One of the most infuriating aspects of the massacre was that it did not seem to matter in the least whether the Chinese went down fighting or surrendered without struggle-they ended up raped, maimed, or dead anyway.Iris Chang
It is not enough for us to say, 'I'm sorry' and then just enjoy the fruits of their sacrifice.Iris Chang
Some were mowed down by shrapnel, others torn to ribbons by shrapnel or pinned under the bodies of those who had been slain on top of them.Iris Chang
If statistics are cold and impersonal, the diary entries from the massacre are not.Iris Chang
I know not where to end. Never I have heard or read such brutality. Rape! Rape! Rape! We estimate at least 1,000 cases a night, and many by day. In case of resistance or anything that seems like disapproval, there is a bayonet stab or a bullet....American Missionary
Rape was used as a weapon of war, a way to inflict moral as well as physical destruction.Iris Chang
The final body count of that December-to-January massacre has been denied and debated, but the truth probably lies somewhere between 200,000 and 300,000.Iris Chang
The letters that the Japanese soldiers sent from China to their families were filled with joy-sparkling accounts of the celebration of slaughter and plunder.Iris Chang
Everything I did was for the sake of Japan. I was prepared to sacrifice myself for the country.Japanese Soldier
When you know that your time is close at hand maybe then you'll begin to understand life down here is just a strange illusion.Iris Chang