Memorial Museum celebrates Xia Shuqin’s 90th birthday
May 5th 2019 marks the 90th birthday of Xia Shuqin, a Nanjing Massacre survivor. On the morning of the same day, Zhang Jianjun, curator of the Memorial Museum visited Xia’s home to celebrate her 90th birthday. He was joined by deputy directors Ling Xi and Shi Pengcheng.
During the Nanjing Massacre, 7 of her 9-member family were bayoneted to death by the Japanese troops when Nanjing fell in December 1937. Xia Shuqin was only 8 years old when the tragedy befell. Today, she lives in a family of four generations, with 20 children and grandchildren.
