シナの実体、残虐性を隠すものであったことを
日本国民は気づくべきである。
英訳文：URL:http://www.sdh-fact.com/essay-article/854/
“Tongzhou Massacre” Series 8
Testimonial record of survivors(4)
4) The Testimonyof Ms. SASAKI Ten
This is the eighth of a series ofarticles pertaining to the Tongzhou Massacre, which has been submitted forinclusion in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register.
Ms. SASAKI Ten, from OoitaPrefecture, married a Chinese named Chen (沈) and moved toChina. She lived in Tongzhou at the time of the Incident. On the morning of July29, being drawn by murmuring (“Something odd is going on in Japanese residentialdistrict”), hiding behind the shadow of her husband, she witnessed thecrime. Returning to Japan after a divorce, she was fearful of mentioningthe Incident to anyone or that she had even lived inTongzhou
After speaking with a senior monk,Shirabe Kanga, at a Buddhist Temple, she was able to open up and speak about herexperience. A chronicle of her statements was published and authored by Shirabe,“The Emperor is Crying” (l997, published by Kyoiku-sha), with nearly 50 pages ofcommentary.
Compared to othertestimonies, Ms. Sasaki’s testimony is that of a witness, watching theatrocities as they occurred, and so, by its nature, very precious sourcematerial.
From Ms. Sasaki’sstatement:
“From the house a young [Japanese]woman was dragged out. She looked like someone’s young daughter and appeared tobe about 15 or 16 with fair skin. It was a [Chinese] student who dragged herout. And he stated found her hiding and dragged her out. The face of the younglady was hard with fear. Her body was violently shaking. The student who draggedher out had a smile on his face, as if he had just pulled out a kitten out fromhiding... [annotated 8 lines] The student suddenly threw the girl down to thepavement, then ripped off her undergarments. The young lady screamed ‘Pleasehelp me!’ It was at that moment, one Japanese man jumped out. And as if to coverher body he threw himself onto her. He was probably her father. Then a[Chinese] militia man struck the head of this man with thebutt of a rifle. A crushing sound was heard. The man’s head split open…”
Gruesome atrocities committed duringthe Tongzhou Massacre appear to be endless in Ms. Sasaki’s testimony. Whilehorrifying, Ms. Sasaki’s testimony vividly conveys heinous acts of Chinesebarbarism.
MOTEKI Hiromichi, ActingChairman
for KASE Hideaki, Chairman
Society for the Dissemination of HistoricalFact
Note: Japanese names are rendered surname first inaccordance with Japanese custom.
