“'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, this was much worse. The discussion between these men was about the vivisection of live human subjects. Here was an everyday slice of life for workers and researchers at the secretive Japanese Biological and Chemical Warfare Research Unit, 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 had surrendered to the Americans after World War II, they would have gained immunity and could live free without any worry of being tried for their crimes against humanity. So the question is: Was it correct for the United States to grant immunity to the human experimenters of Unit 731 and hide all 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 expand the Togo Unit, a secret research unit led by Ishii. The location given to Ishii by Hirohito was Harbin, Manchukuo, which is now northeastern China. This position was given to Ishii so that he could choose and receive as many subjects as he needed. These subjects were to be collected from nearby towns and villages, and if the subjects did not cooperate with the Kempeitai, the military police, the subject's family would be killed in front of them and then forcibly transferred to the research facility. As mentioned in the introduction by a former researcher named Yoshio Shinozuka, the test subjects were called logs to dehumanize the... middle of paper......ermentation." reducetheburden.org. Np, nd Web. 6 December 2011. .Simkin, Mark. "Foreign Correspondent - 22/04/2003: Japan - Unit 731." ABC.net.au Web, 6 December 2011. "The One Who Not...." Auschwitz and Birkenau Homesite. Np, nd Web. 7 December 2011. "Unit 731", the free encyclopedia Trial of the Doctors - World War II." Netplaces. Np, nd Web. 13 December 2011. .Working, Russell. "The Trial of Unit 731." The Japan Times Online. Np, June 1, 2001. Web. December 6. 2011. .