Tang Fulong, a survivor of the Nanjing Massacre, passed away at the age of 90 on Thursday, reducing the number of living registered survivors to 24, the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders said on Saturday.
Xiong Shulan, a survivor of the Nanjing Massacre in east China, passed away at the age of 94 on Saturday, reducing the number of living registered survivors to 25, the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders said on Monday.
China's Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders has acquired the complete personnel roster of Unit 1644, a Japanese germ-warfare unit during World War II (WWII), according to the hall in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province.
Xie Guiying, a survivor of the Nanjing Massacre in east China born in September 1924, passed away on Thursday, reducing the number of living registered survivors to 26, according to the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders.
Liu Guixiang, a survivor of the Nanjing Massacre in east China born in July 1930, passed away on Friday, reducing the number of living registered survivors to 27, said the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders.
A "lights out" mourning ceremony for four survivors of the Nanjing Massacre who passed away this year was held Tuesday in Nanjing.
Two survivors of the Nanjing Massacre passed away on Saturday, bringing the number of living registered survivors to 28, according to the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders on Sunday.
Wu Xiuying, who survived the Nanjing Massacre, passed away on Friday at the age of 92, bringing the number of living registered survivors to 30, said the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders.
In a solemn display of remembrance, the people of Nanjing observed a moment of silence as sirens resonated throughout the city on Friday, marking China's national memorial ceremony to mourn the 300,000 victims of the Nanjing Massacre.
On Dec. 13, 1937, Japanese troops captured China's Nanjing, unleashing six weeks of devastation that claimed the lives of an estimated 300,000 civilians and unarmed soldiers. Today, survivors and young generations are preserving the history of the catastrophe.