I A STD 33 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Iwane Matsui, Japanese War Crimes, Arson

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Japanese took nanjing in dec. 13 1937. 6 weeks of theft, arson, rape, and murder of civilians. 2 convicted of crimes of related to nanjing. General iwane matsui disregarded their legal duty- war crimes. Koki hirota- war minister- participating in the formulation of a common plan or conspiracy. Waging war of aggression and planning the violence. These 2, and other 5 class-a warrior were sent to death. Japanese themselves were divided on how the saw it. Denials of japanese, accusations of fabrication , along lines of holocaust deniers. Some want japan-centered perspective in historical education. Japanese who exposed war crimes called masochistic . China also used history for their own objectives. Based on need for common historical understanding. Take into account both particular and universal perspectives. Integrate factual truths of historian"s narrative and contingent truths of victim"s memory. Historical understanding changes, so revise earlier assumptions and hypotheses in the face, credible evidence.

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