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US prosecutor's WWII diaries reveal Nanking massacre evidence effort

Newly revealed diaries from US prosecutor David Nelson Sutton offer a glimpse into the arduous process of documenting Japanese wartime atrocities in China. Sutton, an assistant prosecutor at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, played a crucial role in building a case against Japanese militarism. His diaries and a report on the Nanking massacre were donated to the Memorial Hall of the Victims in the Nanking Massacre by Japanese Invaders, coinciding with the 80th anniversary of the Tokyo Trial. AI

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Xinlu Liang ·

    What a US lawyer’s diaries show about prosecuting Japanese atrocities of Nanking massacre

    A US prosecutor’s newly revealed diaries from World War II have laid bare the gruelling effort to document Japanese wartime atrocities in China and the unlikely bond forged between him and the people he helped. The diaries belonged to David Nelson Sutton, an American assistant pr…