(source info-Gail Wang)
This year is the 70th anniversary of Nanking massacre, one of the darkest events during WWII. Some say it is a forgotten holocaust. These two words should never be put together. 300,000 civilians (men, women, children) were slaughtered by Japanese army when it invaded Nanking (Nanjing) on December 13th, 1937. Nanking was China's capital city at the time.
It was only one of many massacres Japanese army committed toward Chinese people during its invasion and occupation of China from 1931 to 1945. China suffered over a thousand million civilian casualty. Yet they are forgotten by most of the world. Many sources (eg. Britannica) do not list this number, or list it as N/A!
Come attend an event to commemorate the victims of this terrible toll of the war. The documentary film "NANKING" will be presented at this event and the producer Ted Leonsis and the parents of Iris Chang, late author of "Nanking", will be the special guests. The event will be held on Nov. 9th at Back Bay Events Center, formally the John Hancock Hall.
For more detail, please see http://www.nanking1937.com, to print a flyer, please click http://nanking1937.com/doc/
Nanking should be forgotten no more. Please help us spread the word.
Some background about the film:
Ted Leonsis who is the former vice chairman of the AOL, inspired by the late Iris Chang and her book "Rape of Nanking", decided to finance and produce the Film NANKING after an initial intensive research on the topic.
NANKING, directed by the Academy Award®-winning team of Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman ("Twin Towers"), is a powerful reminder of the heartbreaking toll of war. The film tells the story of the Japanese invasion of Nanking, China, in the early days of World War II and focuses on the efforts of a small group of unarmed Westerners who established a safety zone where more than 200,000 Chinese found refuge.
B O S T O N P R E V I E W
special guests
Ted Leonsis
the producer of Nanking
The parents of Iris Chang-the author of The Rape of Nanking
and The Yellow River Chorus
7:30 p.m. Friday November 9, 2007
(door opens at 7 p.m.)
Back Bay Events Center (John Hancock Hall)
200 Berkeley Street, Boston MA 02116
ticket@nanking1937.com
$50, $15, $10 advance purchase only
(A 10% discount for group of 10 is available for $15 zones.)
For other inquiries, please send email to
info@nanking1937.com
Unless we truly understand
how these atrocities can happen,
we can't be certain that
it won't happen again.
-Iris Chang
Best essays from Iris Chang
Memorial Essay Contest 2006
Available on November 9, 2007
To order this book
ticket@nanking1937.com
Limited quantity
$10 ea. advance purchase only
pick up at the movie Preview
7 p.m.
Back Bay Events Center(John Hancock Hall)
sponsored by
World War II Asian History Society
http://www.ww2ahs.org
Asian American Cultural Foundation in Boston
http://www.aacfb.org
We sponsor the 2008 Global Alliance Study Tour to China
for qualified high school teachers with full scholarship.
Details available at this Nanking preview event.
Scheduled U. S. Premiere December 12, 2007
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A US documentary chronicling Japan's notorious 1937 invasion of the Chinese city Nanjing will open in Chinese cinemas on July 7the 70th anniversary of the War of Resistance against Japan. Director Bill Guttentag, Producer Ted Leonsis, Co-Director Dan Sturman, Producer Michael Jacobs, and Co-Producer Violet Du Feng came to Beijing Tuesday to attend the premiere of the film, then they left for Shanghai to promote the film.
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