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“The Rape of Nanking did not penetrate the world consciousness in the same manner as the Holocaust or Hiroshima because the victims themselves had remained silent.”
― Iris Chang, The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II

“In Japan censorship is practiced not only by the government when it tampers with textbooks but by the media, which police themselves.”
― Iris Chang, The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust Of World War II

“Some even tried to use opium to commit suicide, swallowing large doses as poison. Others turned to crime to support their addiction, causing a wave of banditry to sweep through Nanking. After making conditions ripe for banditry in Nanking, the Japanese used the epidemic of crimes to justify their occupation, preaching the need for imperial law and order.”
― Iris Chang, The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust Of World War II

“So sickening was the spectacle that even the Nazis in the city were horrified, one proclaiming the massacre to be the work of “bestial machinery.”
― Iris Chang, The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust Of World War II