The Man Who Ended History: A Documentary

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by Ken Liu


  Tsuchiya, Tien-wei Wu, Shane Green, Friedrich Frischknecht, Nicholas Kristof,

  Jun Hongo, Richard James Havis, Edward Cody, and Judith Miller . I thank these

  authors and regret that the sources are not listed here individually for space reasons.)

  For descriptions of the vivisections and practice surgery sessions with live Chinese

  victims conducted by Japanese doctors, their treatment as prisoners after the War,

  and Japan's post- War responses to memories of the War:

  Noda, Masaaki. “ Japanese Atrocities in the Pacific War: One Army Surgeon's

  Account of Vivisection on Human Subjects in China,” East Asia: An International

  Quarterly, 18:3 (2000) 49 -91.

  Note that based on testimonies and other documentation, the Japanese doctors of

  Unit 731 typically infected their victims while wearing protective suits to avoid the

  possibility that resisting prisoners would infect the doctors by struggling.

  Aspects of Shiro Yamagata's post- Unit 731 recollections are modeled on the

  experiences of Ken Yuasa (a Japanese military doctor who was not a member of Unit

  731), describ ed in the Noda article.

  The obituary for Evan Wei is modeled upon the Economist's November 25, 2004

  obituary for Iris Chang.

  The hearing of the Subcommittee on Asian, the Pacific, and the Global

  Environment is modeled upon the February 15, 2007 hearing bef ore that same

  Subcommittee on House Resolution 121, concerning Japan's wartime enslavement of

  women for sexual purposes (known as “comfort women”).

  Austin Yoder provided pictures from modern -day Pingfang, Harbin, and the Unit

  731 War Crimes Museum.

  The various denialist statements attributed to “ men in the street ” are modeled on

  Internet forum comments, postings, and direct communication to the author from

  individuals who hold such views.

 

 

 


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