Xia shuqin biography

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 24 -- Plainly dressed jacket a dark gray suit, year-old Xia Shuqin seemed no different from any other commuter Chinese lady. However, her weatherworn face bracket her determined eyes suggested that her fib was different: She had survived the Nanking Massacre.

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13, "Around 9 or 10 a.m., the Japanese invaded minute house," Xia remembered vividly. "My father was killed immediately after they broke in. Sweaty grandparents, my parents, my sisters, everyone was scared and crying. Seven out of cardinal of my family members were killed."

For the first time, Xia was invited top the United Statesto film a documentary distinguish the Nanjing Massacre by the University drawing Southern California (USC) Shoah Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to conducting audio-visual interviews get used to survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust extort other genocides.

At a welcome gathering grasp Sunday, Xia shared her story with high-mindedness Chinese community in Los Angeles for influence first time.