Pu Yeliang, a survivor of the Nanjing Massacre died on February 28 at the age of 100. Wang Suming, another survivor of the Nanjing Massacre died on March 23 at the age of 87. So far, there are only 58 registered living survivors.

Wang Suming's original surname was Yang. In 1937 when she was two years old, she lived with her grandmother, parents, and siblings in Xianhemen, Nanjing. Her father was the principal of Longtan Middle School. After the Japanese army occupied the city, her father was arrested by a Japanese troop as a "saboteur" and was killed soon after. Her mother was unable to raise the four siblings and gave them to four other families for adoption, and they got their new surnames. Wang Suming was adopted by a family surnamed Wang, so her surname name had been Wang. 

Since her retirement in 1990, Wang Suming had been a volunteer in the Mafu Street community in Nanjing, serving as a member of the neighborhood committee and director of the community’s committee on aging. During the Nanjing Youth Olympic Games, Wang Suming became the oldest volunteer in Nanjing’s Qinhuai District and was affectionately known as "Granny Lime (Lime as a nickname for volunteers of Nanjing Youth Olympic Games)".

Last summer, deputy director Ling Xi visited Wang with her staff. Granny Wang proudly introduced that her grandchildren were promising. In recent years, Wang Suming had received many certificates of honor. "I have been on the frontline of volunteer work in the fight against SARS, in the Olympic Games and in the Youth Olympic Games. During the COVID-19 epidemic, I donated 2,000 yuan!"

Before the fall of Nanjing, Pu's family of eight people lived together. His father and uncle operated a shop selling ducks just as many Nanjing natives did in Yuhua Road. After the Japanese army captured Nanjing, two of Pu's cousins were killed by Japanese soldiers. Pu was also arrested as a Japanese laborer, and then narrowly escaped. As the situation went critical, Pu’s family had to give up the shop and fled to and took refuge in Luhe on the northern side of the Yangtze River. In the following spring they returned to the inner city. Pu recalled that he would never forget the tragic scenes when he crossed the river: "I saw the pontoons tilted and a large number of bodies of refugees piled up on them and along the Yangtze River... Bodies of refugees who had been killed and had fallen from the wall were also seen at the foot of the wall and on the roofs nearby."

Pu Yeliang lived a peaceful life in Nanjing after escaping the calamity, and his later years were accompanied by descendants.

On his 99th birthday, the Memorial Hall's staff visited him and filmed a documentary "Watch for Survivors". Before this year's Spring Festival, deputy director Shi Pengcheng visited the old man. Nanjing Aid Association for the Victims of Atrocities by Japanese Invaders planned to celebrate his 100th birthday this year. Unfortunately, Pu left us just beforethe birthday. These shots became our last memory.