Mass grave in the Datong Coal Mine
The mass grave in the coal mine of Datong ( Chinese 大同 煤矿 万人坑 , Pinyin Dàtóng méikuàng wànrénkēng ) is a mass grave from the time of the Japanese occupation (1937-1945) during the Second Sino-Japanese War in the coal mine of Datong in the Shanxi province in the north China .
According to the 2005 book by historian Li Jinwen , more than 155,000 (instead of the previously estimated 60,000) workers were killed by Japanese soldiers . Starting in 1963, he interviewed hundreds of survivors and relatives of the victims and researched 8 archives that the Japanese had left behind.
The mass grave has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (6-905) since 2006 .
The artist Wang Youshen (* 1964) processed the events in the work: Washing: The Mass Grave at Datong 1941 (1995).
literature
- "Wanrenkeng" —— Zhi ji Riben junguozhuyi fan renlei zuixing ( 《“万人坑” —— 直击 日本 军国主义 反人类 罪行》 )
- Ning huoshan yuan ——— Jiekai Rikou zhizao Datong tankuangwanrenkeng heimu ( 《凝 火山 怨 ——— 揭开 日寇 制造 大同 炭 矿 万人坑 黑幕》 )
Web links
- Researcher Claims War Crimes Worse Than Thought
- Datong laoren yu jie quanguo "wanrenkeng" tiemu ( Memento from February 26, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- Datong meikuang wanrenkeng: zuixingleilei tiezhengrushan ( Memento from November 27, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- Wang Youshen ( August 8, 2001 memento in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ New book doubles death from Japanese invasion. People's Daily Online, January 19, 2005, accessed March 21, 2009 . - According to: China Daily.
- ^ Wu Hung: Making History. Wu Hung on Contemporary Art . Timezone 8 Limited, 2009, ISBN 978-988-99617-0-1 , p. 131.
Coordinates: 40 ° 1 '28.2 " N , 113 ° 7' 57.7" E