Memorial services have been held in Nanjing over the past week to mourn the victims of the Nanjing Massacre.
9 books were released on Monday at the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Museum to publicize the historical truth about the Nanjing Massacre and convey Chinese people’s wish for peace.
The books, with two of them in English and Japanese editions, have been distributed to universities, libraries and research institutes in the USA, Britain, Japan and some other countries.
More than 200 lawyers, college students and local residents visited the mass grave sites to publicize the city’s regulations on National Memorial Day for the Nanjing Massacre victims.
Relevant departments in Nanjing will also use the navigation software to improve the maps of the 16 mass grave sites and 2 memorial sites in Nanjing.
During the Japanese occupation of China, an estimated 30 million Chinese were killed. In the Nanking Massacre, at least 369,366 people were slaughtered and 80,000 women were raped by Japanese invasion troops.
To mourn victims of the massacre, and bring to the forefront war crimes of the Japanese army, China set December 13th as a national memorial day. More than remembering Nanjing, the date is also a reminder of the calamities of war, and Chinese people’s tenacity for peace and safeguarding human dignity.
