Analyzing the “Photographic Evidence” of the Nanking Massacre

8. Apparently, no one in uniform has taken any precautionary defensive measures such aspointing a weapon toward those who are about to be “buried alive”. In addition, one candetect no sign of coercion on the part of the “Japanese” men, and an impression is that thefive persons are even voluntarily entering the pit. Based on this analysis, one could conclude that this is a composite picture thatcombined the photograph of a pit and an earth mound, that of the men marked withthrough , and that of those who look like Japanese military men in the background.One cannot accept this photograph as authentic evidence of an atrocity in view of thesepoints of skepticism.Some publications accusatory of a Nanking massacre have used Photo 10 alongwith Photo 11, which shows some individuals identical with those on Photo 10. Photo11 is often captioned as a scene of the victims who were allowed to smoke immediatelybefore their live burial.Photo 11: This photograph also appeared for the first time in RBS. One can see identicalindividuals, as shown in Photo 10, in this image.77