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Unit 6—Handout 7
Questions for Discussion
Answer the following questions based on the survivor testimonies in Handouts 6.3 through 6.6:
1. Why is survivor testimony important to understanding historical events, such as the development and
dissemination of biological and chemical weapons in China during the period 1931-1945?
2. What did you learn from the survivor testimonies that you just read?
3. How can a military ensure training that effectively prepares members of the medical and scientifi c
community for war while also preventing them from committing crimes against humanity?
4. How are the experiments done by the Japanese similar or dissimilar to those done by the Germans?
Does it surprise you to learn that Japan began performing these experiments before the Nazis began?
5. Can civilians be protected in war? Where is the line when civilian suffering moves from “Casualties
of war” to “international crimes against humanity”?
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