htmlOn November 30, the Memorial Hall of Compatriots in the Nanjing Massacre of Japanese Invaders held a press conference on the 2022 new cultural relics and historical materials. A total of 453 pieces (sets) of important cultural relics and historical materials, including the "Diary in the Formation" of the Japanese invaders and photos of the 1644th Unit of Rongdi, were included in the Memorial Hall.

press conference site. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Qiu Bingqing
After expert identification, it is believed that the newly collected cultural relics and historical materials in 2022 include photos, soldier logs, physical objects, etc., which further confirmed the atrocities of the Japanese invaders, broadened the research field, deepened the understanding of the nature of Japanese militarist aggression, and had important historical materials and research value.

"Diary in the Formation" by the Japanese soldier Aini invading China. Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Fang Photo
It is worth mentioning that Japanese friend Oitahitohito once again collected 51 pieces (sets) of precious cultural relics and historical materials in Japan this year, including the "Diary in the Formation" by the Japanese soldier Aini Ai, the 11th Squadron of the 36th Infantry Regiment of the 9th Division of the Japanese invaders, the photos related to the 1644th Unit of the Japanese invaders, and the "'Nanjing Fall' Children's Education Drama Card".

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"This time, there are more than 60 photos of the Rongdi 1644 unit collected, filling the gap in historical materials, and confirming them with the heads and other evidences of the victims of the bacteria test found in Nanjing in 1998, which will help further deepen and refine bacterial warfare research." Professor from Nanjing Medical University and scholar of the history of the Nanjing Massacre Meng Guoxiang introduced that the Rongdi 1644 unit and the 731 unit in Nanjing are also notorious, but because these bacterial tests are extremely secret, the Japanese army later destroyed the relevant information, so there is very little physical information in the Rongdi 1644 unit, and the photos are even rarer.

Related photos of the Japanese invading China, the 1644th unit (reproduced photos). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Fang
Memorial Hall Cultural Relics Department Aidelin introduced that the newly collected "Diary in the Formation" of the 11th Squadron of the 36th Infantry Regiment of the 9th Division of the Japanese Invasion Army this time is an archive record of the same unit fighting at different time periods and locations, and more comprehensively reveals the facts of the Japanese invasion of China.
Since the building was established in the 1980s, the Memorial Hall of Compatriots in the Nanjing Massacre of Japanese Invaders has collected 1,216 sets of 6,318 national precious cultural relics, including first-class cultural relics ,166 sets of 384. The sources of the collection include excavation, private collection, social donations, etc.
Source: Xinhua Viewpoint
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