Thousands of Taiwanese Civilians Were Massacred In The Country’s “Hidden Holocaust.”

For 40 years, no one was allowed to talk about it

Ryan Fan
CrimeBeat
Published in
8 min readMay 12, 2022

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Jun Li’s “The Horrifying Inspection,” depicting Taiwan after February 28th, 1947 — Public Domain

February 28th is my birthday, and I’ve occasionally Googled the date to see what famous events come up during the date. One of the first results is almost always a massacre — the infamous February 28th (02/28) Massacre in Taiwan, which…

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Ryan Fan
CrimeBeat

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