Affidavit of John G. Magee

Affidavit of John G. Magee

Nanjing Massacre

War Crimes

International Military Tribunal for the Far East

Missionary Testimony

Eyewitness

1937

It is a five-page typed affidavit by John G. Magee, a former missionary of the American Episcopal Church at Nanking. It details Magee’s first-hand accounts of systematic rape, murder, and looting following the city’s fall on December 13 during the Nanking Massacre in 1937. This document records specific instances of violence and Magee’s attempts at intervention. After WWII, it was submitted as evidence at the International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE).

Magee, John G.

Admin. (2014, September 30). IPS Doc. No. 2227 [Text]. https://imtfe.law.virginia.edu/collections/sutton/7/30/ips-doc-no-2227

Virginia Historical Society

1946-06-25

Major John F. Hummel (witnessed and authenticated the affidavit)

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Part of the David Nelson Sutton Papers Collection

Typed Document

5 pages

eng

Text

Legal Document

IPS Doc. No. 2227

Nanking (now Nanjing), China

December 1937 – Early 1938

Jurisdiction: International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE) evidence

Typed Document

Paper

5 pages

Original 1946 affidavit with official stamps and handwritten signatures