Testimonies to the truth: Victims of the Nanjing Massacre share their heartbreaking stories with the world (7)

Testimony of Peng Yuzhen

-"The Japanese bullets left my right leg disabled."

Testimony of Peng Yuzhen, a victim of the Nanjing Massacre. (Photo by The Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders)

In 1937, on the 11th of the 11th month of lunar calendar, the Japanese army occupied Nanjing. One day, I went to wash diapers on the bank of the Bailuzhou River. The Japanese soldiers on the wall saw me and they shot at me several times. I was hit in the right leg. Although it was not fatal, the wound was bleeding so much that I couldn't move. Later my husband Peng Zhaoxi carried me home. From then on, my right leg was maimed, and I could only walk with the help of a crutch all my life.