“How many logs did you cut today?” "People would respond, 'Two logs were cut in my section' or 'No logs were cut in my section'" (Simkin). This conversation wasn't a discussion about the productivity of a day's work chopping wood, no, it was much worse. The discussion between these men was about the vivisection of living human subjects. This was a part of daily life for the workers and researchers of the Japanese Unit of the Department of Biological and Chemical Warfare Research, or better known as Unit 731, and the atrocities committed by "Asian Auschwitz ". So what happened to the leaders and men of Unit 731? If they surrendered to the Americans after World War II, they were then given immunity and allowed to live freely without fear of prosecution for their crimes against humanity. The question, then, is whether the United States was right to grant immunity to the human experimenters of Unit 731 and to conceal any knowledge of Unit 731's existence? General Shiro Ishii formed Unit 731 in 1940 after Ishii received authorization from Emperor Showa, or better. known as Emperor Hirohito, in 1936 to develop the Togo Unit, a secret research unit led by Ishii. The location given to Ishii by Hirohito was Harbin, Manchukuo, which is in today's northeastern China. This location was given to Ishii so that he could choose and receive as many test subjects as he needed. These test subjects were to come from nearby towns and villages, and if the subjects did not cooperate with the Kempeitai, the military police, then the subject's family would be murdered in front of them and then forcibly transferred to the research center. As cited in the introduction by a former researcher named Yoshio Shinozuka, test subjects were called diaries to dehumanize the...... middle of paper......erimentation. "reducetheburden.org. Np, nd Web. December 6, 2011. .Simkin, Mark. "Foreign Correspondent - 04/22/2003: Japan - Unit 731." ABC.net.au Web December 6, 2011. "He Who Doesn't don't do it. " Auschwitz and Birkenau Homesite, nd Web. December 7, 2011. "Unit 731." Wikipedia, nd Web. December 6, 2011. .White, David and Daniel P. Murphy. Doctors' Trial - World War II. " Netplaces. Np, nd Web. December 13, 2011. .Working, Russell. “The Trial of Unit 731.” The Japan Times Online. Np, June 1, 2001. Web. December 6. 2011. .