An outdoor exhibit located in Nanjing's WWII Museum. One of the techniques throughout the museum was make objects and structures look rough to evoke emotion. The stones, shown above under the exhibit, symbolized the bones of the fallen victims.
The outside of the WWII Museum located in Nanjing. On December 13, 1937, the Japanese army occupied Nanjing (then the capital city of China). The Japanese army committed numerous atrocities, including rape, arson, looting, mass executions, and torture. Some soldiers even conducted killing competitions and bayonet practice using live Chinese prisoners. China estimates that approximately 300,000 civilians and unarmed Chinese soldiers were brutally slaughtered. The memorial exhibits historical records and objects, and uses architecture, sculptures, and videos to illustrate what happened during the Nanjing Massacre. The memorial consists of three major parts: outdoor exhibits, sheltered skeletal remains of victims, and an exhibition hall of historical documents. Felicia Escandon could not take pictures inside due to copyright, preserving the images, and most images were horrendously graphic.
The Woman of Peace, the statue located outside of Nanjing's WWII Museum.
