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Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders

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The tomb-like exhibition hall, half underground, contains more than 1000 items related to the massacre, including an immense collection of pictures, objects, charts, and photographs. Paintings, sculptures, illuminated display cabinets, multimedia screens and documentary films serve to demonstrate to
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The Nanjing Memorial Hall was built in 1985 by the Nanjing Municipal Government in memory of the three hundred thousand victims of the massacre. In 1995, it was enlarged and renovated. The memorial exhibits historical records and objects, and uses architecture, sculptures, and videos to illustrate
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Japanese soldiers were also reported to have conducted killing competitions and bayonet practice using Chinese prisoners. Approximately twenty thousand cases of rape occurred within the city during the first month of the occupation, according to the "Judgement of the International Military
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The outdoor exhibit include statues, sculptures, relief carvings, tablets, and a large wall listing the names of victims, as well as an atonement tablet and memorial walkway. The memorial walkway displays footprints of survivors, some of which were impressed as recently as 2002.
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what happened during the Nanjing Massacre. Many historical items were donated by Japanese members of a Japanese–Chinese friendship group, which also donated a garden located on the museum grounds.
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This research institute was established at the memorial hall by the Jiangsu Provincial Government on 1 March 2016. The superintendent is Xian Wen Zhang, professor of the School of History,
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The skeletal remains of massacre victims, now exhibited in a coffin-shaped display hall, were excavated from Jiangdongmen in 1985; 208 more were uncovered in 1998.
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The memorial consists of three major parts: outdoor exhibits, sheltered skeletal remains of victims, and an exhibition hall of historical documents.
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It occupies a total area of approximately twenty-eight thousand square meters, including about three thousand square meters of building floor space.
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Admission is free but require prior registration. Visitors should prepare themselves for large crowds of people at all times of day.
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Entrance of the Memorial Hall, with the official name of the hall written in Traditional Chinese calligraphy by
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On December 13, 1937, the Japanese Army occupied Nanjing (then spelt 'Nanking') – then the capital city of the
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Tribunal". Even children, the elderly, and nuns are reported to have suffered at the hands of the
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A wall at the entrance of the Memorial Hall, with the words "Victims 300,000" carved in stone
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Exhibiting the Past: Historical Memory and the Politics of Museums in Postsocialist China
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visitors the crimes committed by the Japanese military. The hall also houses a statue of
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The statue titled "Family Ruined" in front of the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall
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The Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders
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The Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders
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Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders
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Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders
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A memorial wall dedicated to 300,000 victims of the Nanjing Massacre
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Nanjing Massacre History and International Peace Research Institute
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Memorial Hall of the Victims in the Nanjing Massacre (1937-1938)
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The memorial hall is accessible within walking distance west of
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Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
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Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Jiangsu
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Qīnhuá Rìjūn Nánjīng Dàtúshā Yùnàn Tóngbāo Jìniànguǎn
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Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
the series
Nanjing Massacre
Battle of Nanking (1937)
Nanjing Safety Zone
International Committee for the Nanjing Safety Zone
Japanese war crimes
Hundred man killing contest
International Military Tribunal for the Far East
Nanjing War Crimes Tribunal
Historiography of the Nanjing Massacre
Death toll of the Nanjing Massacre
Nanjing Massacre denial
Nanjing Massacre Memorial Day
Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall
Japanese history textbook controversies
The Battle of China
Black Sun: The Nanking Massacre
City of Life and Death
Don't Cry, Nanking
The Flowers of War
John Rabe
Nanking
The Truth about Nanjing
American Goddess at the Rape of Nanking
The Good Man of Nanking

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