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Muktir Kotha (Words of Freedom)
directed by Catherine Masud, 1963- and Tareque Masud, 1956-2011; produced by Tareque Masud, 1956-2011 and Catherine Masud, 1963-, Audiovision (Dhaka Division: Tareque Masud Memorial Trust, 2012), 1 hour 9 mins
Muktir Kotha (Words of Freedom) follows a group of projectionists who traveled throughout Bangladesh from 1996-1999, showing 'Muktir Gaan', a documentary on the '71 Bangladesh Liberation War. The film screenings prompted ordinary villagers to share their own stories of wartime suffering and resistance. Often the p...
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directed by Catherine Masud, 1963- and Tareque Masud, 1956-2011; produced by Tareque Masud, 1956-2011 and Catherine Masud, 1963-, Audiovision (Dhaka Division: Tareque Masud Memorial Trust, 2012), 1 hour 9 mins
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Muktir Kotha (Words of Freedom) follows a group of projectionists who traveled throughout Bangladesh from 1996-1999, showing 'Muktir Gaan', a documentary on the '71 Bangladesh Liberation War. The film screenings prompted ordinary villagers to share their own stories of wartime suffering and resistance. Often the projection space would be spontaneously transformed into a folk concert. Through these interactions with village audiences, the young pr...
Muktir Kotha (Words of Freedom) follows a group of projectionists who traveled throughout Bangladesh from 1996-1999, showing 'Muktir Gaan', a documentary on the '71 Bangladesh Liberation War. The film screenings prompted ordinary villagers to share their own stories of wartime suffering and resistance. Often the projection space would be spontaneously transformed into a folk concert. Through these interactions with village audiences, the young projectionist came to 'relearn' the wider history of the Liberation War, and the continuing struggle of ordinary people for a more just and democratic society.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Tareque Masud, 1956-2011, Catherine Masud, 1963-, Audiovision
Author / Creator
Catherine Masud, 1963-, Tareque Masud, 1956-2011
Date Published / Released
1999, 2012
Publisher
Tareque Masud Memorial Trust
Topic / Theme
Bangladesh Liberation War (1971), Documentary films, Atrocities, History, War victims, Bangladesh Liberation War, March 26-December 16, 1971, Sociology, The Arts, Documentation of Crimes, Bengali, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2012 Tareque Masud Memorial Trust. All Rights Reserved.
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The Nanjing Massacre: Japanese Imperialism and the Massacre in Nanjing
An English translation of a classified Chinese document on the Nanjing Massacre.
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An English translation of a classified Chinese document on the Nanjing Massacre.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
China News Digest International
Topic / Theme
Nanking Massacre (1937-1938), Mass killings, Sexual assault, Atrocities, Military occupation, Nanking Massacre, 1937-1938, History, Documentation of Crimes
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Nanjing Nightmares
directed by Guo Fangfang; produced by Murray MacDonald, Gerald B. Sperling and Chi Jinjun (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001, originally published 2000), 49 mins
The Japanese subjugation of the capital of China in 1937-38 has been called "The Rape of Nanjing" or the "Nanjing Atrocity." It is considered one of the most brutal, sadistic acts of war in modern history and caused psychological repercussions to succeeding generations of Chinese. This documentary recounts the his...
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directed by Guo Fangfang; produced by Murray MacDonald, Gerald B. Sperling and Chi Jinjun (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2001, originally published 2000), 49 mins
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The Japanese subjugation of the capital of China in 1937-38 has been called "The Rape of Nanjing" or the "Nanjing Atrocity." It is considered one of the most brutal, sadistic acts of war in modern history and caused psychological repercussions to succeeding generations of Chinese. This documentary recounts the historical events leading up to the terrifying occupation: the growth of China’s capital city, Nanjing; the expansionist ambitions of Ja...
The Japanese subjugation of the capital of China in 1937-38 has been called "The Rape of Nanjing" or the "Nanjing Atrocity." It is considered one of the most brutal, sadistic acts of war in modern history and caused psychological repercussions to succeeding generations of Chinese. This documentary recounts the historical events leading up to the terrifying occupation: the growth of China’s capital city, Nanjing; the expansionist ambitions of Japan; and the large Japanese army, intent on revenge after meeting fierce resistance by the Chinese army in the defense of Shanghai. Archival film footage depicts the full horror of the genocide in Nanjing, in which some 300,000 people were killed and 80,000 women were raped, in a one month period. These distant wartime events take on a deeper meaning when the film focuses on the effect the occupation had on one Nanjing family, the Wangs. Wang Ping recounts how his father and mother survived the war by hiding in the International Safety Zone set up by the American and German embassies. However, the terror his mother experienced during the Japanese occupation and the sadness caused by the loss of several family members, affected her so severely that she became mentally ill. Her granddaughter speaks movingly about how this depression affects her family even today. A great-grandson remembers his great-grandmother looking under the bed for "Japanese devils" every night before bedtime. The mental anguish caused by the Rape of Nanjing has lasted for sixty-four years and continues today. NOTE: This film contains graphic images of war victims. College Adult
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Murray MacDonald, Gerald B. Sperling, Chi Jinjun
Author / Creator
Guo Fangfang
Date Published / Released
2000, 2001
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Nanking Massacre (1937-1938), Invasions, Massacres, Mental illnesses, Military occupation, Refugees, Sexual assault, Soldiers, War crimes, History curriculums, War, Nanking Massacre, 1937-1938, War and Violence, History, Documentation of Crimes, Origins, World History, Japanese, Chinese, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2001. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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Nanking : Anatomy of an Atrocity
written by Masahiro Yamamoto, fl. 2000 (Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2000, originally published 2000), 368 page(s)
The December 1937 incident that has come to be known as the Rape of Nanking is, without doubt, a tragedy that will not soon be forgotten. While acknowledging that a tremendous loss of life occurred, this study challenges the current prevailing notion that the incident was a deliberate, planned effort on the part o...
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written by Masahiro Yamamoto, fl. 2000 (Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2000, originally published 2000), 368 page(s)
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The December 1937 incident that has come to be known as the Rape of Nanking is, without doubt, a tragedy that will not soon be forgotten. While acknowledging that a tremendous loss of life occurred, this study challenges the current prevailing notion that the incident was a deliberate, planned effort on the part of the Japanese military and analyzes events to produce an accurate estimate of the scale of the atrocities. Drawing on Chinese, Japanes...
The December 1937 incident that has come to be known as the Rape of Nanking is, without doubt, a tragedy that will not soon be forgotten. While acknowledging that a tremendous loss of life occurred, this study challenges the current prevailing notion that the incident was a deliberate, planned effort on the part of the Japanese military and analyzes events to produce an accurate estimate of the scale of the atrocities. Drawing on Chinese, Japanese, and English sources, Yamamoto determines that what happened at Nanking were unfortunate atrocities of conventional war with precedents in both Eastern and Western military history. He concludes that post-war events such as the war crimes trials and the impact of the Holocaust in Europe affected public opinion regarding Nanking and led to a dramatic reinterpretation of events.
The Rape of Nanking consisted of two distinct phases: the mass execution of prisoners of war (as well as conscription age men who appeared to be combatants) and the delinquent acts of individual soldiers. The first phase, which occurred immediately after Nanking's fall and which claimed most of the atrocity victims, was the result of the Japanese military's attempt to clear the city of Chinese soldiers thought to be in plain clothes. The second phase, which lasted approximately six weeks, was horrible, but resulted in a much smaller number of fatalities. It was characterized by numerous criminal acts, ranging from rape and murder to arson and theft, committed by unrestrained Japanese soldiers. The root cause for both phases was the Japanese military's bureaucratic inefficiency and command irresponsibility. While both Chinese and American contemporary sources initially attributed the incident to these causes, subsequent Japanese atrocities against both military and civilian Allied personnel during World War II and evidence presented at war crimes trials would come to reshape perceptions of the Nanking events as an Asian counterpart to the Nazi Holocaust.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Masahiro Yamamoto, fl. 2000
Date Published / Released
2000
Publisher
Praeger Publishers
Topic / Theme
Nanking Massacre (1937-1938), War, Soldiers, Sexual assault, Atrocities, Massacres, Second Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945, Nanking Massacre, 1937-1938, Diplomacy, Law, History, Transitional Justice, Origins, Chinese, Japanese, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2000 by Masahiro Yamamoto
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News Conference by Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights John Shattuck
written by John Shattuck, 1943-, in Records of Genocide in the Former Yugoslavia, of William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum (Little Rock, AR); interview by Peter W. Galbraith, 1950-, Box 7, Folder 600 , 7 page(s)
National Security Council Cable, Email, and Records Management Systems - NSC Records Management - Srebrenica or War Crimes or ICTY or Atrocities or Genocide
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written by John Shattuck, 1943-, in Records of Genocide in the Former Yugoslavia, of William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum (Little Rock, AR); interview by Peter W. Galbraith, 1950-, Box 7, Folder 600 , 7 page(s)
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National Security Council Cable, Email, and Records Management Systems - NSC Records Management - Srebrenica or War Crimes or ICTY or Atrocities or Genocide
Date Written / Recorded
1995
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
John Shattuck, 1943-, Peter W. Galbraith, 1950-
Person Discussed
John Shattuck, 1943-, Ratko Mladić, 1942-
Topic / Theme
Yugoslav Wars: Bosniaks, Serbs, Croats (1991-1995), Detention centers, Ethnic cleansing, Mass killings, Atrocities, Refugees, Missing persons, Yugoslav Wars, 1992-1995, Srebrenica Massacre, Bosnia, July 11-13 1995, Law, Politics & Policy, International Response, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Nightmare in Nanking
Iris Chang was a young child when her parents first told her stories about a slaughter of the Chinese people so horrible as to be almost beyond belief. She recalls their voices quivering in outrage, as the two university scientists talked of Japanese soldiers slicing Chinese babies into thirds and fourths. Of Chin...
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Iris Chang was a young child when her parents first told her stories about a slaughter of the Chinese people so horrible as to be almost beyond belief. She recalls their voices quivering in outrage, as the two university scientists talked of Japanese soldiers slicing Chinese babies into thirds and fourths. Of Chinese men used for bayonet practice. Of pregnant women disemboweled, their fetuses killed.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Periodical article
Author / Creator
Johns Hopkins Magazine
Topic / Theme
Nanking Massacre (1937-1938), Mass killings, Atrocities, Military occupation, Nanking Massacre, 1937-1938, History, Origins, Documentation of Crimes, Japanese, Chinese
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OAU Summit; Niger Views on Rwanda and Middle East
(Box 7, Folder 505000) (June 1994) , 2 page(s)
National Security Council Cable, Email, and Records Management Systems - NSC Cables - Rwanda and Genocide - June 18, 1994
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(Box 7, Folder 505000) (June 1994) , 2 page(s)
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National Security Council Cable, Email, and Records Management Systems - NSC Cables - Rwanda and Genocide - June 18, 1994
Date Written / Recorded
June 1994, 1994
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Person Discussed
Alpha Oumar Konare, 1946-
Topic / Theme
Rwanda, Tutsi Genocide (1994), Crimes against humanity, Massacres, International relations, Rwandan Civil War and Genocide, April 7–July 15, 1994, Politics & Policy, Diplomacy, International Response, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Author / Creator
University of Missouri, Columbia
Topic / Theme
Nanking Massacre (1937-1938), Atrocities, Mass killings, Oral history, Military occupation
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Panorama, The Killing of Kosovo
produced by Kevin Sutcliffe, fl. 1993-2015, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Panorama (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1999), 38 mins
Report on refugee camps in Kosovo and whether those responsible for the atrocities will ever stand trial.
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produced by Kevin Sutcliffe, fl. 1993-2015, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Panorama (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 1999), 38 mins
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Report on refugee camps in Kosovo and whether those responsible for the atrocities will ever stand trial.
Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Kevin Sutcliffe, fl. 1993-2015, British Broadcasting Corporation, Jane Corbin
Date Published / Released
1999
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Panorama
Speaker / Narrator
Jane Corbin
Topic / Theme
Kosovo War (1998-1999), War crimes, Massacres, Civilian war casualties, Civil war, Kosovo War, 1998-1999, Law, History, Origins, Politics & Current Affairs, Albanians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 1999 BBC Worldwide.
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Possible White House Statement on Bosnia
written by Wendy E. Gray, fl. 1994, in Records of Genocide in the Former Yugoslavia, of William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum (Little Rock, AR) (20 July 1995), Box 6, Folder 590000 , 2 page(s)
National Security Council Cable, Email, and Records Management Systems - NSC Emails - Srebrenica and Ethnic Cleansing
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written by Wendy E. Gray, fl. 1994, in Records of Genocide in the Former Yugoslavia, of William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum (Little Rock, AR) (20 July 1995), Box 6, Folder 590000 , 2 page(s)
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National Security Council Cable, Email, and Records Management Systems - NSC Emails - Srebrenica and Ethnic Cleansing
Date Written / Recorded
20 July 1995, 1995
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Wendy E. Gray, fl. 1994
Topic / Theme
Yugoslav Wars: Bosniaks, Serbs, Croats (1991-1995), Bosnian-Muslim, Serbian, Ethnic cleansing, Missing persons, Atrocities, Islam, Law, International Response, Bosnians, Serbians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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