page_title: Sinchon Museum of American War Atrocities
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Sinchon Museum of American War Atrocities / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Gravesite of the 400 mothers and children at the Sinchon Massacre site.
context_page_description: The Sinchon Museum of American War Atrocities is a museum dedicated to the Sinchon Massacre, a massacre of North Korean civilians, carried out by South Korean and US troops during the Korean War. The museum is located in Sinchon County of North Korea. In July 2015, the museum was rebuilt and moved to a new location in the country.
context_section_description: The Sinchon Museum of American War Atrocities houses exhibits the deaths of over 35,000 people from 17 October to 7 December in 1950, at the same period of time when the major cities of North Korea, such as Pyongyang (the capital city) and Hamhung, were under wartime occupation by South Korean, American and United Nations military forces.
  The Institute for Korean Historical Studies concluded that both Communists and anti-Communist vigilantes engaged in wholesale slaughter throughout the area, and that the 19th Infantry Regiment took the city and failed to prevent the secret police that came with them from perpetuating the civilian murders; however, the regiment did not participate themselves. Furthermore, when Communists retook the city, the population was again purged. Other sources have concluded that the "massacre" was caused by a local rivalry that used the fog of war as a pretense.
caption: The grave of the 400 mothers and children killed by US troops in the surrounding areas of the museum
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