Shandong retirees investigate the Japanese invasion of China for 18 years at their own expense
American medium said, in a common building in Zaozhuang, Shandong, a retired middle school teacher named Ren Shigan. In 1997, he retired from a local high school principal post in 1997. After 18 years, he took an old bicycle and his daughter to his old camera and ran to thousands of villages in the South and north of Jiangsu Province. He almost visited the places related to the war in Xuzhou during the war of resistance.
according to the VOA radio website on July 21st, Ren Shi Gan is 80 years old this year. Before retirement, he was the principal of Tengzhou government bridge secondary school in Shandong province. During his childhood, Ren Shi Gan was invading Shandong in a big way. His childhood memories and indistinct memories left his mind with an indelible memory and pain. After retiring, Ren Shi Gan gave up his leisure and began a 18 year arduous journey to investigate the Japanese army's evidence of invading China in Shandong.
reported that Tengzhou was the Teng County of the same year, and Ren Shi Gan was born in 1936 in Guan County, Teng County. One of the prologue wars in the battle of Taierzhuang - the battle of Teng County was here. In March 1938, the county of Teng County fell, and the Japanese occupation of Teng County lasted for 7 and a half years. Ren Shigan spent his childhood in such an environment.
the reporter asked him why he did not want to enjoy leisure after retirement, but instead committed himself to such a cause without regret. Ren Shigan replied that he hoped, through his own efforts, not only to tell the descendants of the Chinese people, but also to tell the descendants of the Japanese, what the Japanese militarism had done to China and what kind of heinous crimes have been committed.
reports that Ren Shigan believes that although the war has been over half a century, but for a variety of reasons, the Japanese army's crimes have not been well liquidated. Moreover, some Japanese right-wing people are trying to deny the crimes of the Japanese invaders, such as the Nanjing massacre. According to the maps and notes provided in the Donslan diary, Ren Shigan carried out a field survey along 5 provinces along the line of Donslan's army's army to confirm the authenticity of the diary. Ren Shigan said that many unknown Japanese knew him very well and supported him very much. He offered to contact him and provide clues.
reported that, over 18 years after his retirement, he visited more than 5000 people in the know, recorded millions of words, took more than 1000 important photographs, and recorded more than 190 battles between big and small. Ren Shigan said that in order to find out the truth of the March 1938 Shahe massacre produced by the Japanese army in Teng County, he visited the country for the more than 10 time.
Ren Shi Gan said, "I was very healthy at that time. Ride a bike seventy or eighty miles a day. Entering a strange village, they don't know a little about you. Society is the same. They are afraid that you are a cheater, so they don't like to tell you. Thanks to such a heart, there is such a middle school language teacher's mouth, which can be moved by emotion and reason. So it's often the first old man who doesn't want to speak, and slowly I tell him the information I get from outside. After he was inspired, he began to tell me.
reports that, unfortunately, the survivors and lovers of the war who have been visited have died, and the information he has rescued is particularly precious. Ren Shi Gan said with confidence that he should continue to work hard to fulfill his long cherished wish while he is still in good health.