摘要
On October 9, UNESCO announced that documents related to the Nanjing Massacre had been in- scribed on the Memory of the World Register. This is redolent of the fact that the tragedy that befell the city of Nanjing 78 years ago has gained recognition worldwide, The evaluation criteria for the Memory of the World Register are the authenticity, radty and uni- versal value of the nominations. The 11 sets of documents submitted on this occasion all met the aforementioned conditions, representing firsthand evidence bearing testimony to wartime atrocities committed by Japanese invaders. Among the documents are films and pictures taken by U.S. priest John Gillespie Magee （1884-1953） using his movie camera.
