Editing Nanjing Massacre (section)

== End of the massacre ==
In late January 1938, the Japanese army forced all refugees in the Safety Zone to return home, immediately claiming to have "restored order". After the establishment of the ''weixin zhengfu'' ({{lang-zh|c=维新政府|p=Wéixīn zhèngfǔ}}) [[Reformed Government of the Republic of China|(the collaborating government) in 1938]], order was gradually restored in Nanjing and atrocities by Japanese troops lessened considerably.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

On February 18, 1938, the [[International Committee for the Nanking Safety Zone]] was forcibly renamed <!--not sure by whom, probably IJA--> the Nanjing International Rescue Committee, and the Safety Zone effectively ceased to function. The last refugee camps were closed in May 1938.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}