2010
August 2010
Sunday 1 August 2010
Sun 1 Aug to Sun 15 Aug. July 1st - August 15th 2065-A Healed Memory, Artist: Thea Weiss. 2000 E. Cary Street, Richmond, 23223. 804-257-5400, info@va-holocaust.org. Virginia Holocaust Museum - [events]
Sun 1 Aug to Sun 15 Aug. June 15th - August 15th (Traveling Exhibit) In the 1890’s, Japan and China fought in the First Sino-Japanese War over who would eventually control Korea. By 1895, the Japanese effectively repulsed China from Northern Korea and forced the larger nation into a treaty that would see the relinquishment of Taiwan, the Liaodong Peninsula, and the Penghu Islands. Tensions remained, however, and in 1937 the Japanese invaded China. As Japan’s soldiers pushed towards the interior of China, they managed to capture the city of Nanjing, the former capital. During a two month period, the occupying forces instituted a massive campaign of oppression that resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of civilians. The occupation – which came to be known as the Nanjing M. 2000 E. Cary Street, Richmond, 23223. 804-257-5400, info@va-holocaust.org. Virginia Holocaust Museum - [events]