Dialogue collection bloggers: There is a photo album with the same model of the "Nanjing Massacre color photo" and the public part that has been disclosed should be that Shanghai was bombed

Elephant News reporter Zhang Ziqi

A pawn shop owner in the United States said that he had received suspected color albums related to the Nanjing Massacre. On September 3rd, Zou Dehuai, a domestic collection blogger, said in an interview with Elephant Journalists that he had the same album on hand, including about 400 photos of World War II, most of which were the same as the owner of the American shopkeeper. of.

Zou Dehuai said that the photos in his album at hand and the current public photos in the American shop owner's album have not been found related content of the Nanjing Massacre for the time being. "Some netizens suspected that they were photos of the Nanjing Massacre, which should be the scene when Shanghai's first company was bombed in 1937."

Zou Dehuai also said that the album he had collected was received from a private collector in Oregon on July 26, 2016. The owner of the album is SEIBOLD, a sailor of the Luzon artillery ship.

Elephant News previously reported that on September 1, Evan Kyle, the owner of the pawn shop owner of the Mingni Bolis city in the United States, claimed to receive a photo album during World War II sold by a client, saying that more than 30 of them were suspected to be the Nanjing Massacre. Colorful photos of Japanese bad deeds. After he announced some photos, it has aroused widespread attention and discussion at home and abroad.

The staff of the Japanese Massacre Memorial Hall of the Nanjing Massacre of the Japanese Army told Elephant Journalists that they are actively verifying the authenticity of these photos posted on the Internet. If the album is real, they should strive to save them in the memorial.

The following is a dialogue between Elephant News and Zou Dehuai:

Elephant News: How do you collect this album?

Zou Dehuai: I have been engaged in the collection of some old anti -Japanese photos since 2015. In 2016, in a private collector in Oregon, I saw this album with more than 400 photos, all related to China. Because the owner of this photo album was the sailor of the Luzon gunship, and the Luzon artillery ship was patrolled in the Yangtze River Basin at the time, so it was photos of Sichuan, Chongqing, Nanjing, and Shanghai.

Elephant News: How did you feel when you saw the album?

Zou Dehuai: I was shocked at the time. In the preview map, I saw many old photos in Sichuan in the album, and some photos of the Songhu battle and the Japanese bombing Nanjing. When I saw these photos, I felt very distressed. Later, I contacted the owner's collection. It's down.

Elephant News: You mentioned that these photos may not be small. Is this album common in the past?

Zou Dehuai: At that time, street vendors and photography halls in many places would print out some old photos of local customs folk customs, historical events, and celebrities. Because not everyone had a camera at that time to record what they saw, so the US Navy bought these photos to collect these photos along the way, similar to postcards.

Elephant News: Is this album you collected exactly the same as the owner of the American pawn shop?

Zou Dehuai: In fact, the two albums are not exactly the same. Their cover is the same, but the photos are somewhat different. This album may be a private album customized by local manufacturers. Some styles may be selected at the time. The two of them chose the same style.

As far as I know, the original owners of these two albums are the U.S. Navy and customize the same album. The cover of this album is leather, with two dragons on it, and the pagoda of Shanghai Longhua Temple and the pattern of Chinese sailing. The production is more delicate. If you carefully compare the photos inside, you can probably speculate that the album in the owner of the American pawn shop should be collected by the sailor of the US Navy's naval ships, because there are also content in Vietnam's sea defense, Malaysia and other content, which can be explained that he was at the time where he was at the time. The routes are global. And my book is only concentrated in the Yangtze River field, which can reflect the differences between the two people from the photos.

Elephant News: Is the photo of cruel content in the album related to the Nanjing Massacre?

Zou Dehuai: Through my album and currently known information, no photos related to the Nanjing Massacre in the album have not been found for the time being. The photo of the American Code Store Store Owner's album labeled "Hello on Nanking Road" did not happen in Nanjing, but a tragedy in Shanghai in 1937. Perhaps because of the relationship of language, misunderstandings have occurred. On August 23, 1937, the Japanese invading Japanese army dropped a bomb on the company on Nanjing Road, Shanghai, and killed 215 pedestrians and injured 570 people. There is a full page of photos of the tragedy in the album. Among them, there are not only scenes of the bombing of the broken wall, but also a photo of the soldiers who transport the corpse.

Elephant News: What do you want to say about this incident?

Zou Dehuai: I think that although there is no photo of the Nanjing Massacre in the album of the American dwelling shop owner, the video he made has been hot all the way, letting millions of foreigners know the existence of the tragedy of the Nanjing Massacre Essence The tragedy of the Nanjing Massacre has never been lacking in evidence. What is lacking is the recognition of the initiator and the attention of the international community. I think this meaning is enough.

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