SDHF Newsletter No.40: No American witnesed the Nanjing “massacre”

SDHF Newsletter No.40: No American witnesed the Nanjing “massacre”

March 2, 2012

There is a book titled “Eyewitness to Massacre: American Missionaries Bear Witness
to Japanese Atrocities in Nanjing” published by M. E. Sharpe. It is a compilation
of personal letters written by ten Americans living in Nanjing after the fall of
Nanjing to relatives. However, the book is misleadingly titled.

Mr. Matsumura comprehensively examined the letters and concluded that none of the
Americans personally witnessed the Japanese murdering, raping or looting, even
as they freely traveled around the city. The book is true evidence that “no massacre”
was committed by Japanese troops in Nanjing, in sharp contrast to its title.

Mr. Matsumura’s essay presents this fact as follows.

*Summary: https://www.sdh-fact.com/CL02_1/85_S2.pdf
*Full text: https://www.sdh-fact.com/CL02_1/85_S4.pdf

Questions are welcome.

Sincerely,

MOTEKI Hiromichi, Secretary General
for KASE Hideaki, Chairman
Society for the Dissemination of Historical Fact