Survivors of Nanjing Massacre

Xinhua Published: 2017-12-13 08:00:00
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Combo photo shows portraits of survivors of the Nanjing Massacre: (from L to R, top) Ma Xiuying (95 yrs); Ma Jiwu (95 yrs); Li Sufen (deceased); Yi Cuilan (deceased); (from L to R, bottom) Lyu Jinbao (93 yrs); Xie Guiying (93 yrs); Cen Honggui (93); Gu Xiulan (93 yrs). The year 2017 marks the 80th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre, in which more than 300,000 Chinese were killed by the Japanese invaders who occupied Nanjing on Dec. 13, 1937, marking the start of six weeks of destruction, pillage, rape and slaughter in the city. There are only less than 100 living survivors of the atrocity. Reporters from Xinhua spent many years to look for the survivors of Nanjing Massacre and recorded their current lives. [Photo: Xinhua]

Combo photo shows portraits of survivors of the Nanjing Massacre:

Sun Fuxiang (deceased); Guan Guangjing (deceased); Zhu Sizi (97 yrs); Liu Tingyu (95 yrs); Chen Yulan (95 yrs); Ma Xiuying (95 yrs); Pu Yeliang (95 yrs); Ma Jiwu (95 yrs);

Li Sufen (deceased); Yi Cuilan (deceased); Li Suyun (94 yrs); Wang Yilong (94 yrs); Wang Changfa (94 yrs); Xue Yujuan (93 yrs); Lyu Jinbao (93 yrs); Chen Guangshun (93 yrs); Xie Guiying (93 yrs);

Cen Honggui (93 yrs); Gu Xiulan (93yrs); Shen Shujing (93 yrs); Zhao Jinhua (93 yrs); Chen Guixiang (92 yrs); Li Gaoshan (92 yrs); Yang Cuiying (92 yrs); Wang Xiuying (92 yrs);

Chen Wenying (92 yrs); Zhou Zhilin (92 yrs); Cai Lihua (91 yrs); Wei Guiru (91 yrs); Yi Lanying (91 yrs); Zhang Xiuhong (deceased); Shi Xiuying (91 yrs); Li Meilan (90 yrs); Ge Daorong (90 yrs);

Ma Shuqin (90 yrs); Ma Yuehua (90 yrs); Li Changfu (90 yrs); Lin Yuhong (deceased); Yu Changxiang (90 yrs); Zhang Fuzhi (deceased); Jin Maozhi (89 yrs); Chang Zhiqiang (89 yrs);

Zheng Jinyang (89 yrs); Wan Xiuying (89 yrs); Ai Yiying (89 yrs); Xiang Yuansong (89 yrs); Zhu Weiping (89 yrs); Zhu Xiuying (89 yrs); Shen Guiying (89 yrs); He Xiaohe (88 yrs); Chen Suhua (88 yrs);

Xia Shuqin (88 yrs); Yang Jingqiu (88 yrs); Zhang Huixia (88 yrs); Zhou Xiangping (88 yrs); Zhang Lanying (88 yrs); Jiang Shuzhen (88 yrs); Qiu Xiuying (87 yrs); Xu Deming (87 yrs);

Liu Guixiang (87 yrs); Wang Cuiying (86 yrs); Yao Xiuying (86 yrs); Wang Jin (86 yrs); Xiong Shulan (86 yrs); Liu Suzhen (86 yrs); Pan Qiaoying (86 yrs); Guo Xiulan (85 yrs); Zhu Zaiqiang (85 yrs);

Chen Deshou (85 yrs); Wang Zihua (85 yrs); Cheng Fubao (84 yrs); Lu Hongcai (84 yrs); Gao Ruqin (83 yrs); Ma Tinglu (83 yrs); She Ziqing (deceased); Yuan Guilong (83 yrs);

Liu Minsheng (83 yrs); Tang Fulong (82 yrs); Liu Xingming (82 yrs); Wang Suming (82 yrs); Cheng Wenying (81 yrs); Ma Tingbao (81 yrs); Tao Chengyi (81 yrs); Fu Zhaozeng (81 yrs); Ruan Dingdong (80 yrs).

The year 2017 marks the 80th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre, in which more than 300,000 Chinese were killed by the Japanese invaders who occupied Nanjing on Dec. 13, 1937, marking the start of six weeks of destruction, pillage, rape and slaughter in the city.

There are only less than 100 living survivors of the atrocity. Reporters from Xinhua spent many years to look for the survivors of Nanjing Massacre and recorded their current lives.

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