Cities of Peace

When Nanjing meets Madrid: a meeting of peaceful visions

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木曜日, 11月 2, 2023

In that year, Durango and Guernica in Spain suffered devastating attacks by the Nazi German, while Nanjing in China faced "indiscriminate bombings" by the Japanese army.

Key Points: 
  • In that year, Durango and Guernica in Spain suffered devastating attacks by the Nazi German, while Nanjing in China faced "indiscriminate bombings" by the Japanese army.
  • On December 13 of 1937, the Japanese army occupied Nanjing, committing atrocities including a six-week massacre, looting, sexual violence, and destruction.
  • The killing competition carried out by the Japanese army in Nanjing was exposed to the world by Spain's "El Diluvio" newspaper.
  • On October 9, 2015, the Nanjing Massacre Archives were included in the UNESCO Memory of the World.