China News Service, Nanjing, February 9th (Xu Shanshan) The Memorial Hall of the Victims in the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders reported on the 9th that Zhang Huixia, a survivor of the Nanjing Massacre, died in the early morning of the same day at the age of 94.

At present, there are only 44 survivors registered in the Nanjing Aid Association for the Victims of the Japanese Invasion of China.

　　In 1937, 8-year-old Zhang Huixia lived with her family at No. 47, Sanfang Lane, Changle Road.

After the fall of Nanjing, the family fled to a refugee camp for refuge.

　　Zhang Huixia once recalled that at noon on December 14, many Japanese soldiers came near the refugee area. They pointed their guns at them and pushed away their father, uncle and four or five men nearby.

While chasing her, she cried, "Father, uncle, don't leave..." A Japanese soldier stopped her with a gun.

　　Zhang Huixia hurried to the refugee area to find her family and told them the situation.

Granny leaned on a walking stick and took Zhang Huixia to Zhujiang Road and Hankou Road to look for her.

Zhang Huixia once said sadly: "The road is full of dead bodies. There are men and women, some lying on their stomachs, and some lying on their backs. Grandma is looking for each one of the dead with her hands on the head. We, young and old, cried and searched for them all the time. I searched for Tianhe but couldn't find it. In this way, my 29-year-old father and 27-year-old uncle are nowhere to be found."

　　For many years, the scene of her father and uncle being escorted away has always been frozen in Zhang Huixia's mind.

She once confided in her heart: "I feel uncomfortable, I just watched them helplessly, and they never came back."

　　In 2016, Zhang Huixia, who had inconvenient legs and feet, insisted on coming to the wall of the victims list at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in the Nanjing Massacre by the Japanese Invaders to participate in the sacrifice activities for the families of the victims of the Nanjing Massacre.

There are engraved with the names of her relatives.

It was only a few meters from the seat to the "Wailing Wall", and Zhang Huixia walked tremblingly for a long time with the support of her son.

When he finally found the names of his relatives on the wall, the old man clasped his hands together and mourned endlessly.

　　2023 is the 86th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre.

The survivors of the Nanjing Massacre are the witnesses and living witnesses of the history of the Nanjing Massacre.

They are all octogenarians now, fading with the passage of time.

Since the beginning of this year, six survivors have passed away, namely Ma Tinglu, Guo Linda, Li Meilan, Ge Daorong, Zhou Xiangping, and Zhang Huixia.

　　Nanjing's oral history rescue work for survivors is also a race against time.

The Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders has a large collection of oral texts, pictures, videos and other historical materials.

At present, the oral recording work of survivors of the Nanjing Massacre has become normalized, institutionalized, technological, and digital.

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