Is the United States suspected that the Nanjing Massacre photo is true and false?Professionals go to the pawn -based appraisal

Elephant reporter Zhang Ziqi Liu Yuanyuan

On September 1st, an Owen Kyle, the owner of a pawn shop in Minnespolis in the United States, said that he had received a photo album for World War II sold by a client, saying that more than 30 of them were suspected to be the evil deeds of the Nanjing Massacre of the Nanjing Massacre. Color photos.

Picture: Evan Kyle Update Twitter

On the evening of September 2nd, local time, Kyle issued the latest response to the processing of the album on Twitter. He said that the album has been preserved and will not accept the public for the time being. At the same time, I would like to thank all the people who went to the store to express their support, and hoped to understand the people who had experienced sad experience in World War II.

On September 3rd, the staff of the Memorial Hall of the Nanjing Massacre of the Nanjing Massacre of the Japanese Invasion told Elephant Journalists that they were actively verifying the authenticity of these photos posted on the Internet. If the album was real, they should be kept in the memorial.

The owner of the pawn: the proper treatment of the album takes 1-2 months

Kyle introduced that this album comes from a customer who wants to sell. The album is the album of World War II inherited by the family. The photographer mainly shoots and records his life in China and Southeast Asia. Kyle said that these photos "never appeared in history" and "content is very cruel."

Figure: Photos in the album

It is understood that Kyle is a Jew, and he has studied Japan in college. He said that the professor had told them that most of the photos of the photos of the Nanjing Massacre were destroyed by the Japanese, leaving only a little photo. Kyle speculated that perhaps the photographers in this album photographed those crimes he had only read in the book.

Kyle has reached a consensus with customers who sold the album to save this album through regular channels for more people to understand the history of World War II. Kyle said in the latest release that there will be professional appraisers to identify the photos next week. At the same time, he will also understand the steps of transferring the album with the museum staff. "The process of properly handling the album is relatively long. It takes about 1-2 months, and you will notify all netizens at that time."

Invasion of the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall of the Nanjing Massacre:

On September 3rd, the staff of the Memorial Hall of the Nanjing Massacre of the Nanjing Massacre of the Japanese Invasion told Elephant Journalists that they had paid attention to this matter, and have been trying to get in touch with Kyle, and actively verify the authenticity of these photos. If the album is the album, It is real and should be kept in a memorial.

The staff member said that there is no latest result of identification and need to wait patiently. In addition to the Memorial Hall of the Nanjing Massacre of the Nanjing Massacre of China, some museums are trying to contact Kyle.

Earlier, the Political News Office of the Chinese Consulate General in Chicago also stated that the content of the photo is further verified and has obtained a blogger contact information to try to get in touch with it.

Similar albums appear in China: No relevant content of the Nanjing Massacre has been found yet

Figure: Zou Dehuai's photo in the album in the album

On September 2nd, Zou Dehuai, a domestic collection blogger, posted a video saying that he also had the same album. There were about 400 photos of about 400 in the album. Zou Dehuai said that most of the albums were customized by foreign officers and soldiers stationed in coastal cities that year. Many photos were purchased as souvenirs at the time, and the existence of the world was not the existence. Small.

"We thank this foreign friend for letting us understand the painful history of that year." Zou Dehuai said that through his own album and the current known information, he found that there were no photos related to the Nanjing Massacre. The photos that were suspected of being suspected to be the Nanjing Massacre should be the scene shot when Shanghai was bombed in 1937.

Zou Dehuai said that he is a special researcher at the "Nanjing Japanese Massacre History Research Association".

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