On December 13, 1937, the Japanese fascists occupied Nanjing, the capital of the Nationalist Government, and under the command of the fierce Japanese fascists such as Matsui Ishigen, commander of the Central China Front, and Tani Shoufu, commander of the 6th Division, the heavily armed Japanese army carried out a massacre of 6 weeks of unarmed Nanjing soldiers and civilians, killing more than 300,000 Chinese compatriots in total, known in history as the "Nanjing Massacre."
On April 26, 1947, Gu Shoufu, the executioner of the Nanjing Massacre and former commander of the 6th Division of the Japanese Invasion of China, was tried at the Shanghai Military Tribunal. However, Gu Shoufu denied it in every way and refused to acknowledge the facts of the Nanjing Massacre. Finally, in front of 16 photos full of evidence of the Bloody Massacre of the City by the Japanese Army, the old and treacherous Gu Shoufu finally lowered his head, bowed his head, accepted the righteous trial, was sentenced to capital punishment, and the undead of the compatriots who were brutally killed were finally comforted.
Gu Shoufu was put on trial
So, how are these 16 photographs of the japanese army's accumulated crimes preserved? And how did you show up in the court of trial in time?
First, the 15-year-old teenager accidentally obtained the "Nanjing Massacre" negatives and risked death to develop and preserve
In January 1938, Nanjing, which had just experienced a bloody rain, temporarily restored social order. Luo Jin, a 15-year-old apprentice, is busy nervously in the East China Photo Studio. Suddenly, a Japanese second lieutenant officer came to the photo studio and wanted to rinse two rolls of 120 "Sakura Brand" film. Under the obscenity of the Japanese second lieutenant officers, Luo Jin reluctantly took over the job.
Unexpectedly, in the process of washing, Luo Jin found that many of them were photos of the Japanese army slashing and killing Chinese soldiers and civilians and raping Chinese women, and the photos were full of blood and unbearable. The young Luo Jin immediately thought of the Nanjing Massacre that occurred not long ago, and could not help but be indignant and indignant, at the same time, he also knew that these were the evidence of the Japanese army's crimes, and perhaps they would be used in the future, so he secretly rinsed an additional copy of these negatives and quietly preserved them.
After the Japanese lieutenant took away the original photographs, Luo Jin carefully selected 16 of the photos he had secretly preserved, bound them into a small photo album, and drew a picture on the cover: a dark red heart was drawn on the left; a bayonet pierced into the heart was drawn in the middle, and the blade was dripping with blood; on the right side, a hollow art body was written in red ink, and a large question mark was drawn under the word "shame". In order to mourn the dead compatriots, Luo Jin specially tickled the heart, sharp blade and the word "shame" around the black edge.
Luo Jin
Luo Jin knew that the photos of these Japanese incriminating evidence were to be killed, so he carefully hid the album in a place that only he could find, and never mentioned it to anyone, including the owner of the East China Photo Studio.
After the slaughter of the city, Nanjing was in a mess, full of waste to be rebuilt, and the life of the photo studio was not good. In May 1940, forced to make a living, the 17-year-old Luo Jin was admitted to the communication corps directly under the guard brigade of the Wang Jingwei puppet government.
To be on the safe side, Luo Jin secretly hid the photo album under his bed, and the students in the same dormitory did not know it.
In early 1941, in order to welcome Wang Jingwei's inspection, the communication team routinely searched the cadets' dormitories. Luo Jin was in a hurry, hollowed out a hole in the corner of the hut, stuffed the album into it, and pasted it with mud.
After the search, Luo Jin secretly went to the hut to look for the photo album, but found that the album had disappeared. Frightened, Luo Jin immediately ran out of the communication team, did not dare to stay for a moment, escaped from Nanjing overnight, and ran all the way to Datian City, Fujian Province, where he lived in seclusion ever since.
Second, the 18-year-old youth picked up the photos of the "Nanjing Massacre" and risked death to relay their preservation
In 1937, the 18-year-old young Wu Xuan was admitted to the communication team directly under the guard brigade of Wang Jingwei's puppet government, and became a classmate of Luo Jin, who later entered the communication team, but the two did not have much intersection.
One morning in early 1941, because of the internal emergency, Wu Xuan was the first to rush to the hut in the backyard. When he was finished, just as he was about to return to his dormitory, he suddenly noticed that there seemed to be something in the thatch at the foot of the brick wall of the hut. When I picked it up, I found that it was an ordinary photo album bound on cardboard.
However, when Wu Xuan opened the photo album to watch, he was immediately frightened and unable to speak, and a sense of fear suddenly emerged. It turned out that this album was the precious photo album that Luo Jin had secretly preserved and was plastered with photos of the Japanese fascist "Nanjing Massacre" crime, at that time, in a hurry, Luo Jin did not look for it carefully, but did not want to be inadvertently found by his own senior Wu Xuan.
From beginning to end, 16 photographs are full of japanese fascists wielding knives to kill people, shooting people, stabbing people with guns, digging pits and burying them alive, and raping women.
Wu Xuan's heart was deeply shaken, at this moment, the hatred for Japanese fascism had risen to the extreme, the hatred of the country and the family was in front of him, and he should also do something. Thinking of this, Wu Xuan quickly tucked the photo album into his arms, pretended to be indifferent, and calmly returned to the dormitory, hiding in a place that was not easy for outsiders to know.
Although, at this time, Wu Xuan did not know who this precious photo album was? How did it fall into the grass next to the hut? Now, none of this matters, it is important to preserve these "evidences" well.
In the autumn of 1941, Wu Xuan's studies in the communications corps ended, waiting for graduation assignments. On the day of graduation, before blowing the wake-up number, Wu Xuan was the first to get up, quietly stuffed the photo album at the bottom of the small suitcase, and hurriedly left the dormitory. Fortunately, no one checked, and the photo album was smoothly taken out of the communication team by Wu Xuan.
Since then, this precious photo album has been well kept by Wu Xuan.
It wasn't until six years later that the 16 photographs, which recorded the japanese army's accumulated crimes, were brought to light.
Gu Shoufu was taken to the execution ground
Third, the evidence of the japanese fascists' accumulated crimes has finally come to light, the executioner has been sentenced to capital punishment, and the dead of the compatriots who have been brutally killed have finally been comforted
On August 15, 1945, Emperor Hirohito of Japan announced Japan's unconditional surrender, and Chinese finally won the final victory in the War of Resistance Against Japan after eight years of bloody struggle.
On November 6, 1945, the Kuomintang government established the Highest Organization for dealing with Japanese war criminals in Chongqing, the War Criminals Handling Committee, which opened the prelude to the trial of Japanese war criminals.
On February 15, 1946, the Kuomintang government established the "Military Tribunal for the Trial of War Criminals by the General Headquarters of the Chinese Army" in Nanjing, and appointed Shi Meiyu, who was known as a "Fujian talent," as its president, to be responsible for the trial of Japanese war criminals extradited by the Chinese delegation to Japan and transferred from courts throughout the country, and began the work of upholding human justice and severely punishing the culprits of the invasion of China.
On the evening of October 3, 1946, Gu Shoufu, the main culprit of the Nanjing Massacre and former commander of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army, was escorted to the "War Criminals Detention Center of the Ministry of National Defense" in Nanjing Purple Mountain.
Two days later, on August 3, the Shanghai Military Court interrogated Gu Shoufu. Unexpectedly, Gu Shoufu denied it in every way and refused to admit the facts of the Nanjing Massacre. Since the military court did not have strong evidence of the "Nanjing Massacre" of the Japanese army, the trial was temporarily deadlocked. Subsequently, Gu Shoufu was escorted from Shanghai to Nanjing.
When Wu Xuan heard the news that Gu Shoufu had been escorted to Nanjing for trial, he finally breathed a long sigh of relief.
Early the next morning, Wu Xuan took out the photo album that had been treasured for six years from under the suitcase, carefully carried it into his arms, and went straight to the Nanjing Provisional Senate at Xinjiekou...
On February 6, 1947, the "Military Tribunal for the Trial of War Criminals of the Ministry of National Defense" held a public trial of Gu Shoufu, the main criminal of the Nanjing Massacre, in the auditorium of the Huangpu Hall on Huangpu Road in Nanjing.
In front of these 16 photos full of evidence of the Bloody Massacre of the City by the Japanese Army, the old and treacherous Gu Shoufu suddenly changed his face, finally lowered his head, bowed his head and confessed, confessed his heinous crimes, and accepted a just trial.
On the morning of March 10, the "Military Tribunal for the Trial of War Criminals of the Ministry of National Defense" issued a solemn judgment on Gu Shoufu. President Shi Meiyu forcefully read out the "Original Judgment of War Criminal Gu Shoufu": In accordance with the "Hague Regulations on Land Warfare" and the "Regulations on the Trial of War Criminals," a verdict was rendered: "During the course of the battle, Gu Shoufu jointly slaughtered prisoners and non-combatants, raped, robbed, and destroyed property, and was sentenced to death."
On April 26, 1947, the end of Tanisuo arrived!
Tani was executed by firing squad
At about 10:00 a.m. on the same day, Gu Shoufu was escorted to the execution ground, knelt down facing the Zhonghua Gate, and ended his dirty and sinful life with a "bang" of a gunshot.
At present, these 16 photos recording the numerous crimes of the Japanese army are well preserved in China's Second Historical Archive, warning Chinese people not to forget history!
History should not forget two names - Luo Jin and Wu Xuan.
[Adhere to the original, do not forget the original heart, remember the history, taste life, welcome attention, common progress】