Dear Diary,
Today, the Japanese Forces entered Nanjing. The previous night, I heard loud bombs being dropped from invading Japanese Planes and I read from the village paper that the Chinese Army was retreating. This morning, the first Japanese troops came in bicycles and tanks. Many of them had a bayonet in their hands. They looked hostile and they immediately rounded up all the civilians living in the area including me. A Japanese soldier punched a man in his stomach and questioned him if there were any soldiers hiding in the vicinity. A man took my husband away and put him into a truck filled with other men as well. I thought the Japanese were just taking them away for interrogation but my neighbor revealed that they were all going to be killed. I never saw him again.
The Japanese soldiers then proceeded to wreak havoc in the small village I was living in. Women could be heard crying for help as the Japanese soldiers brutally raped and murdered them. I was afraid. I could not do anything. I managed to hide in one of the 'safety zones' where a kind family hid me in an underground conceal space. I was one of the lucky ones who were not raped. Right now, I am in the underground room writing this. I hope that help can come and the Chinese Army can fight the Japanese instead of fighting amongst themselves.
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