I was armed with this knowledge about the tragedy in Nanjing, unlike a lot of my countrymen...and they're still going with I faked it.
近日,CD君专访了去年无偿向中国捐赠二战相册的美国典当店老板埃文·凯尔。埃文透露,在过去的一年中,他在社交媒体上不断遭遇各种谩骂和阴谋论的困扰,而其中有一部分竟然来自他自己的同胞。
很多美国人并不了解日本侵华战争的历史,他们的历史教育中缺乏对二战中东方战场的讲授。尽管相关证据就摆在眼前,许多人却依然觉得一切都是他在自导自演。
In American schools, the history of World War II is covered, but the atrocities that occurred in the Pacific, specifically the extermination and holocaust, are not given as much attention compared to the German Holocaust.
与此同时,埃文也得到了非常多中国人的鼓励和支持。他说:“中国是我的堡垒。”中国人对待他的方式让他坚定地认为,这段记录了中国痛苦记忆的相册应该被送往中国。
China has been my bastion. I see that I did a good thing and I see that because of Chinese people and what they've said.
2023年12月13日,是南京大屠杀死难者国家公祭日。埃文认为,我们不能抹除历史,不然注定会重蹈覆辙。

