EVENT INFORMATION

13
Desèmber
1937

Japanese forces capture Nanjing and begin weeks of mass violence

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📅 13 Desèmber 1937 📍 China, Hapon

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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Nanjing residents

survivors

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Japanese soldiers

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Nanjing Safety Zone

Nanjing Municipal Archives

Japanese Imperial Army