Evidence of Nanjing Massacre, 'comfort women' donated

NANJING - New historical materials that present fresh evidence of the Imperial Japanese Army's war crimes during the 1937 Nanjing Massacre and the sexual enslavement of women for the military - the so-called comfort women - were donated to the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall on Saturday.

A total of 41 items of historical documents and objects were donated by collectors in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang, Kunming, Nanjing and Japan.

The donations include bullets that Japanese troops used on the battlefields in Nanjing, a war history book from Japan, some pastry molds used by Japanese soldiers to mark the occupation of Nanjing, souvenir medals, old photos, and postcards issued when Japanese troops invaded.