Analyzing the “Photographic Evidence” of the Nanking Massacre

however, stated that the girl in this photograph—which he credited courtesy of the city ofNanking—was packing her belongings after her parents had been murdered and theirhouse had been burnt.” It that seems no other source contains this image.Photo 40 appeared in RON-YY with a caption “Their loved ones killed and theirhome destroyed, refugees run for their lives along the Beijing-Shanghai Railroad tracks.”It was also reprinted in John Rabe: Der Gute Deutsche von Nanking edited by ErwinWickert. The original of Photo 40 is Photo A, which was actually taken on October 14,1937—two months prior to the fall of Nanking—in Shanghai. Its caption reads “A blindold woman on flight guided by her son.”Photo 40: RBSPhoto A: Haha to ko de miru 20-seiki no sensō: Nitchū-sensō 1 [20-centuryWarfare for Mothers and Children: Sino-Japanese War 1], p. 130. Thephotograph is credited as “October 14, 1937 (ACME).” ACME was anews service company in the United States. Photo 40 was a croppedversion of this image with the dotted-line area deleted.111