Foreign netizens said that the Nanjing Massacre color photos were discovered more details!

"I want the museum to take over these photos instead of a private buyer, because they are priceless. I know that this is right." At 1 am on September 2, Beijing time, in the boss of the pawn shop owner in Minnesota, USA In an interview with Modern Express reporters, Evan Kail expressed his biggest wish.

Earlier, he posted a video on Tiktok that he received a photo album that required to be stored in the World War II, which contained more than 30 photos of the Japanese invasion of the Japanese army, hoping to have regular channels to contact him to save these photos. The video has attracted great attention from netizens at home and abroad.

Reporter: How did you get this album? Can you share more details to us?

EVAN: I have a store in Minnesota, USA to do gold and silver products trade business, which includes collectibles. I am a social media person. I have my own channel on YouTube. One of the projects is to buy objects that others want to change.

A few weeks ago, a customer found me and told me that he had this album of this World War II. I wanted to share it with me. See if I can help them find the buyer.

I used to pass the business of old photos before, but before I got these photos on Monday (August 30, Beijing time), I didn't imagine what I would see. After I got it, I opened it and read it carefully. This is a very rich book with hundreds of photos that are very good. The photographer is very talented, and of course there are good camera blessings. These people are here. I think they may be stationed in Southeast Asia and China. It seems that they are about in 1937 or early 1938.

The front part of the photo is some living scenarios. It should be before the Japanese caused the war. The latter part is in Nanjing or Shanghai. People, as well as corpses on the street. I was really angry after seeing it. There are about 30 photos of such photos. Among them, many photos of Japanese army riding training are really incredible photos. After I saw it, I knew what the scenes of these photos depicted, because I mainly studied Japan at school, and my professor told me that only very few photos at that time were left. Then I want to know if the seller knows how rare these photos are, because these photos are very straightforward.

So ... yes, I stayed for a few days. I'm not sure what I want to do, but I recorded this video a few days later. Because I want the museum to take over these photos, not a private buyer, because they are priceless. Therefore, I want to find a suitable museum, so that the only way to get the attention is to make this video to speak, but I did not expect that this incident would become as great as it is now.

Reporter: Monday (August 30, Beijing time) You got this photography collection. What did you record this video on Wednesday (September 1, Beijing time)?

Evan: Because I know that this may cause a great response and cause a lot of controversy. Many people ask me a lot of problems. I'm not sure what to do, so I have to think about it. I also had insomnia for two nights, which also troubled me. And I am not a person who is easy to be left or right. I think carefully what to do and how to do it. I don't want anyone to affect my decision. So I waited for two days before it was announced, and I was also glad that I did it.

Reporter: You said you want to give this book to the museum, so have you tried to contact some research institutes or museums?

Evan: I just entered my shop a half hours ago, and I found that this matter became an explosive thing. From 3 am this morning, many people are contacting me. I want to communicate with many people. I think I have a lot of things to do today. I will contact a suitable museum through these channels, but I have to say that I have never encountered such things, although I have been active in social media for many years.

Reporter: Do you know the Memorial Hall of the November Massacre of the Nanjing Massacre of the Japanese Invasion?

Evan: I know, maybe they have contacted me before. In fact, I answered 7 calls before you, all of which were from China. To be honest, I was a little overwhelmed.

But I know that doing this is right, because this thing should not be owned by private persons. I now back up all the photos and put it in a safe place. I am looking for someone who can identify its authenticity, but I believe these photos are real. I am a person who deal with old objects. I have no reason to think that what this person sent me is fake.

The seller did not tell me what unforgettable memories when getting the album, which is his father's everything. His father had been a soldier for 30 years, and his father liked to take pictures and recorded them one by one. He used to work for an old woman who lost her husband and was a photo of the old woman's husband. The old woman gave him the album as a remuneration, and then this album has been preserved in the seller's house for nearly 30 years. The seller did not realize what it was. Then he gave me it. I saw it and knew what probably it was probably what it was. It's right.

Reporter: Are 30 photos about the Nanjing Massacre?Does it include photos elsewhere?EVAN: These photos are indeed not all about the Nanjing Massacre. It includes Shanghai and the entire Southeast Asia, and most of the photos are landscape photos. I feel that the person has been taking the scenery there.

Reporter: I heard that you want to update these to YouTube?

EVAN: I think I should update related videos on YouTube next week, and I will keep updating on Douyin and other platforms.

Source: Modern Express, Chinanews.com

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