Nanjing Massacre
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The Nanjing Massacre was a six-week period of mass killing and atrocities committed by the Imperial Japanese Army against Chinese soldiers and civilians in the city of Nanjing in late 1937, and is remembered as one of the worst war crimes of the 20th century.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime against humanity
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historical event → massacre → war crime → |
| aftermath | postwar war crimes trials → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Nanjing Massacre
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surface form: "Nanking Massacre"
Nanjing Massacre →
surface form: "Rape of Nanjing"
Nanjing Massacre →
surface form: "Rape of Nanking"
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| commanderOfPerpetrators |
Iwane Matsui
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Prince Asaka Yasuhiko → |
| commemoratedOn | National Memorial Day for Nanjing Massacre Victims → |
| country | China → |
| dateOfCityCapture | 1937-12-13 → |
| documentedBy |
Western missionaries
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foreign diplomats → photographic evidence → survivor testimonies → |
| duration | approximately six weeks → |
| endTime | 1938-01- late → |
| estimatedDeathToll |
between 200000 and 300000
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over 200000 → |
| historicalDebate |
denial by some Japanese nationalists
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disputes over death toll → |
| impact | long-term tension in Sino-Japanese relations → |
| location |
Nanjing
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Nanjing →
surface form: "Nanking"
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| memorial | Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders → |
| nationalMemorialDayDate | December 13 → |
| partOf |
Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945)
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surface form: "Second Sino-Japanese War"
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| perpetrator |
Japan
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surface form: "Empire of Japan"
Imperial Japanese Army → |
| precededBy | Battle of Nanjing → |
| recognizedAs |
one of the worst atrocities of World War II in Asia
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one of the worst war crimes of the 20th century → |
| startTime | 1937-12-13 → |
| target | demilitarized safety zone in Nanjing → |
| triedAt |
International Military Tribunal for the Far East
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Nanjing War Crimes Tribunal → |
| typeOfAtrocities |
arson
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killing of civilians → killing of prisoners of war → looting → mass executions → mass rape → mutilation → torture → |
| victim |
Chinese civilians
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Chinese prisoners of war → Chinese soldiers → |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form: "Rape of Nanking"
this entity surface form: "Rape of Nanjing"
this entity surface form: "Nanking Massacre"
this entity surface form: "Nanjing Massacre of 1937–1938"
Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders
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commemorates
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Nanjing Massacre
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this entity surface form: "Rape of Nanking"