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In 1937, the League of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland
1937年 聯合國前身
the fore-runner of the United Nations
位于瑞士日內瓦的國際聯盟
stated that 90% of the world-wide illegal opium and heroin trade
宣城 世界超過90%的非法鴉片和海洛因交易
was in the hands of the Japanese drug dealers.
經由日本人之手
Ultimately, it was the Marco Polo Bridge incident in Peking
最終 盧溝橋事件爆發
that finally started the full-scale second Sino-Japanese war
中日戰爭正式開始
which lasted from 1937 to 1945.
這場戰爭從1937年持續到1945年
During that time,
八年中
Imperial Japan's ferocious war machine not only conquered most of China,
日本帝國邪惡的戰爭機器不僅征服了大部分中國地區
but also committed some of the most atrocious war crimes in the history of mankind,
也在人類歷史上寫下了不可饒恕的戰爭罪行
such as 1937 Nanjing Massacre.
1937年的南京大屠殺便是其中的一個
The rape of Nanjing raged on for three months,
南京大屠殺持續三個月之久
with more than 300,000 civilians savagely slaughtered.
三十萬手無寸鐵的百姓死于日本人刀下
In honor of the victims,
為了紀念他們
the Nanjing Massacre Memorial was built in 1985
1985年建立了南京大屠殺紀念館
on the grounds of the massacre graves
館址正位于大屠殺遺址之一的萬人坑
with Wu Weishan sculptures
著名雕塑家吳為山的雕塑
vividly capturing the horrids at that dreadful time
生動地再現了那段恐怖的歲月
underneath these stones, rest the remains of the innocent victims.
這些石頭下 埋葬著不知多少的冤屈靈魂
