Nanjing Massacre survivors hold memorial rites for lost relatives

2015-12-10 21:12:08

CHINA-NANJING-NANJING MASSACRE-SURVIVORS (CN)

Photo taken on Dec. 6, 2015 shows the names of some victims at the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, one of them is Ai Renyin, uncle of Ai Riying, 87, survivor of the atrocious Nanjing Massacre. Ai Yiying survived in the Nanjing Massacre when she was 9 years old. She witnessed in a hideout that her father Ai Renyin, her uncles Ai Renbing and Ai Renlin, her cousin Ai Yisheng were forced away and killed by Japanese army. Some survivors of the Nanjing Massacre held family memorial rites for their lost relatives at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in the Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders, ahead of the national memorial day for the atrocity. At least 40 survivors of the Nanjing Massacre passed away since the January of 2014, leaving about 100 still alive. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

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