China News Service, Nanjing, March 1 (Xu Shanshan) The Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders on China announced on March 1 that Cai Lihua, a survivor of the Nanjing Massacre, passed away at the age of 95.
At present, there are only 70 registered survivors certified by the Nanjing Japanese Invader Victims Aid Association.
Image source: Official Weibo of the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders.
The testimony of survivors kept in the museum recorded Cai Lihua’s words: "In the winter of 1937, Japanese soldiers suddenly broke into my house. I watched the Japanese soldiers tied up my father’s hands and hung him on a wooden ladder, and cruelly shackled him with a bayonet. He was blinded by a stabbing eye, and a hole as large as an egg was made in the eye, and he was killed by several shots. His mother was also stabbed in the back with a bayonet by a Japanese soldier and shot. Fortunately, the bullet grazed the scalp. I was at the scene, hiding under the table and escaped."
2021 marks the 84th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre.
According to statistics from the memorial, Cai Lihua is the second survivor to die this year.
On January 28, Yang Cuiying, a survivor of the Nanjing Massacre, died at the age of 96.
During the Nanjing Massacre, Yang Cuiying's father, uncle and others were killed by Japanese soldiers with bayonets, and her younger brother was trampled to death.
Since then, she has become the backbone of the family, living with her blind mother, younger brother and sister.
After the news of Yang Cuiying's death was released by the memorial hall, Japanese friend Matsuoka Huan wrote in the message area: "Mother Yang Cuiying, you have a good journey along the way. Our'Ming Xinhui' condolences the survivors every year on Ching Ming Festival. Every time you wait for me, we will chat. It's been a long time. I can't forget your smile, and I am extremely sad to hear the news of your death." (End)