Urging avowed appreciation of peace and people-to-people ties among folk through the stark images compiled in a World War II photo album is the personal mission of one American man.
The people of Nanjing observed a moment of silence, and sirens were heard across the city as China held a memorial ceremony on Dec. 13 to mourn the 300,000 victims of the Nanjing Massacre.
Chinese-American Lu Zhaoning presents the historical materials to the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 26, 2023.
The number of registered survivors of the Nanjing Massacre declined to 44 on Thursday with the death of a survivor, according to the Memorial Hall for the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders.
The Nanjing Massacre took place when Japanese troops captured the then-Chinese capital on Dec. 13, 1937. Over six weeks, they killed approximately 300,000 Chinese civilians and unarmed soldiers in one of the most barbaric episodes of World War II.