Episode 22 – Jenny Chan From the Pacific Atrocities Education

SUPPORT US BY SUBSCRIBING! A new year, a new season! The World War II Daily Podcast returns today for its 3rd year.Episode 22 features Jenny Chan, co-founder of Pacific Atrocities Education, a nonprofit she helped establish in 2014 to research and preserve World War II history in the Asia-Pacific. Growing up in the United States, Jenny became interested in this work after hearing her grandmother’s experiences living under Japanese occupation in Hong Kong, stories that were largely absent from what shelearned in school.Through Pacific Atrocities Education, she and her team have worked to recover survivor testimonies and digitize over a million fragile war crimes documents from the U.S. National Archives. Her work focuses on documenting Japanese wartime atrocities, preserving historical evidence, and bringing greater attention to parts of the war that remain less discussed in mainstream narratives.In this episode, we discuss Japanese wartime atrocities in general and take a closer look at Unit 731 — exploring the historical context, the available evidence, and the importance of preserving these histories for future generations.For daily WW2 content check out our Instagram: @worldwarii_daily and @samuel.dekortePacific Atrocities Education: @pacificatrocitieseduLearn more about Pacific Atrocities Education: https://www.pacificatrocities.org/Thank you for watching!