The Most Disturbing Human Experiment Ever 

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The fact that someone in a lab coat could set someone on fire and watch as they die screaming can just go "Huh." and take notes is insane

Crazy how every detail of German atrocity is common knowledge, but things like this occurring simultaneously in Japan are almost occult knowledge

Japan: wow USA took this too far with nuclear weapons and killing our civilians. Also Japan:

The fact he opened up a sponsor by dressing like the unibomber is crazy 💀

People don’t usually talk about Japan in the same vein as Nazi Germany or Fascist Italy in terms of their atrocities against humanity, but they absolutely deserve to be mentioned in those same conversations.

I'm Japanese. Even more terrifying is that an increasing number of Japanese people recently claim that Unit 731 was just a quarantine unit and didn't commit any atrocities, saying the stories were made up by Chinese. It's very shameful and disgusting.

I learned about the atrocities of Unit 731 in one of my Japanese classes in college (taught by a native Japanese woman, born and raised in Tokyo). I later wrote an essay on it for my history of Japan class with a different professor, so this was more of something I was just watching because "oh yeah that's something I'm familiar with" and I enjoy Wendigoon's videos, but...honestly? There's some context missing from this that makes the actions of Unit 731 way, way worse. It's not even that the people working at Unit 731 were "uneducated" or "tricked by their government". They knew full well what they were doing. What people don't seem to realize is that Japan has a history-and at the time was having an extremely strong period-of nationalism. Japan is actually the *only* Asian country to be considered a first world fully developed state. China and Korea are actually still developing (I've studied this as I double minored in International Studies in college). And I'm not saying that as something negative against Korea or China, but Japan went through rapid industrialization during the Meiji Era (from 1868 to 1912, or around the Victorian England Era if that helps contextualize it for you). During that period and *beyond* , Japan looked at Western cultures and deemed them "superior" compared to their fellow Eastern countries. There's even an essay written around this time titled "Goodbye Asia" that I read for one of my Japanese classes wherein the author *literally calls people from China and Korea savages for their beliefs and way of life?* Like think of how European colonizers treated Native Americans, and that's...pretty similar. Essentially what I'm getting at is that Japan had been viewing their Asian neighbors as "below" them, and wanted to be seen as equal to European/Western countries. Unfortunately this...didn't actually work out so well for Japan considering racism is alive and well, so while Japan could consider itself "civilized", Western countries were like "umm, you're Asian tho :/" Please note that Japan has this horrible horrible history as well of being *incredibly* racist towards anyone not viewed as "pure Japanese." I'm sure many people have heard of the "comfort women" during WWII as well-Korean women who were taken from their homeland to serve as a way to...put delicately...curb the urge of Japanese soldiers to have sex with random women. There's plenty of controversy around this, including people who still claim to this day that the comfort women either did it willingly or their families were "properly compensated." I think after watching this video alone, you'll get an idea of how bullshit that claim is. Children of these women would also later be discriminated against for being only half-Japanese, and similarly Korean immigrants and their children were murdered because of some "blood purity" culture. It's genuinely not so far off from the "superior Aryan race" ideology of Nazi Germany, which makes you realize how these two powers were able to work together so well. But that dehumanization of their neighbors (be that from China, Korea, or any of the Soviet states), made it so much easier to commit these atrocities. Dehumanization is literally the first step of oppression, and if you don't view your subjects as humans (see: referring to them as "logs") it allows you to do what these researchers did. It's horrifying, and to me it's even more horrifying that we'll talk about things Nazi scientists did but Unit 731 is rarely covered. Just a small disclaimer at the end of this for a couple things: Japan does still have serious issues with acknowledging what it did wrong during WWII. But that isn't a reflection of the Japanese population as a whole. While Japan's culture is much more collectivist (compared to many Western individualist societies), reducing a country down to beliefs that aren't shared by everyone is narrow-minded and fails to recognize that no culture is a monolith. However, the issues of racism and failure to acknowledge accountability are still prevalent even today. If people speak against the use of the "rising sun" flag of Imperial Japan, you should listen to them, because for many Chinese and Korean people, it's the equivalent of seeing a Swastika. Other disclaimer: Wendigoon did a fantastic job covering this subject, and it's literally just the "I know about this" part of me that wanted to add some additional context. I definitely don't want anyone thinking that the researchers were just misguided or coming away with the misconception that they were uneducated when it's quite the opposite. If you read this whole essay of a comment, thanks! Hope you learned something. Sorry for leaving such a long comment too on a months old video...

fucked up how they experiment on pregnant women. Imagine coping by developing an attachment to your child just for you or them to die to a disease

The fact that this atrocity was almost lost to history makes me wonder about all the horrors that _were_ lost and maybe even the horrible things going on right now that we may never know about. It's terrifying.

Crazy that he got a raid sponsor for one of the least advertiser friendly topics he could possibly cover

As depraved as it is, the worst of anything is that we think that governments won't do it again.

It's insane to think that this was almost completely lost to history, it makes you wonder what other horrid things are just entirely unknown

They interviewed a lot of former Unit 731 members who were willing to admit what they had done. It's a strange contrast watching these friendly-looking, harmless elderly Japanese men talk about cutting people open or worse. Some of them claim to be haunted by what they had done, but also justify it and claim they were following orders. These guys went on to live very normal lives, had children and grandchildren, and probably went peacefully with their loved ones by their side. As opposed to the people they killed.

The horrible thing is that we don’t have survivor perspectives. Only perspectives from the abusers, who I’m sure omitted the more cruel details beyond what they deemed to be the broad, cleaner description.

This is the perfect example of the reason we study history We study history because if we don't remember the evil, it is inevitable to repeat.

The fact that Unit 731 nearly got away with being forgotten to history is troubling. Because what mistakes we neglect will eventually repeat itself, in one way or another. Thinking on the paradigm of the Unit being created and operating just a couple lifetimes ago, not even a century behind us... the chilling notion that had we not been reminded of their atrocities meant seeing another form of Unit 731 in our time on Earth is harrowing.

Thanks for bringing light to this. My great grandfather died in unit 731. The response from the Japanese government and western media to this tragedy has been horrible compared to other incidents in the past. Rest in peace to all that died in unit 731.

Ah yes, another calming bedtime story from Wendi

Each one of these horrible things was someone’s actual fate. We watch horror films, but these people experienced them. It’s surreal

Its been really interesting seeing how Japanese pop culture seems to be slowly recognizing a lot of its country's dark historical events and wanting to break away from the relative silence of it- makes me wonder about if Resident Evil had any inspiration as a cautionary tale

World War 2 really was the darkest period in Human history. Between Unit 731 and the Holocaust, it's really depressing to know that people are capable of such barbarism and pure evil. May the victims rest in peace.

I am ethnically Chinese, but was born and had lived in Japan from age 5-13. If I remember correctly, they start teaching history at grade 4, but the weird thing is, unlike Germany, they never teach you about the atrocities committed by the militarist regime at all. If anything, all they taught were the use of nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the firebombing of Tokyo, as well as the Nanking Massacre, which was simply described in textbooks as an "unfortunate incident". Basically, by whitewashing history and leaving out important bits like the Unit 731 and comfort women, the Japanese government would like its youth to think that Japan was not the perpetrator, but solely a victim of WWII. If you know about the history of Japan, you will definitely be aware of their adherence to the virtue that is "honor". However, in the case of history, their sense of honor is so strong that they would sacrifice truth in order to protect it, and as of now, the Japanese governments have yet to issue any apology of any kind, and have, on many separate occasions, insisted that Japan was a mere victim of Imperalism just like China and South Korea (both of which Japan had invaded), which I find quite infuriating. However, despite their adamant refusal to say sorry and their denial of history, there are still people who resist it and spread the truth. So thank you, Wendigoon, for being one of those people, for taking part in the preservation of history so it will never be forgotten. And to those who are currently watching this video, I hope you can gain a better understanding of history, and why the Eastern/South-east Asian countries and Japan are still not entirely on good terms. And, perhaps more importantly, I sincerely hope that by learning about the past and the sheer horror and the suffering and trauma that had been unleashed upon this world, we will learn learn to avoid these mistakes, to seek peace and not conflict, to love and not to hate, and to be perhaps just a little bit kinder to one another. If there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.❤

The pregnant women, children and babys is the most heartbreaking of it all. to harm a child is insane

Don't think that we're separated from this level of evil by time. Many people still have grandparents who were alive when these experiments took place. The world is still capable of this horror and people are still capable of going along with it.

As a Chinese, I learnt this from elementary school. But when studied abroad I just found the fact of 731 has not been discussed enough as it should be. The most unsettling part is that many senior officials of Japanese government still will go to temples to pray for the past generals who committed these crime. But thank you for spreading this and make the world be alarmed about the dark side of humanity.

No matter how atrocious a war crime is, "harrowing" always feels like an adequate word to describe the experiences of the victims. This is the only example I can think of that this word seems inappropriately mild. I feel like we don't even have the language to describe how horrific this whole thing was.

A reason why Unit 731 is less discussed than Nazi Germany is that the victims are mainly Chinese and people from "socialism" countries while the victims of Nazi German are mainly EU countries citizens. It's a shame that we put different importance on the same-level-terrible anti-human crimes because of nowadays political conflicts between ideologies. No matter which ideology or political stances people believe are correct or the justification, humans shouldn't forget these crimes because of politics, or these things will happen again like Gaza :(( !!!!!

6:07 The Mongolians did this during their reign of terror. They launched decaying bodies over the walls of their enemies to cause panic and…infection. Terrifying stuff.

I think one of the scariest things about this is how calculated and formulaic it is. These were highly educated and most likely highly intelligent horrible people. They knew exactly what they were doing, and continued to deliberately torture human beings for decades.

These experiments are, like, morbid curiosity taken to the extreme. It's like everybody being able to act on every intrusive thought they've ever had in their lives.

Pre-humbled Japan was insane

I learned about this because of My Hero Academia. One of the main antagonists of that series, Kyudai Garaki, was originally named Maruta Shiga in his debut chapter. After only 1 week of the chapter's release, the name was quickly changed and the Mangaka, Horikoshi Kohei, apologized for the insensitive nature of the character.

Hey man, I lived on the streets from age 13 until I was sixteen. I've seen just how willing people are to inflict suffering on other humans. You wouldn't believe what "regular" people will do.

The line “they determined that children had a lower tolerance to it than adults” made me realize they actually were just doing the most unnecessary evil ever having been done. 22:36

Thats why i hate when the studio ghibli creator who calls Americans the only war hungry evil ones. Doesnt realize why his country is not even allowed a military. On top of this the horrible things done to filipinos and more simply bc thry took over their country

The thing you brought up about the Japanese guy also being tested on shows that a lot of people dont even believe in dehumanisation, they know their target is human but they just use it as an excuse.

What's even more sickening is that despite all the crimes they commited, the whole unit including Shiro Ishii himself were literally granted immunity by US government and they walked free from what they did. They never got punished for this

the sheer level of respect shown to the victims and events in the first few minutes followed immediately by RAID SHADOW LEGENDS had me dying LMAO

"These war crimes are sponsored by Raid Shadow Legends"

See, he mentions the fact that MacArthur didn't know the full details of 731, and says that he "hopes MacArthur wouldn't have offered full immunity" if he had known. If it makes you sleep any easier, that man almost certainly would not have, especially not after what he saw of the Philippines at the start of the war. Man had no love for Japan.

It’s so disgusting how the Japanese government has covered this up. Not to mention that so many citizens aren’t even aware of these tragedies

The worst thing about this whole ordeal is that this facility is rarely acknowledged. I studied Japanese at university for 4 years and took multiple history courses, a lot of which included military history from the 20th century, and unit 731 was never mentioned by any of my professors or in any of our readings. We talked a lot about other horrors such as "comfort women", the senseless murder of civilians and the forced "Japanification" of people in places like China, Korea and Taiwan, but unit 731 never came up. I even asked one of my professors why we didn't discuss Shiro Ishii, and according to him, even the Japanese themselves would prefer to just forget that it happened, despite never even showing any sort of public remorse for the crimes of the empire. It's a touchy subject, extremely gruesome and very fresh in the public's mind, given how it was less than a century ago, but I think it's really important for us to acknowledge the darker parts of history to make sure we never do anything like this again as a species.

Its also insane to me to know near the end of WW2 Japan was actively starving and civilians were dying as a result. In fact, if the bombs hadn't been dropped, the backup choice to getting Japan to surrender was to put the country under a blockade and starve them out. They were more willing to send their spending to these torture labs than they were to supply food and water to their own dying civilians.

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Thousands of people and it essentially went unnoticed..... it's scary to think how much of this kind of stuff is currently going on right under our noses

Unit 731 is genuinely just so fucking sickening. It's absolutely insane how monstrous and disgusting it is that something like this ever happened. Like the worst things you couldn't even imagine happened and the main architects got off scot-free. I feel like more attention is being put onto this recently thankfully. I think despite how immensely revolting it is, It's important to recognize the worst atrocities of mankind. Even against each other.

7:11 For some reason, I imagined this like a card game. "I wager Biological warfare." "I see your Biological warfare and raise you one Nuclear warfare." "I fold."

Finally decided to check out Wendigoon after seeing him on Creepcast. I had formerly thought he was a silly horror youtuber talking about skinwalkers and such but he's such a legit dude. I can tell he is a good soul. Good video, albeit dark.

as a japanese person this video hit extra hard for me. having received both american and japanese education growing up, and personally being interested in colonial history, i’m a lot more aware of our horrific past than the average person, but this was SO much worse than what i knew before… the history curriculum here barely touch on the various massacres that took place under imperial japan since there are groups that actively lobby against educating the ppl abt it. as horrible as it is, i’m glad you highlighted this topic as i feel that japanese war crimes are never talked about, completely overshadowed by whatever cool japan is…

To Wendigoon's point about why the mirror story is so chilling, I studied Nazi Germany pretty heavily for my master's program (history). One of the points I kept running across, both from contemporary writers and from historians looking back, is that it's so easy to write all these atrocities off as being conducted by actual supervillains come to life from a comic book, or by demons, or whatever, because it's a comforting lie. For one thing, it helps us try to rationalize something that can't truly be rationalized, and for another, it helps us fool ourselves into thinking these were anomalies that can never be repeated. How often are demons going to crawl up from hell and run amuck, after all? But by mythologizing these monsters and turning them into *literal* monsters from fairytales and movies, we lose sight of the horrifying truth that, by and large, these were just ordinary people. There wasn't anything special about them besides their capacity for unfathomable cruelty. They had jobs, friends, hobbies, families. They had favorite foods and favorite songs and favorite books. They weren't demons or monsters (in the literal sense, I mean), not some kind of otherworldly creatures that plagued the world in their time; they were human, same as the rest of us. *That* is what is truly terrifying about it all--knowing that they weren't special or unique and that there is absolutely nothing preventing more like them from showing up again.

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Thank you for the video, for the information. These things should definitely be addressed and talked about. We should never forget the situations or the victims...the victims families who still feel the after effects today...

When I heard "breeding stock" my eyes sprung a leak, man. My biggest fear is having a body used against my will, specifically forced impregnation, and to imagine the thousands of women, some probably younger than me, is horrific. I hope those mothers are living a peaceful life with their children in heaven.

If you ever come to México, there is a really interesting museum in México City called "Museo de Memoria y Tolerancia" i believe it translates to "Museum of remembrance and tolerance" it has exhibits of genocides with stories directly from survivors, part of the museum is decorated like trenches, they even give you a disclaimer before entering because it really feels heavy emotionaly, especially the last room of the museum. The point of the museum is to never forget what the human is cappable of, so we don't repeat the mistakes of the past, it's a relly interesting experience

I think part of the reason the story about the guard with the mirror is so unsettling is because it forces as to discard our caracatures of the Japanese staff and see the reality of them still being ordinary people. And the idea that ordinarybpeople could do such evil things is a more disturbing thought than evil being done by people who are evil at all times with no trace of goodness left in them.

What scares me more is there is most definitely stuff like this happening today maby not to such a large scale but definitely to the same or worse extreme all the stuff that gets exposed or bought to light is probably dwarfed by all the stuff that happens behind closed doors never to be revealed.

The fact that there were no survivors, the fact that there was never any justice, the fact that the destruction of records and the facility means we'll never know the true extent of these atrocities... For me, it's these things combined that outline how absolutely atrocious and horrifying Unit 731 truly was. Edit: It's been 9 months now since I left my original comment, and I just wanted to come back to say that both before and since then I have never heard of anything as awful as what occurred in Unit 731. I'm not exaggerating when I say that thinking about it makes me furious every time, and I can't even hear the name "Manchuria" without being reminded of the events and feeling a pang of sorrow and disgust. I only wish something could be done to bring the victims the justice they deserve, but as it's too late for that I think the least we can do is make sure that we remember them; and if there is an afterlife, I hope they've found their peace.

I heard a commentary about this which was disturbing. The person said that a lot of these people were normal people who went home to their wives and children at the end of the day after doing these things. I think that's the most disturbing thing about this, the people who did these things didn't see it as wrong. People can be very evil.

We captured the head of unit 731 and many of their top officials and not one was ever charged as a war criminal. The US Army protected the “doctors” because of the data they collected. I read a story years ago that said There were more records collected than shown but were deemed a national security item.

It is so disturbing how people can do such horrific things to each other, and how it has happened so many times in different places and ways and how I have no doubt is still happening to this day maybe just in a different way again. It's also just so sad how it feels like there is more and more people nowadays who try to deny these horrible things ever happened, trying to erase the victims completely. We need to talk about these things and stop them from happening again, although we'll never be able to rid evil completely. It is so depressing.

Fun fact, unit 731 was the group that discovered that humans are made of 70% water! I can only imagine how horrible those tests were!

What gets me is that the "scientists" who were able to walk free with minimal to no punishment simply, moved on. Men with the knowledge of how to dismember, mutilate, rape, torture and slaughter men, women and children without thought just transitioned back into society, strangers laid eyes on them with no knowledge of what they'd done, it's terrifying when monsters can look like you and i, and you'd never know.

I am usually a pretty cold, emotionless person, I dont react very much to horror, or disgust, I've seen the worst of live leak, the worst of reddit 50/50, but even a minor description of any of these events makes me feel bile creep up my throat...

Rest in peace to all souls lost in this video may all your journeys in Afterlife be beautiful

Wendigoon is like the Bob Ross of horror. This man could talk about the most disturbing events in human history but it's just so tranquil

Growing up I was told the horrendous experiment the 731 done on Chinese people back then. My grandparents told me they would steam people alive / freeze people and then pour boiling water on them just to see how a human body would react. I used to have nightmares about being steamed and seeing my flesh being scooped out! Worse thing is I don’t think they ever once acknowledged or apologized for the excruciating pain and suffering it inflicted. Thanks Wendigoon for spreading the awareness. Just wanted to say that sometimes the tough stance China takes against Japan on many issues has its roots in the history which are not often heard by many, especially knowing when people suffered without ever getting redress

3:14 THE RAID SHADOW LEGENDS THREW ME OFF SO BAD-

My nephew just finished a term paper on Japan in WW2. Just wanted to let you know that you sir was his first sited reference. His history teacher is also a fan of yours and I just wanted to say thank you for being so engaging and encouraging young people to do further research. By!!!!!❤

"Humanity, just as capable as it is for infinite evil, is capable of infinite good." I always love the wise words of Wendigoon--a man who takes on a lot of horror to share but somehow still has an amazing heart and sense of humor

I think every Wendigoon fan goes like "Ah sweet! Man made horrors beyond my comprehension" every time Wendi drops a new video.

Harbin Unit 731 Jilin 100 troops Guangzhou 8604 Unit Nanjing Rongzi 1644 Unit North China Force 1855 Qiqihar Unit 516 Gangzi 9420 Unit Rusy Bacteria War Don‘t forget the shame of the country, the hatred of the country, the deep hatred of the sea of blood, and never forget it.

I need to go hug my puppy. Those poor people 😢

One of the experiments they recently found out about from old soldiers passing down this information on their death beds. There was an experiment called "Mothers Love" at Unit 731. They would take a mother and her child and place them in a room with a floor that heated up over time. The soldiers would look under the door and take bets too see if the Mother would use her child as a shield or if she would protect her kid. Either way they would cook from the inside out but apparently the one solider said he only witnessed Mother's holding their child while running back and forth until their feet couldn't move anymore and then they'd curl up and hold their child on top of them to prevent them from touching the ground. Really stomach wrenching stuff. This reminds me Phillip Zimbardo's book "Lucifer Effect". It's the same Psych who did the Stanford Prison experiments, but he writes about American PoW camps during the Iraq invasion, the genocide in Rwanda etc and his entire point (I think? I could be a pleb) is that any human under the right systemic pressures can commit evil acts. Just something to consider when wondering how these soldiers and scientist committed such heinous crimes against humanity.

i feel like there's a lot of sexual perversion in a lot of japan's worst crimes that are often not spoken about or covered up due to the culture's emphasis on maintaining good appearances and impressions. the culture of suppression is especially detrimental to the mental well being of people in the country. theres not a whole lot of crime that takes place there, but when it happens it's really, really fucked up.

Great job and great style of video. Haven’t seen something like this for horror related content and I’m pleased. Thank you for taking the time to make it

I'm only 31 but I remember videos stores, and a particularly great one called Waterfront Video in Vermont. It was staffed by cinephiles and/or college film students when I was in late middle school. I loved horror and asked a staff member for a good watch and this bastard put "Philosophy of a Knife" in my hands. After running that marathon it was so haunting years later to realize the truth behind the whole thing...

I’m Japanese, and I’m honestly a little less ashamed of the fact that this happened within my nation’s history than the fact that there are people so desperate about their sense of national pride that they deny the truth about it. Even if it’s shameful and difficult, admitting it happened is the only way we can ever make amends. It’s the honorable thing to do. That being said, I am not at all surprised the Imperial Japanese would use their own guards as test subjects. So many men sacrificed themselves during the war because they believed the honor of dying for their nation was worth more than their own lives. Their way of thinking led to so much loss- loss of the enemy and loss of their own people. Even more reason to hate the Imperial Japanese.

Being Chinese, 731 and the Rape of Nanking still is one of the most tragic and traumatizing events thats ever happened in history. The worst part is, no one will admit to it and almost all got away with it. Goes back to the quote, if you forget your history, you are sure to repeat it.

Thank you! I am a Chinese. I would never forget this history (and Nanjing Massacre, which is another disgusting and terrifying thing that Japanese did to Chinese). What Japan did to our ancestors. And what our ancestors did to protect us from wars, to create a peaceful place for all of us. What makes me angry is that until now, Japan still haven't acknowledge what their ancestors did yet. They owe our ancestors an apology. Some Japanese even said these histories are made up by Chinese.

every single one of those war criminals lost its humanity.

I always thought the Umbrella Corporation from Resident Evil was too cartoonish and nobody could be that fundamentally cruel and evil in the real world. Turns out, the Japanese government were giving Umbrella a run for their money.

So glad you talking about this. Nobody talks about the atrocities of Japan during the war in an accessible way. I spent weeks learning about the holocaust in high school but never even heard about Unit 731, Nanking, or Comfort Women until I was literally pursuing a history degree in college.

thank you for spreading this information

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I visited Harbin in North Eastern China where these atrocities took place. The museum built on the site was one of the best I have ever visited. The museum was massive and completely free. They had hundreds of primary source documents and delved into pretty much every aspect of Unit 731. If anyone here is currently in China or plans to visit soon, I highly recommend visiting.

Wendigoon still managing to be the most wholesome person on the platform all while talking about the worst things in history

I can only say that if the Japanese government continues to deny these histories and call them just false propaganda, then don't blame the future when the Monument to the People's Heroes will be built on the ruins of the Yasukuni Shrine.

My grans brother was a prisoner of war in Japan during ww2 after being freed he was sent to Canada to gain weight before being sent home to the UK My grandma saw him suddenly walking down the road and she always said he was the only man she ever ran after so sweet! He had the bluest eyes we all have very blue eyes but his oh my and he was so friendly kind and funny. I’ve looked at some things he went through and just want to scream why?

My first job involved duplicating records from capital punishment cases for lawyers. This included photographs and videos of crime scenes and autopsies, which I knew going into the job. I never felt too bothered by it. It was easy to disconnect myself when copying those materials and just do the job. I did it exclusively for 2 years and continue assisting when we are short staffed to this day. One video stuck with me more than any other. It was the only one that ever made me cry and made me feel nauseous. It gave me nightmares that still last today. It was a walkthrough of the crime scene, guy was killed at home, robbery gone wrong or owed someone money, I don’t remember. But when they panned over the bathroom mirror his fiancée had left him a note, it just said “I love you, see you later!” Seeing that note, just that brief bridge of human connection shattered my disconnected to the materials I handled on the job. It was worse than any of the picture of bodies I had seen. I was engaged at the time, and started having nightmares about my fiancé, now husband, dying and me not being aware. About being that woman who had to receive the news that she’d never speak to the man she loved again. 29:58 I think it’s always the things we don’t expect to hurt about horrors in this world that can disturb us the most.

The thing that really gets me is that even with all that we know, all the atrocities we know to have been committed, all of the blood, cruelty, torture, indescribably pure agony that went on in this facility is that we might not even know the full extent of all that went on in this facility. Just… how can a group of people have so much darkness in their heart as to commit anything scratching the surface of these acts.

The real version of "I have no mouth and I must scream"

Imagine being a member of that horror... knowing if you did not do your job you and your family will join them. Fear is a great tool to subjugate.

Once again, Japans rebrand to cute and kawaii anime should be studied. The evil and atrocities they've commited are absolutely disgusting and inhumane, a part of their history they still refuse to acknowledge. So many victims who will never find peace, who will never be named, never be apologized to, but I thank people like you who refuse to let their stories never be told.

The "maruta" label was also an effective way to dehumanize the prisoners. When it comes to crimes against humanity like this, it's common for the direct perpetrators to find some way to convince themselves that the people they're torturing are subhuman as a means to cope and to justify their own actions.

Damn those mfers were demons

i really appreciate how Wendi takes the time at the end to remind and reassure everyone that “hey, not everyone is evil, actually a lot of people are really un-evil” (and then proceeds to brag on his wife which is adorable) congratulations Dr. Kayla!! 🎉

It's astounding how much the American view of Japan has changed since WWII. My grandmother, who was born in 1934, to this day holds a grudge against the Japanese since she lost 3 of her male family members in the Pacific theatre. Meanwhile, I'm learning Japanese and plan to work and live there in the future. My grandmother doesn't think ill of me she knows things have changed, but she will carry her grudge to her grave.

Fun fact, Japan has never ever formally apologized for this, and has a shrine to multiple people responsible. Edit: second fun fact, Japan had a convicted war criminal serve as “minister of Justice” after all of this.

It’s so scary how we don’t know everything that happened in that horrible place