Nanjing Massacre

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crime against humanity historical event massacre war crime

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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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Nanjing Massacre canonical 22
Rape of Nanking 2
Massacres in China by Imperial Japan 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf crime against humanity ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
war crime ⓘ
aftermath postwar war crimes trials ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Nanjing Massacre ⓘ
surface form: Nanking Massacre

Nanjing Massacre ⓘ
surface form: Rape of Nanjing

Nanjing Massacre ⓘ
surface form: Rape of Nanking
commanderOfPerpetrators Iwane Matsui ⓘ
Prince Asaka Yasuhiko ⓘ
commemoratedOn National Memorial Day for Nanjing Massacre Victims ⓘ
country China ⓘ
dateOfCityCapture 1937-12-13 ⓘ
documentedBy Western missionaries ⓘ
foreign diplomats ⓘ
photographic evidence ⓘ
survivor testimonies ⓘ
duration approximately six weeks ⓘ
endTime 1938-01- late ⓘ
estimatedDeathToll between 200000 and 300000 ⓘ
over 200000 ⓘ
historicalDebate denial by some Japanese nationalists ⓘ
disputes over death toll ⓘ
impact long-term tension in Sino-Japanese relations ⓘ
location Nanjing ⓘ
Nanjing ⓘ
surface form: Nanking
memorial Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders ⓘ
nationalMemorialDayDate December 13 ⓘ
partOf Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
perpetrator Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan

Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Nanjing ⓘ
recognizedAs one of the worst atrocities of World War II in Asia ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Nanjing War Crimes Tribunal ⓘ
typeOfAtrocities arson ⓘ
killing of civilians ⓘ
killing of prisoners of war ⓘ
looting ⓘ
mass executions ⓘ
mass rape ⓘ
mutilation ⓘ
torture ⓘ
victim Chinese civilians ⓘ
Chinese prisoners of war ⓘ
Chinese soldiers ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) → significantEvent → Nanjing Massacre ⓘ
Axis powers → warCrimeResponsibility → Nanjing Massacre ⓘ
Battle of Shanghai (1937) → followedBy → Nanjing Massacre ⓘ
Nanjing Massacre → alsoKnownAs → Nanjing Massacre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rape of Nanking
Nanjing Massacre → alsoKnownAs → Nanjing Massacre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rape of Nanjing
Nanjing Massacre → alsoKnownAs → Nanjing Massacre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nanking Massacre
Imperial Japanese Army → involvedIn → Nanjing Massacre ⓘ
Armed Forces of the Empire of Japan → notableEvent → Nanjing Massacre ⓘ
Battle of Nanjing → followedBy → Nanjing Massacre ⓘ
Battle of Nanjing → followedBy → Nanjing Massacre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rape of Nanking
Battle of Nanjing → relatedEvent → Nanjing Massacre ⓘ
National Memorial Day for Nanjing Massacre Victims → commemorates → Nanjing Massacre ⓘ
National Memorial Day for Nanjing Massacre Victims → associatedEvent → Nanjing Massacre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nanjing Massacre of 1937–1938
Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders → commemorates → Nanjing Massacre ⓘ
Prince Asaka Yasuhiko → notableEvent → Nanjing Massacre ⓘ
Nanjing War Crimes Tribunal → relatedEvent → Nanjing Massacre ⓘ
Matsui Iwane → eventAssociatedWith → Nanjing Massacre ⓘ
Matsui Iwane → heldResponsibleFor → Nanjing Massacre ⓘ
Japanese occupation of North China → relatedTo → Nanjing Massacre ⓘ
Japanese occupation of China → significantEvent → Nanjing Massacre ⓘ
Sook Ching massacre → relatedEvent → Nanjing Massacre ⓘ
Tang Shengzhi → associatedWithEvent → Nanjing Massacre ⓘ
Jiangdongmen area → hasHistoricalSignificance → Nanjing Massacre ⓘ
Jianye District → hasHistoricalSignificance → Nanjing Massacre ⓘ
Republican era of China → significantEvent → Nanjing Massacre ⓘ
Republican era → significantEvent → Nanjing Massacre ⓘ
World War II atrocities → includesEvent → Nanjing Massacre ⓘ
World War II atrocities → includesEvent → Nanjing Massacre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Massacres of Nanking Safety Zone refugees
World War II atrocities → includesEvent → Nanjing Massacre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Massacres in China by Imperial Japan