What was the population in Nanking at that time?
Answer 3 Before attacking at Nanking by Japanese Army the population was 200,000, and one month after the occupation it increased up to 250,000. According that the battlefield came near to Nanking, most of citizens took refuge from Nanking, only poor citizen(refuges) were left in the city. Before the fall of the city there were 22 western people stayed and 15 of them set up “the International Committee [or the Nanking Safety Zone Committee]”. They provided the area of no more than 4 square kilo-meters as “Safety Zone”, the most of civilians were made accommodated [as refugees] in this area. It might follow suite the “Safety Zone” set up by French priest Giacchino at Shanghai Battle, and as the result it was successful to prevent casualties expanding to Shanghai civilians The people who are claiming ,”Nanking Massacre was historical fact” sometimes said that the population was 500,000 before Nanking attack, but it is groundless. There are about 130 materials regarding to the population
