Nanking Massacre represents one of the worst instances of mass extermination in the history of World War II. The killing and raping by Japanese militants were perhaps the most intense in scale with the speed of deaths per day in a single city of China. Yet, the horror remains unknown to people outside of Asia. Moreover, Japanese government continues to deny the act of the war crime and reveal biased information that cover up the history of Japanese imperialism.

To most non-Asians, including children to highly educated adults, the Pacific conflict of World War II had been limited to Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima. To educate Nanking massacre’s greater death toll and the intensity rape, the design begins by comparing Nanking massacre with American Raids on Tokyo. Then, the memories of witnesses are examined by comparing both excerpts from Chinese and Japanese account to the event along with the third parties’, American and European witnesses.

The representations of history in different nations vary due to contrasting influences of nationalistic bias, differing cultural perspectives, and the sociopolitical agendas of contemporary societies. However, the truth of the history should be revealed to not repeat the same mistake of horror. In my thesis, I hoped to harness the power of design to get people’s attention and stir their consciences to accept education as a necessity of a critical mind.