Great granddaughter of Nanjing hero remembers history with self-composed song

2019年12月16日 11:44:02 | 来源:ourjiangsu.com

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Megan Brady, great granddaughter of Richard Brady, a surgeon of the Drum Tower Hospital during the Nanjing Massacre, moved everyone at a candlelight vigil Friday evening in Nanjing with a song she composed and sang on her own. 82 years ago, her grandfather came forward to sheltered and rescued many Chinese people during the massacre.

It was midnight at Nanjing Lukou International Airport. Megan, who is 17, arrived at the airport after taking a long-haul flight from Canada with her father Steve. It took them 20 hours to complete the journey.

This is the fourth time for Megan and her father to be here for the state memorial ceremony for the Nanjing Massacre victims.

Lonely nights, Clouded and grey, the song Mercy begins like this.

Megan Brady, great granddaughter of Richard Brady

My great grandfather

Dr. Richard Brady was a physician

with the Drum Tower Hospital in Nanjing

In 1937 he and his fellow doctors

conveyed their compassion

at the risk of their own lives

That’s why I have written this song

Richard Brady works at the Drum Tower Hospital in Nanjing from 1931 to 1942.

Megan and her father visited the Drum Tower Hospital on December 10, 2019.


the pictures of Richard Brady

Peng Zhuyu, CPC secretary of the Drum Tower Hospital

In December 1937, Richard Brady sent

his wife and daughter to Hong Kong

but was prevented by the Japanese

from returning to Nanjing

It was not until in February 1938

that he got back to the Drum Tower Hospital

to help with Dr. Robert Wilson

in their efforts to shelter

and rescue the innocent Chinese people.

Steven Brady, grandson of Richard Brady

I know Dr. Qi Xiaomin

of the Drum Tower Hospital

She has been visiting Africa

once every year

which has impressed me a lot

She said she has been moved

by my grandfather’s heroic deeds

From 2017 to 2019, Megan was instructed by her father to gain a deeper understanding of the history about the Nanjing Massacre.

In 2018, Megan composed a song Mercy and was recorded on December 10 this year in Nanjing.

Li Sihan, composer of Mercy

I have grown up in Nanjing

and got used to the howling sirens

when the massacre victims

are remembered each year

Her song is very sincere

since lyrics and I applied the choir element

to make the rhythm more fashionable

so as to spread fraternity, love and peace

Megan Brady, great granddaughter of Richard Brady

This song expresses my admiration

for my great-grandfather

and my sympathy for the survivors

and victims of the Nanjing Massacre

This song is calling for peace

and a better future

This song is the utterance of my voice

In December 1937, more than 20 expatriates stayed behind in Nanjing to shelter and rescue the Chinese people during the massacre.

In 1996, John Rabe's granddaughter Mrs. Ursula Reinhardt revealed for the first time the Diaries of John Rabe in New York.

In 2015, Thomas Rabe, grandson of John Rabe, was presented the Medal for Chinese People’s Victory against Japanese Aggression.

From 2017 to 2019, Chris Magee, grandson of John Magee, visited Nanjing on six occasions to trace his grandfather’s footsteps in the ancient city.

December 13, 2019, the state memorial ceremony for the Nanjing Massacre victims

Steven Brady, grandson of Richard Brady

Nanjing is China’s first

international city of peace

which has made me aware

that we can create peace with love.

Megan, great granddaughter of Richard Brady

I think that my great-grandfather

would be proud of me and also of

the present-day Nanjing

People can draw strength from history

to embrace future peace with love

This is the voice of everyone.

  (Source:ourjiangsu.com)

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