There are only 39 survivors of the Nanjing Massacre, and another elderly person has passed away
On June 23rd, the Memorial Hall for the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by the Japanese Invading Army announced that the survivor of the Nanjing Massacre, Gao Hengfa, passed away on June 21st at the age of 97.
WeChat official account information map of "Memorial Hall of Victims of Nanjing Massacre of Japanese Invaders"
According to Gao Heng's recollection before the incident, "In 1937, my family lived in the West Fourth Brigade of Jinhua Village Road in Banqiao Town. We had parents, two sisters, one younger brother, and three thatched and tiled houses. Our house was close to the road, and we saw hundreds of Chinese soldiers being rushed to a nearby pond by Japanese soldiers and shot with machine guns. All Chinese soldiers were killed. Wang Jiayin's grandfather, who was in his fifties and sixties at the time, was killed by Japanese soldiers. Later, we ran to the valley to seek refuge and only returned after the situation stabilized slightly. Three of my thatched houses were burned down, and one of the neighboring Ke family's thatched houses was also burned down."
As of now, there are only 39 survivors of the Nanjing Massacre registered by the Nanjing Association for the Assistance of Japanese Victims of the Invasion of China.