7th episode of Nanjing Massacre Archives released
《南京大屠杀档案选萃》发布第七集
China's State Archives Administration has published the transcript of a court verdict against a Japanese Major General who was involved in the Nanjing Massacre.
国家档案馆最近发布了涉嫌参与南京大屠杀一位日本少将法庭判决的供述。
Major-General Sasaki Toichi is widely recognized as having overseen some of the worst atrocities that took place under his command.
原日本少将佐佐木到一因率部进行并监督多起最惨无人道的暴行而广为人知。
According to the verdict, his unit committed atrocities of unparalleled brutality and violence.
根据法庭判决,他所在的部队是南京大屠杀中罪恶最大、最凶残的部队之一。
They included mass murder, gang rapes, beheadings, burning and burying people alive, looting and wanton destruction.
其中包括大屠杀、轮奸、斩首刑、焚烧及掩埋活人以及抢劫和肆意破坏等残暴罪行等。
His unit alone killed over 100,000 victims, one third of the total.
仅他自己的部队就残忍杀害10万多名受害者,占总人数的三分之一。
Today's publication is the latest in a series of releases by the archive, aimed at heightening awareness of the massacre, in the run-up to today's memorial events.
而今天国家档案馆公布的最新系列旨在提高今天的纪念活动中民众对于南京大屠杀的认识。