Building used as refugee center by Nanking Safety Zone Committee, Nanjing, China,1937

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Title: Building used as refugee center by Nanking Safety Zone Committee, Nanjing, China,1937
Creator: Forster, Ernest
Published / Created: 1937
Publication Place: Nanking, China, Asia
Description: Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.
Ernest Forster, the photographer, was an American Episcopal missionary who stayed in Nanjing during the period of the Japanese occupation, 1937-1938.
The former Overseas Chinese Club at the corner of Chung Shan and Shanghai Roads, Nanking. It was used as a refugee center by the Nanking Safety Zone Committee, but is now occupied by a high Japanese military organization. The smoke behind the building is typical of the fires which were systematically set by the Japanese soldiers after the occupation of the city."
Extent: 6.8 x 11.1 cm

Repository: Yale Divinity Library
Collection Title: China Records Project Miscellaneous Personal Papers Collection
Collection Date: 1834-2002
Container / Volume: Box 265 | Folder 2

Access: Public
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