May 8th, 2005 was the commemoration day of the 60th anniversary of victory in Anti-fascist War. Leaders and people from dozens of counties were invited to Moscow to attend the commemoration. Germany, the adversary in the past, has long been the honored guest. With a history of 60 years, this commemoration is more like a gathering of all Europeans. This gathering was virtually a kind of flaunt as compared with those countries entangled in enmities and war chaos out of Europe. Since May 8th, 1945, Europe has been enjoying peace for 60 years.

"The cruelty of recollection is that it can awake some forgotten memories." Wars broke out on this civilized land with so much cost while the period of peace was much shorter than the period of war. Therefore, neither the winner nor the loser can bear responsibility for all serious consequences arising from recollection of history.

Besides the Allies commemorating their victory, the self-examination of the war maker in those years is peculiar in the history. The self-examination of the war paved the way to Moscow and Normandy, as well as won the respect again.

Satirically, when Europeans celebrate their new lives, how many people can still remember that 2005 is also the 60th anniversary of the victory in Chinese Anti-Japanese War? When Germans confessed and apologized for their crimes, what did Japanese do? Praying at the Yasukuni Shrine, historiography, beautifying their history of aggression, they even try in vain to deny Nanjing Massacre of 300,000 Chinese in cold blood. Under the ironclad evidences of history, the Rightists of Japan still want to obliterate this history filled with tears and blood. It is more terrible than forgetfulness.

Tragically, this part of history is becoming more and more weakened in our minds along with the passage of time. So, we have set this special topic. 60 years has passed away, maybe the joy of victory in those years has become dimmer and dimmer, but the bitter lesson in 1937 cannot be forgotten. Nanjing, as one of the most convincing witnesses to that war, takes on heavy responsibilities of maintaining peace of the world.