Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall Overview
Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall Overview:
The Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre (1937-1938) is located on one of the sites where actual human bones from the victims themselves were excavated. It is the biggest official memorial place of the Nanjing Massacre, also known as "The Rape of Nanjing".
Upon entering the hall, visitors will see a big bell with an inscription urging people not to forget history. Further along inside, a path of bronze footprints representing 222 witnesses of the tragedy stretches in front of visitors. A building named "wan ren keng", which means pit of ten thousand corpses, houses the skeletons excavated at Jiangdong Gate. In the Exhibition Room and Movie Room numerous pictures, audio recordings, and videos document the massacre. In the Reading Room, there are archives and other materials related to the Nanjing Massacre.
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