[NEohioPAL]A night of untold stories - Free lecture

[Johnny Wu]

For immediate release

Contact:		Johnny Wu, VP of Administration
Telephone:		216-623-0822
Fax:			216-623-0244
Email:		Johnny at mdifilm.com
Website:		http://www.ocagc.org or
http://community.cleveland.com/cc/ocagc

OCAGC presents a free evening lecture:
"The Untold Stories of WWII in Asia (1931-1945)"

(Cleveland, Ohio, September 12, 2002) The Organization of Chinese
Americans of Greater Cleveland is presenting a FREE evening lecture on
the untold stories in Asia during World War II with guest speaker, Mr.
Eugene L. Wei, founder of the American Museum of Asian Holocaust WWII
(1931-1945) located in Falls Creek, Pennsylvania.

This free lecture is an educational program to learn about the past
history in order to avoid repeating the same errors again. Did you know
that during WWII, out of ten American POWs who died, nine of them died
in Japanese captivity while only one out of ten died in the German Nazi
captivity?  Did you know that over 30 million Chinese men, women and
children were killed by the onslaught of the Japanese soldiers from 1931
to 1945 and at least 200 million Chinese people were made homeless
refugees?  Did you know that the atrocities committed during WWII in
China by the Japanese soldiers and officers have not been taught in high
school history curriculum across America? 

Mr. Wei's lecture and photos of forgotten stories of heroes during the
WWII will help us understand the untold history of our past. He will
talk about some tragic stories as well as heart-warming stories about
heroics of that period of time in Asia, like the first American airman
who died for justice against Japanese fliers in China; the story about
Minnie Vautrin who saved more than 10,000 Chinese women from being raped
or killed; American and Chinese POWs as slave laborers; the defense of
Bataan peninsula by both American and Filipino soldiers and many others.
A photo exhibit on the anthrax attack in China (1942-44) by the Japanese
military will be shown.

The free lecture will be held from 6pm to 8pm on Thursday, October 10,
2002 at Asia Plaza's Conference Room (2nd Floor), 2999 Payne Avenue,
Cleveland, Ohio 44114. Tea refreshment will be provided. Limited
seating, RSVP is suggested. For more information, please call
216-623-0822 or email Johnny at mdifilm.com. 

About Eugene L. Wei. Eugene was a refugee from the Rape of Nanking three
years before he was born. His parents escaped from Nanking just 3 weeks
before Dec.13, 1937. In 1949 they escaped again from Mao to Taiwan and
later immigrated to Chicago, Illinois. He received his Science Master's
degree from M.I.T. in 1965.  Mr. Wei is a permanent member of the
Chinese American Environmental Protection Assoc. (CAEPA); a  member of
the Alliance for Preserving the Truth of Sino-Japanese War (APTSJW),
former vice chair; and on July 26, 2002, he founded the American Museum
of Asian Holocaust WWII (1931-1945). He has given lectures at high
schools and colleges including UC Davis, California State University, at
Hayward, S.F. City College, Stanford University, UCLA,  Oregon State U.
and  Georgetown University in D.C.  For more information about the
museum, visit http://www.geocities.com/amahwwii/

About OCAGC. The Organization of Chinese Americans of Greater Cleveland
(OCAGC) is a non-profit, non-partisan civic rights and educational
organization. We are dedicated to promoting cultural heritage, active
participation in civic and community affairs, securing justice, and
equal treatment and equal opportunity for all Americans of Chinese and
Asian/Pacific Islander descent. "Embracing the Hopes and Aspiration of
Chinese and Asian Pacific Americans in the United States"