Nanjing Massacre survivor records testimony

Plainly dressed in a dark gray suit, 87-year-old Xia Shuqin seemed no different from any other suburban Chinese woman. However, her weatherworn face and her determined eyes suggested that her story was different: She had survived the Nanjing Massacre.

It was Dec 13, 1937. "Around 9 or 10 am, the Japanese invaded our house," Xia said. "My father was killed immediately after they broke in. My grandparents, my parents, my sisters, everyone was scared and crying. Seven out of nine of my family members were killed."

For the first time, Xia was invited to the United States to film a documentary about the Nanjing Massacre by the University of Southern California Shoah Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to conducting audiovisual interviews with survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust and other genocides.