Ex-member of Japanese biological warfare unit in China

Ex-member of Japanese biological warfare unit in China

Hideo Shimizu, a former member of the Imperial Japanese Army's notorious Unit 731, which is thought to have undertaken covert biological and chemical warfare research in China during World War II, prays in front of a cenotaph dedicated to peace at the former site of the unit headquarters in Harbin, northeastern China, on Aug. 13, 2024.

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                      Hideo Shimizu (2nd from L), a former member of the Imperial Japanese Army's notorious Unit 731, which is thought to have undertaken covert biological and chemical warfare research in China during World War II, prays in front of a cenotaph dedicated to peace at the former site of the unit headquarters in Harbin, northeastern China, on Aug. 13, 2024.