Nanjing Massacre survivors hold memorial rites for lost relatives

2015-12-10 21:12:08

CHINA-NANJING-NANJING MASSACRE-SURVIVORS (CN)

Zhou Zhilin, 90, survivor of the atrocious Nanjing Massacre, waters vegetable at home in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, on Dec. 6, 2015. Zhou Zhilin survived in the Nanjing Massacre when he was 12 years old. He witnessed with his father in a hideout that his uncle Zhou Lixin was killed by Japanese army. Some survivors of the Nanjing Massacre held family memorial rites for their lost relatives at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders, ahead of the national memorial day for the atrocity. At least 40 survivors of the Nanjing Massacre passed away since the January of 2014, leaving about 100 still alive. (Xinhua/Han Yuqing) 

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