A two-month exhibition about the Nanjing Massacre, committed by Japanese troops during World War II, will open in Italy on Wednesday (Dec 13).

The exhibition will showcase more than 500 photos, 30 exhibits and 120 written and video documents which reflect the truth of the massacre and international rescue efforts, according to a Chinese organizer.

The exhibition is being cosponsored by the provincial government of east China's Jiangsu Province, of which Nanjing is the capital, and the city of Florence in Italy.

This is the first such exhibition in Italy. The exhibition will last two months and then move to Rome, the capital of Italy.

"The exhibition will reveal the truth of the massacre 69 years ago, and also express the desire of peace-loving Chinese people to build a bright future with the peoples of the world," the organizer said.

The Nanjing Massacre occurred in December 1937 when Japanese troops occupied Nanjing, the then capital of China. Over 300,000 Chinese were killed, one third of the houses in the city were burned and more than 20,000 women were raped.

Editor: Wing