
After reading "The Nanjing Massacre (A History That Every Chinese Should Not Forget)", the coolness of the paper still lingered on my fingertips, but it felt like a hot boulder was pressing on my heart, which was so heavy that I couldn't calm down for a long time. This book does not have gorgeous rhetoric. It only uses pages of historical materials and sentences of survivors' oral narrations to clearly unfold the hell on earth in Nanjing in 1937 before my eyes, allowing me to so truly touch the pain engraved in the bones and blood of the nation. Don't forget history, we should strengthen ourselves