EVENT INFORMATION

13
December
1937

Japanese forces capture Nanjing and begin weeks of mass violence

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📅 13 December 1937 📍 China, Japan

After taking Nanjing, Japanese troops carried out mass killings, sexual violence, looting, and destruction. The Nanjing city archives preserve investigation files, residents' petitions, burial records, relief reports, and survivor testimony; the USC Shoah Foundation holds 102 survivor interviews in Mandarin. The violence affected civilians and prisoners, and its scale remains part of ongoing historical memory and justice debates.

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Personen in deze gebeurtenis

Nanjing residents

survivors

John Rabe

Japanese soldiers

Organisaties in dit Evenement

Nanjing Safety Zone

Nanjing Municipal Archives

Japanese Imperial Army