Former Site of the Harbin Police Department of the Puppet Manchukuo Government

Puppet Manchukuo Harbin – The former site of the police department

The Former Site of the Harbin Police Department of the Puppet Manchukuo Government is a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit and a patriotic education base.

Puppet Manchukuo Harbin – The department was a puppet regime institution in the Harbin area during the Japanese occupation of Northeast China. After the “September 18th Incident,” Japanese invaders established the puppet state of Manchukuo in the Northeast on March 1, 1932.

After Japan announced unconditional surrender on August 15, 1945, the Puppet Manchukuo Harbin – department system completely collapsed. Following the liberation of Harbin, those who had assisted the Japanese puppet regime and committed numerous atrocities were brought to justice. The building of the Harbin – department was taken over by the people's government. On October 10, 1948, the first revolutionary memorial museum of the Chinese Communist Party—the Museum of Northeast Martyrs—officially opened on this site. On January 10, 1999, this three-story building was designated as a Provincial-Level Cultural Relics Protection Unit by the People’s Government of Heilongjiang Province and classified as a Category I Protected Building in Harbin. Since then, it has served as a site for people to mourn the martyrs, expose the crimes of Japanese invaders, and conduct patriotic education.

In May 2013, the State Council (State Council Document [2013] No. 13) announced the Former Site of the Puppet Manchukuo Harbin – Department as a National Key Cultural Relics Protection Unit.

Further Reading:

·Seventh Batch of National Key Cultural Relics Protection Units