First Hand Accounts Expose Brutality of Nanjing Massacre (2)

According to the documentary, the photographs belonged to a Japanese officer who dropped off two rolls of film to be processed in Nanjing in January 1938. The images recorded the brutal beheading of several Chinese captives, some of whom were uniformed soldiers and others clearly civilians. Many of the photos also featured dozens of Japanese soldiers, either watching attentively or shifting their eyes.[Photo: Xinhua]