日軍在港戰爭罪行︰戰犯審判紀錄及其研究（兩冊）

by 劉智鵬, 丁新豹

在三年零八個月的日佔時期裏，日軍在香港所犯的暴行罄竹難書。二戰結束後，英國在香港設立了四個軍事法庭，審理了四十六宗案件，在香港發生的案件就有三十宗。審判結束後，整個詳盡的法庭記錄收入英國陸軍部檔案，成為日軍在香港干犯戰爭罪行的珍貴歷史資料。香港地方志辦公室從中深入研究，選出十個足以概括日軍暴行的檔案，展開翻譯和個案研究。此外，還根據軍事法庭檔案的線索，重訪涉案地方，找到日軍暴行的親歷者和他們的後裔，通過訪談核實和補充檔案資料，撰寫成十個專題報告，重現相關事件的細節。本書通過這些翻譯軍事法庭的紀錄和專題報告，藉以展示日軍在香港干犯的暴行，重現香港日佔時期歷史的片段，以為後來者鑑戒。

1179 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 28, 2015

Reviews

[Jan Leung · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very detailed account of the war crimes, specifically, tortures committed by the Japanese army in HK during WW2. Loads of personal accounts of the victims, including those revealed in court. Good as a reference as well as personal read. Also, makes you think a little- while the Japanese army had no choice in invading China or HK, they had the choice not to come up with 600 million ways to torture and kill the the civilians. It didn't stem from nationalism, it was not war effort, it had to come partially from their free will. The conventional " O but it's war ...no right or wrong "is not good enough. They made a choice when they forced people to walk on hot coal, locked women in an nclosedsmall space and released the dogs, chose to kill a person by forceing through the mouth into the stomach. These were deliberate acts non-essential to victory; in fact, they could be detrimental to their management of the city. The only explanation I have was that they were filled with hatred and dehumanization of the enemies...emotions that kinda work like XTC to keep them fighting and inevitable in a you-die-or-I-die battle context. When the leaders were sentenced to execution post-war, I was like, " That's it? He had it easy." At least he was informed and kinda prepared...and not tortured for hours before the final bullet went through his head. Lesson is, humanity is very fragile and can be very easily buried in war - somthing we should avoid it at all cost.