| Fact.1 No Westerners saw Japanese killing civilians. |
Nanking massacre is allegedly a large scale of killing civilians and it has been said many Westerners in Nanking “eye witnessed” a massacre. Yet surprisingly, “eye witnessed” doesn't mean they actually saw directly, and in fact none of so called “eyewitnesses” of massacre saw Japanese killing civilians in person. They only saw bodies whom they thought Japanese did or Japanese soldiers killing Chinese soldiers while Chinese soldiers killed many Chinese civilians even several months before the battle (executing 2000 of them as spies), right before the battle (12th a panic at North gate and river), and after the battle (trying to ) all along.
Westerners in Nanking at the time of battle
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 German / Business man |
He wrote a diary( which might have been forged later). he never saw Japanese killing civilians in person. he was a chief of Safety Zone committee, which he didn't want to be but Americans asked for it. |
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Archibald Steele  American / Journalist |
Author of 1st report of Nanking massacre, which turned out he never saw Japanese killing civilians but only jabbing those he thought were civilians. Five feet pile of dead body he described was actually made by Chinese soldiers at Yijiang Gate massacre BEFORE Japanese enterned Nankin, which Durdin knew . |
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Tilman Durdin  American / Journalist |
He wrote |
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Yates Mcdaniel  American / Journalist |
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John Magee  American / Pastor |
He confessed he only saw a single case of Japanese shooting Chinese running away at interrogation. |
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Wilson Plumer Mills  American / Pastor |
A sub chief of Safety Zone committee. He wrote about Kuomintang and praised Chiang kai-shek for protecting Christianity. |
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Miner Searle Bates  American / Pastor |
The advisor of Kuomintang. He himself never said he saw Japanese killing civilians, yet he is responsible for many sources of spreading anti-Japanese propaganda. At the time of Nanking battle, he first wrote anti-Japanese propaganda. After WW2, at Tokyo trial, he testified against Japan leading to the execution of Japanese leader at Nanking battle, Iwane Matsui. |
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Smithe  American / Pastor |
He wrote Smithe report with Bates's supervision accusing Japanese soldiers, which later was submitted at Tokyo Trial after WW2. |
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Vautrin  American / Teacher |
In her diary, she never saw Japanese killing civilians in person. She mentions Chinese soldiers killing civilians if they don't obey. She says she once saw Japanese soldiers rape woman , but it might be consensual for a money, since once she thought she was protecting girls from Japanese soldiers recruiting prostitutes, which turned out many Chinese girls went forward willingly to be prostitutes as written in John Rabe's diary. |
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George Ashmore Fitch  American / Pastor |
China born American pastor. A close friend of |
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McColum  American / Doctor |
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Paul Scharffenberg  German / diplomat |
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Westerners NOT in Nanking at the time of battle
| Photo | Name | The period of time in Nanking | Nationality | Occupation | |
| Herald Timperley | Australian | Business man | author of the book “War What means” about Nanking Massacre. | ||
¶ John Rabe
¶ Steel
American journalist who wrote the first Nanking Massacre article. It was anti-Japanese propaganda, with the title ”Japanese atrocity ”, yet writing about the 5 feet height pile of bodies , which was made BEFORE Japanese entry of Nanking. It also says “civilians were killed” while he himself only saw Japanese soldiers jabbing possibly civilian who might be one of those Chinese soldiers taking off uniforms escaping.
In fact, he has been fooling around China several years before Nanking battle, and US government requested Japanese to find him when he became missing. Japanese found him and protected him, but Japanese military saw him as a person of note.
After WW2, he was interviewed with Tokuji Kasahara, and he never said he saw Japanese killing civilians in person.