NANJING, April 12 (Xinhua) — Zheng Jinyang, a survivor of the Nanjing Massacre, died on Tuesday night on the age of 95. Her dying lowered the overall variety of registered survivors to 42, in accordance with the Memorial Hall of the Victims within the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders.
The Nanjing Massacre came about when Japanese troops captured the then-Chinese capital on Dec. 13, 1937. Over six weeks, they killed roughly 300,000 Chinese civilians and unarmed troopers in one of the vital barbaric episodes of World War II.
During the bloodbath, 5 of Zheng’s family members have been brutally killed by the Japanese troopers and her ancestral residence was burned down by the invaders.
The nice ache of shedding her family members lingered on all through the remainder of her life. “Decades have passed, but I have never forgotten,” Zheng as soon as mentioned.
In 2014, China’s prime legislature designated Dec. 13 because the nationwide memorial day for the victims of the Nanjing Massacre.