This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. A professor from the History Department of Hangzhou Normal University said that the materials about Japaneseatrocitiesrecorded by foreign nationals in Hangzhou were found at Columbia University.

According to the relevant information, after Hangzhou was occupied by the enemy in 1937, a Canadian witness revealed to New York Times that, the first batch of Japanese troops were involved in loot, rape andarsonafter occupying Hangzhou. Thirty foreign nationals chose to stay here, and were mainly missionaries, serving as recorders, defenders and protesters. They established Hangzhou Branch of International Red Cross Society with Chinese officials, to rescue Chinese soldiers, protect the public, and disclose the atrocities committed by Japanese troops.