Analyzing the “Photographic Evidence” of the Nanking Massacre

man is printed with symbols reading “Chanshi.” This means that the men of the burialteam did not belong to the Red Swastika Society, which buried almost all of the dead in andaround Nanking under the supervision of the Japanese army’s special service, and whoselogo was the swastika mark (). In addition, although most of the burial activitiesprogressed during the winter time, the outfits of the people shown in the image do not looklike those for winter. Thus, the scene depicted in Photo 107 has nothing to do withNanking following its fall.Photo 107Photo TPhoto T: Life, 21 February 1938, p. 54.Photo 107: “A child killed by merciless Japanese soldiers was picked up by aself-organized burial team after the Nanking massacre.” RON-YY, p. 70. The insignia onthe man’s jacket reads “Chanshi.”178