Japanese invasion veterans apologize: they persecuted 33 Chinese women, and all their children and grandchildren died unexpectedly in their later years
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The outbreak of World War II will be very sad for the whole world. This global war has brought untold sorrow and tragedy to people all over the world. Because of the war, how many families are surrounded by walls, and their relatives are separated by yin and yang. Therefore, when the war has passed, it has constantly reminded the world to always remember the suffering of war and cherish peace.
As everyone knows, Japan committed numerous crimes during the war of aggression against China. To this day, however, some Japanese people have always refused to face history and facts squarely, and have no choice but to ignore and defend the heinous crimes committed by those war criminals who invaded China. Fortunately, not all Japanese will do this, and there are also Japanese people who are willing to face up to history and facts, and know how to use practical actions to atone for the sins of those Japanese troops who invaded China. But among these people, there is one person who is more special. Because he is not atoning for the sins of others, but atoning for himself - after enlisting in the army, he brutalized the Chinese people, but in his later years, he came to apologize for the death of his children and grandchildren.
1. Born in poverty, he was conscripted into the army in order to have enough to eat.
The Japanese man, Akaken Kashiwakura, was born into a very poor family in Japan. It is said that in the early years, the family often felt worried because they did not have enough to eat. It wasn't until one day that he learned that the state was encouraging men to enlist in the army that he and his family saw hope for life. Originally, he thought that as long as he enlisted in the army, he would be able to live a life of being fed, clothed and enjoyed, and he would no longer have to live a life of worrying about the days when there was no rice to cook. However, after he and his brother really responded to the call of the country to enlist in the army, they found that everything was not as simple and beautiful as they thought.
Second, after becoming a soldier, he received a militaristic ideological education, and he began to gradually become a tool for killing.
When they first entered the army, they were forced to receive a militaristic ideological education. Later, after receiving this kind of ideological education, he soon became a killing tool who only knew how to kill people. Then, after being sent to China, he frantically and his comrades-in-arms carried out wanton torture against the defenseless Chinese people. Especially when they meet Chinese women, no matter what state the other person is in at the time, they will also behave badly towards them. Even babies who are still swaddling are not allowed to let go. And throughout the process, he never thought he was doing anything like a beast.
3. After the defeat, he woke up and wrote memoirs to repent while living the life of an ordinary person.
Fortunately, Japan was later defeated, and he was imprisoned as a prisoner of war in Taiyuan. It was only at this time that he suddenly woke up to the fact that what he had done before was simply too frustrating. He was then released for good behaviour and returned home. Even if he was able to get married and have children in China later, he was still full of guilt and couldn't live the life that a normal person should live. So, in order to repent of his mistakes, he wrote a memoir while living the life of an ordinary person. And in this memoir, he details the crimes he committed in China and the fact that he had brutalized 33 Chinese women.
Fourth, I thought that I could be forgiven if I kept repenting, but I didn't think that I would suffer the misfortune of losing my children and grandchildren in my old age.
Akaken Kashimakura once naively thought that as long as he actively repented, he would be able to live a normal life and would no longer be affected by the crimes he had committed. However, what he didn't expect was that for a long time after marriage, he would not only have nightmares about his murder and the tragic death of the Chinese he killed. And in his later years, he was attacked by the bad luck of losing his children and grandchildren. So, it wasn't until this time that he understood that good and evil will be rewarded after all, not that they will not be rewarded, but that the time has not yet come.
Fifth, in order to seek liberation, he went to China to apologize, and left his last words before he died to scatter his ashes in China.
Originally, Chijian Baicang thought that even if he would get retribution for his mistakes, he should be retributed on his own. As a result, it didn't work out, but in the end, this retribution was repaid to his children and grandchildren, which really made him feel devastated. So he began to do more profound reflection, thinking about what kind of methods he could use to atone for his sins in the next time. Later, after thinking about it for a while, he finally made up his mind -- to go to China in person to kneel down and apologize! Then he left his last words, expressing his hope that his ashes would be scattered on Chinese soil. Then by allowing the Chinese to trample on his ashes, the most complete atonement can be truly achieved.
Epilogue:
Although the crimes committed by Chijian Baicang are too numerous to mention, it is not an exaggeration to suffer no matter how great and more retribution he has suffered. However, compared with those war criminals and people in Japan who did not admit their mistakes, it is extremely rare for him to show remorse for what he did back then and atone for his sins with practical actions in his lifetime. As the saying goes, justice is in people's hearts, especially to those who have made mistakes. Of course, at this time, he deserves to be forgiven, and perhaps only those victims have more say. What we can do is to remember history and prevent the tragedy that happened to our compatriots in that era from happening again to ourselves and our children and grandchildren.