Refugees at headquarters of Nanking Safety Zone Committee, Nanjing, China,1938.

Description

Refugees gathered at the headquarters of the Nanking Safety Zone Committee to receive the first cash relief issued by the Committee to enable them to return to their homes and begin life over. February 1938. The rock garden conceals a strong concrete air-raid shelter. Second view, with large Red Cross flag on ground in garden area.
Ernest Forster, the photographer, was an American Episcopal missionary who stayed in Nanjing during the period of the Japanese occupation, 1937-1938.
Also included in the International Mission Photography Archive.

Subject

Nanjing Massacre (1937/38)

Format

Photograph

Extent

6.8 x 11.1 cm

Preferred Citation

Refugees at headquarters of Nanking Safety Zone Committee, Nanjing, China,1938. Yale Divinity Library.