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In the years of the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), a huge number of Chinese citizens had been mobilized to fight against the Japanese invaders (Schmidt-Glintzer 2008: 209) and to expel them from Chinese territory. Today, many memorial sites recall to China’s struggle of survival during these years, for example, the Former Site of the New Fourth Army Department 黄花塘新四军军部旧址. The site is located in the village Huanghuatang 黄花塘 near the city Huai’an 淮安 in Jiangsu Province 江苏省 and is dedicated to the New Fourth Army 新四军 and their achievements in their fight against the invading Japanese Army. The New Fourth Army was founded in 1937 and represented the unification of both GMD soldiers and troops of the CCP. The army’s leadership was in the hands of GMD-general Ye Ting 叶挺 (1896-1946), who later joint the CCP during the Chinese Civil War. Picture 1:  New Fourth Army commander Ye TinThe memorial museum was opened to public in 2002 and shows the formation and the development of the New Fourth Army during their stay in Huanghuatang from January 1943 until February 1945. Picture 2: May 1943: the Austrian doctor Jakob Rosenfeld 罗生特 (center), together with Liu Shaoqi 刘少奇 (left) and Chen Yi 陈毅 (right).The museum compound consists of a memorial hall, a military auditorium site and the former residence of the PLA officers Chen Yi 陈毅 (1901-1972) and Rao Shushi 饶漱石 (1901/1903 – 1975) who were stationed in Huanghuatang (Red Tourism). The military auditorium site exhibits parts of the original equipment used by the PLA soldiers of the New Fourth Army. The memorial hall, which is kept in a chic andresidential style, is the main attraction of the site. It emphasizes themilitary, political, economic, and cultural aspects of the Army department byshowing original exhibits and other cultural relicts (Official Website). According to the official website of the museum, the memorial hall is divided into four individual exhibition rooms. Whereas the first room is giving an introduction to the formation and development of the New Fourth Army, the second and the third areas are dealing with a historiography of the New Fourth Army and their deeds during their two-year stay. The fourth showroom is a thematic exhibition with the topic “Iron Army spirit from generation to generation 铁军精神代代相传”. Just like the Memorial of the River Crossing in Nanjing, the Former Site of the New Fourth Army Department glorifies the achievements of the Peoples Liberation Army. Bibliography: Denton, Kirk A.(2014): Exhibiting the Past – Historical memory and the Politics of Museumin Postsocialist China. Honolulu: University of Hawai’i Press.Schmidt-Glintzer, Helwig(2008): Kleine Geschichte Chinas. München: C.H. Beck Verlag 程琪璜(1997): “黄花塘新四军军部旧址纪念馆”. In: 抗日战争研究(北京), Vol. 2, p. 249. Official Homepage: http://www.n4ahht.com/ Website Red Tourism: www.redtourism.com.cn/tris/front/zh_CN/spot_639.htmlList of Pictures: Featured Image: 1939年2月，周恩来与部分新四军领导人合影。左起：陈毅、粟裕、傅秋涛、周恩来、朱克靖、叶挺 (source: https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/新四军#/media/File:Zhou_Enlai_in_1939.jpg, author: New 4th Army) Picture 1: New Fourth Army commander Ye Ting (source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ye_Ting#/media/File:Ye_Ting.jpg, author: User Dice on zh.Wikipedia) Picture 2: 1943年5月，奥地利医学博士罗生特（中）与刘少奇（左）陈毅（右）合影 (source: https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/新四军#/media/File:Jacob_Rosenfeld.jpg, author: Unknown author) 