September 3 marks the 76th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. The donation ceremony for the manuscripts of Mr. Gao Wenbin, the former interpreter and secretary of the Prosecutor of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, who participated in the Tokyo trial, was held today (September 2) at the Hongkou District Archives, and Mr. Gao Wenbin's family donated 2,000 pieces (this) of Gao Wenbin's manuscripts, library materials, photographs and items used before his death to the Hongkou District Archives. The reporter learned that many of the donated manuscripts, photos and objects were debuted for the first time and were of high value to the study of the Tokyo Trial.
The picture shows the salary check sent to Gao Wenbin by the International Prosecutor's Office.
Mr. Gao Wenbin, who lived in the North Bund area of Hongkou District from childhood until his death in September 2020, graduated from the Law School of Soochow University in Shanghai in 1945. In May of the following year, he was recruited to go to Tokyo, Japan, to try Japanese war criminals, and until August 1948, when he returned to China after the trial, he participated in the Trial in Tokyo. During his time in Japan, Gao Wenbin collected strong evidence and exposed the crime of "beheading a hundred people" in the Nanjing Massacre of the Japanese army, and finally escorted the two war criminals of the Japanese army invading China back to China to Toshiaki Izumi and Noda, and sent them to Nanjing to try the Japanese war criminals military tribunal, and the two war criminals were finally brought to justice.
The picture shows Gao Wenbin's resignation letter before going to Tokyo.
The relevant person in charge of the Hongkou District Archives told reporters that among the manuscript items donated by Mr. Gao Wenbin's family, the resignation letter submitted to the military tribunal of the Shanghai First Appeasement District Headquarters where he worked was the first appearance in that year for the international military tribunal for the Far East. Gao Wenbin wrote in his letter: The Chinese procurator of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East of Japan invited a Chinese interpreter to Zhe Junshi to Shanghai, fortunately admitted to the court, and resumed the urgent order for work on the same day, so that he could not resign from all the former clerks, and pleaded for permission to resign... Overwhelmed.
The picture shows the entrance road in front of the Tokyo Military Tribunal that Gao Wenbin photographed that year.
Among the donated manuscripts are nearly a thousand photographs and photographs taken by Mr. Gao Wenbin during his time in Japan, many of which recreate the scenes of the International Military Tribunal and work life in the Far East at that time. Among them, Mr. Gao Wenbin's photograph of the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo where the judge of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East stayed in the autumn of 1946, the photograph of the entrance of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East taken in 1947, and the photograph taken in 1947 of the Third Dormitory of the Chinese Military Representative to Japan in Tokyo are all first appearances. In addition, a check sent from the International Prosecutor's Office in New York to Gao Wenbin's translation salary working in Tokyo was also found for the first time.
The picture shows the camera used by Gao Wenbin to shoot that year.
The picture shows the items donated by Gao Wenbin's family.
Gao Lan, the daughter of Mr. Gao Wenbin, told reporters at the donation site that her father had done two major things in his life, one was to participate in the Trial in Tokyo; the other was to participate in the compilation of the "Yuanzhao Anglo-American-French Dictionary", completing the largest and most complete English-Chinese- Anglo-American-French dictionary in China in history. In his later years, he actively promoted the great historical significance of the Tokyo Trials, and made it his duty to educate patriotic ideals. This time, most of his father's relics were donated to Hongkou District in the hope that while they would be well protected, they would provide historical researchers from all walks of life with real historical materials to study the Tokyo Trial. At the same time, I also hope that my father's patriotic feelings of dedication to serving the country will be passed on from generation to generation, cherish today's peaceful environment, and contribute to the prosperity and strength of the motherland and world peace.
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Source: Author: Zhou Nan Longgang