The Nanjing Safety Zone Gallery
View images and maps of the Nanjing safety zone.
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Meiji Period in Japan Gallery
The Meiji Period in Japan (1868-1912) included many institutional reforms attempting both to modernize as well as maintain their sovereignty. These images document efforts of modernization most evident in the military, civil government, education, and cultural institutions.
The Road to War Gallery
The images in this gallery capture significant military and political shifts that occurred in both China and Japan in the decades preceding the outbreak of war in July 1937.
December 13, 1937 Gallery
The beginning of the Nanjing Atrocities occurred with the Imperial Japanese Army’s occupation of the then capital city of China, Nanjing. These images capture the early days of the military occupation as well as offer a geographic orientation to the city confines.
The Nanjing Atrocities Gallery of Maps
View maps related to our featured collection The Nanjing Atrocities.