In 200 1 year, mankind entered 2 1 century. Looking back at history, we find that history is sometimes strikingly similar, but sometimes strikingly different. This is the case with the two nations that brought disasters to mankind in the last century-the German nation and the Yamato nation.
They are similar because they have committed heinous crimes against mankind; They are different because their attitudes towards crime are very different:
1972, Warsaw, Poland, in the cold wind of MINUS 17 degrees. The 74-year-old German Chancellor Brandt knelt solemnly in front of the memorial to the Jewish victims. On behalf of all Germans, he apologized to those who were killed by German Nazis in World War II.
On the other hand, Japan has not learned any lessons from the war. They collected blood-stained combat knives and enshrined them in the Yasukuni Shrine. Combating Dao is still shining with cold light and murderous look;
When the German Chancellor knelt down in front of the memorial to the Jewish victims, the Japanese emperor dressed in formal clothes held a ceremony to commemorate the dead of militarism.
When German politicians made apologies to people all over the world, anecdotes about "meritorious aggression" came from Japanese political circles from time to time, and the incense of the Yasukuni Shrine became stronger and stronger.
When the German government paid a huge sum of money to compensate the people of the victimized country, the Japanese government has so far been evasive and refused to pay a yen to compensate the people of China who were killed;
While Germans educate future generations to learn from history and maintain peace, Japanese distort history in textbooks, mislead future generations and hold high the banner of "Great Japanese Empire".
Based on the recent incident in which the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and Education of Japan approved the history textbooks for primary and secondary schools, this newspaper planned a special topic, "Why doesn't Japan repent?" The purpose is to remind the people of China who have suffered and been bullied to remain vigilant at all times, because-we silently pray that the Chinese nation will never be humiliated again.
Comfort women, Nanjing massacre, "three lights" policy, aggression and entry ...
The new version of Japanese history textbooks, which participated in the examination and approval, was approved by the Japanese Ministry of Education on April 3, and these textbooks will be selected by Japanese schools and the Education Commission. It is reported that the institution responsible for this review is the "Educational Books Verification Investigation Review Meeting" of the Ministry of Education of Japan. Japanese history textbooks have been approved twice before, and middle school history textbooks published by eight publishing houses passed the examination and approval before April 3.
The Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology reviews history textbooks every four years, which has attracted the attention of the people of the countries invaded by World War II, including China. It is reported that these approved history textbooks will be used in the new education curriculum starting in April 2002, and it is also reported that some Japanese middle schools that will start spring break in early April this year will also use the approved history textbooks for the first time.
In the preface of these reviewed textbooks, most of them say: "History can be said to be the hometown of the soul. Investigate our ancestors and correctly grasp the relationship between history and the present, and you will truly love Japan. " So what kind of spiritual home will the compilers of these Japanese history textbooks provide for the younger generation in Japan? How will they teach young people in Japan to "love Japan"? What kind of history will Japanese middle school students study when they are about to start school? What have these history textbooks been tampered with?
On the expression of "comfort women"
Including the textbook of the right-wing group "New History Textbook Compilation Association", only three of the eight books mentioned "comfort women with the army". Among the publishing houses that mentioned "comfort women", two were mentioned in "15 Sino-Japanese War-Asia-Pacific War" like the current textbooks, and the other was mentioned in the war compensation notes. It should be noted that this time, no one used the word "being with the army" again, while others used ambiguous language-"many Korean women were sent to the battlefield" to describe this history.
On the Expression of "Nanjing Massacre"
First of all, two of the four publishing houses that used the term "Nanjing Massacre" before this changed it to "Nanjing Incident". Three people used the word "kill" in the article, and now they have all changed to "kill" and "kill".
In addition, among the textbooks currently in use, six textbooks state that the number of victims is "about 200,000, including women and children", and add a sentence "China thinks that the number of people slaughtered exceeds 300,000". Among the textbooks applied for approval, only two publishers have put forward specific figures, while others have been changed to "a large number" and "the most". One family not only changed "hundreds of thousands of people" to "many", but also added the remark that "the number of victims is still inconclusive". Another changed it to a vague statement: "As for the number of the dead, it is estimated that there are tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands and more than 300,000 people." Only one family moved the number of victims from the notes to the text, and clearly stated: "It is said that 200,000 prisoners and civilians were killed, and the atrocities and looting have not stopped since then."
What is particularly worth mentioning here is the description of the "Nanjing Incident" in the textbook of the right-wing group "New History Textbook Compilation Association". Except for the first two sentences, all the words are passive defense, namely: "In the Tokyo court, it was found that more than 200,000 people were killed in China during the Japanese army's battle to conquer Nanking in 1937. However, according to the data at that time, the population of Nanjing was 200,000. One month after the Japanese army captured Nanjing, the population of Nanjing increased to 250,000. Many other issues are still under debate. There is murder in the war and it cannot be called a massacre. "
About "Three Light Policies"
Originally, five publishing houses made a statement about this, but now only one still has such content. Another publishing house described 73 1 troops in the past, but this time it was deleted.
About replacing or deleting the words "aggression" and "entry".
A publishing house deleted the word "aggression" from the title of the relevant chapter. For example, change "imperialist aggression against the world and Japan's aggression against Asia" to "Nissin, Russo-Japanese War and the situation in Asia", change "imperialist aggression against China" to "China divided by imperialist countries", change "all-round aggression against China and wartime system" to "Japan-China war and expansion of national life" and "Japan's war of aggression against Southeast Asia and the Pacific" to "war against Asia and the Pacific". In the text, "Japan further strengthened its aggression against North Korea" was deleted, "invasion of China" was changed to "entering China", and the word "aggression" was almost completely deleted or replaced with other words. This change is also found in other versions, which can be considered as a general trend.