This book explored the fascinating and relatively unknown topic of japans unit 731 program which involved extremely cruel cases of human experimentation. The hidden history of japans biological warfare program. Japans wartime human experimentation program tuttle classics. Unit 731 731, based at the pingfang district of harbin and led by the infamous japanese microbiologist shiro ishii, was a covert biological warfare research and development unit of the imperial japanese army that undertook human experimentation during the second sinojapanese war 19371945 and world war ii. This book consists of a histotical background and a number of testimonies of unit 731 personnel. Imperial japans human experiments before and during.
It also operated a secret research and experimental school in shinjuku, central tokyo. By showing how the ethics of normal men and women, and even an entire profession, can be warped by the fire of war, this important book offers a window on a time of. Nov 06, 2011 medical book unit 731 testimony pin the first part of unit 731. Unit 731 was set up in 1938 in japaneseoccupied china with the aim of developing biological weapons. Imperial japans human experiments before and during world. Although parts of the book were interesting, i felt that the book was overall incredibly dry. They were sent to unit 731s sprawling compound in pingfang. Unit 731 testimony by hal gold, 9780804835657, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. Testimony represents an essential addition to the growing body of literature on the still unfolding story of one of the most.
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