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Beijing Aug. 9 (Xinhuanet) -- An exhibition of
historical facts on Nanjing Massacre, an atrocity committed by Japanese
intruding troops more than six decades ago, is to open in the National Museum
Wednesday.
 The 20-day exhibition, themed on "patriotism, justice
and peace" at the sponsorship of the provincial government of Jiangsu, is free
to visitors.
The exhibition is held to commemorate China's victory
in the war of resistance against Japanese aggression on the occasion of the 60th
anniversary of the victory of the world's war against Fascism. Japan surrendered
on August 15, 1945.
Japanese aggressor troops occupied Nanjing, then the
national capital of China, on Dec. 13, 1937, and then launched a six-week long
massacre. Historical records showed that more than 300,000 Chinese people, not
only disarmed soldiers but also civilian victims, were massacred in the
Holocaust.
Zhu Chengshan, curator of the Memorial Hall of the
Victims in Nanjing Massacre, said at a press conference Tuesday that he hopesthe
exhibition can serve as a reminder for the people not to forget history and to
cherish peace.
Nanjing Massacre was one of the most barbarous crimes
the humankind witnessed during World War II, Zhu said.
"The massacre, which left a huge stain in the history
of human civilization, is not to be forgotten, distorted or even erased," the
curator said.
More than 600 pictures and 753 items of historical
relics will be displayed in the exhibition.
It is the first time for so many tangible evidences
of the Japanese barbarity to be displayed, Zhu said, and the exhibition marks
the debut of more than 80 percent displayed items.
Documentary films shot by both Japanese intruding
troops and foreign witnesses during the massacre will be shown in the
exhibition.
Some documents of the International Military Tribunal
for the Far East will also appear in the exhibition.
Zhu said some survivors of infamy Nanjing Massacre
will attend Tuesday's opening ceremony of the exhibition.
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