# = footnotes
Date of source Population Source material 1937 Nov.25 More than 200,000 John Rabe's letter to Hitler, from Rabe's diary Nov.25 Over 200,000 Rabe's diary Nov.28 200,000 Chinese Rabe's diary Dec. 6 800,000 have fled Rabe's diary Dec.10 200,000 Rabe's diary Dec.17 200,000 #9 document, from Documents of the Nanking Safety Zone Committee (see footnote 4 )
#6 reference, What War Means (see footnote 16 ) (WWM)
p. 128, vol.9, Nicchu Senso Shiryoshu (NSS) (#21)
Dec. 18 200,000 #10~12 documents, Documents
#7 reference, WWM
p.129, vol.9, NSS
Dec. 21 200,000 #20 document,Documents
#9 reference, WWM
Dec. 25 200,000 Rabe's diary Dec. 27 200,000 #26 document, Documents
#14 reference, WWM
1938 January 200,000~250,000 p.247, Nankin Jiken Shiryo-shu (#22) Jan. 9 250,000 In press meeting of Japanese embassy staff Katsuzo Okumura comments that Chinese refugees are increasing daily, The North China Daily News, p.648 vol.1, Nankin -sen Shiryo- shu (NJS) (#23) Jan. 14 250,000~300,000 #41 document, Documents,
#19 reference, WWM
Jan. 14 200,000 Rabe's diary Jan. 17 250,000 #43 document, Documents ,
#22 reference, WWM
Jan. 17 250,000 Rabe's diary
Jan. 18 250,000 #46 document, Documents,
p.182, NSS
Jan. 19 250,000 #47 document, Documents,
#24 reference, WWM
p.146 NSS
Jan. 22 250,000 #49 document, Documents Jan. 27 250.000 p.649, NJS Jan. 28 250,000 #49 document, Documents,
#26 reference, WWM
p.146, NSS
Feb. 10 250,000 # 68 document, Documents
p.208 NSS
'37 Dec.~'38 Jan. 221,150 Smythe, War Damage in the Nanking Area (see footnote 12) 1946 July 26 200,000~300,000 Testimony of Hsu Chuan- yin at the Far East Military Tribunal (Tokyo Trial)
p.24 vol.8 NSS
July 26 One million before the war, 500,000 early December, 1937 Testimony of Wilson at the Tokyo Trial
p.21, vol.8, NSS
July 29 221,000 Testimony of Dr. M.S. Bates at the Tokyo Trial
p. 57, vol.8, NSS
1997 600,000~700,000 p.100, Rape of Nanking (#24) 1998 July 25 600,000~700,000 p.81, Nankin Jiken o Dou Miruka (#25) July 25 600,000 p.154, ibid (#26)