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Grade 10: Japan War Crimes

The Rape of Nanking

Iris Chang

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Comfort Woman

Maria Rosa Henson

Maria Rosa Henson tells the story of her experiences as a teenager who was forced into service as a "comfort woman"--a sexual slave for Japanese troops employed in the Philippines during World War II.

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The Rape of Nanking

Iris Chang

Details the massacre that took place in December 1937 when the Japanese army overthrew the ancient city of Nanking, China, and raped, tortured, and murdered over 300,000 civilians; examining the atroc

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Legacies of the Comfort Women of World War Ii

Explores the legacy of the victims of sexual slavery imposed by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II through fourteen essays by scholars, political activists, and creative artists who have b

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Comfort Women

Yoshiaki Yoshimi

Offers a full account of sexual slavery in the Japanese military during World War II, discussing how the Japanese military and government imprisoned women in comfort stations and forced them to serve

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American Goddess at the Rape of Nanking

Hua-ling Hu

A biography of American missionary Minnie Vautrin, based on diaries she kept between 1919 and 1941, focusing on the heroic measures she took to protect ten thousand Chinese women and children from the

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American Goddess at the Rape of Nanking

Hua-ling Hu

A biography of American missionary Minnie Vautrin, based on diaries she kept between 1919 and 1941, focusing on the heroic measures she took to protect ten thousand Chinese women and children from the

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