The Atrocity of the Forgotten Holocaust

"When we were bored, we had some fun killing Chinese. Buried them alive, or push them into a fire, or beat them to death with clubs, or kill them by other cruel means." Wrote in a December 15, 1937 entry to the diary of a Japanese soldier in the 23rd Regiment of the 18th Division portraying the monstrous atrocity of the Japanese occupation of Nanjing, China during World War II. It was to be called the Nanjing …

…as well as the tears shed around the world. The Japanese stole the lives of many, and at the same time killed millions of innocent people. The horrible memory of the Nanjing Massacre still lives with many of those who survived through it. With all that happened in such a short amount of time, it's a shame that the Nanjing Massacre is labeled as the forgotten holocaust--not only forgotten, but denied by the Japanese executioners.