The Holocaust You’ve Never Heard Of The Forgotten Victims of World War II: What Happened in Asia? When people think about the Holocaust, they usually picture what happened in Europe—especially the terrible crimes committed by Nazi Germany. But what most people don’t learn in school is that some of the worst violence during World War II actually happened in Asia. Imperial Japan invaded places like China, Korea, and Southeast Asia and caused massive death and suffering. Some say over 20 million Chinese people died during the war—many of them civilians, and many from brutal attacks and experiments. One of the worst examples was something called Unit 731. This was a secret base where Japanese scientists did experiments on living people, including children. Victims were infected with deadly diseases, frozen, or cut open without pain medicine. It was just as horrifying as the Nazi death camps, but few people outside of Asia ever hear about it. Why? After the war ended, the U.S. gove...
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