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John Heinrich Detlef Rabe (23 November 1882 – 5 January 1950) was a German businessman and Nazi Party member best known for his efforts to stop war crimes during the Japanese Nanjing Massacre (also romanized as Nanking) and his work to protect and help Chinese civilians during the massacre that ensued.
Jun 14, 2010 · John Rabe was a real German businessman who lived in Nanking, now called Nanjing; for decades, he managed the operations of the Siemens company there. A member of the Nazi Party, Rabe had...
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Jan 27, 2016 · On February 28, 1938, Rabe left Nanking, traveling to Shanghai and then back to Germany. He showed films and photographs of Japanese atrocities in lecture presentations in Berlin and wrote to Hitler suggesting that he use his influence to persuade the Japanese to stop any more inhumane violence.
Dec 12, 1996 · Article focuses on contents of recently discovered diary of Nazi businessman John Rabe, which details his successful efforts to save thousands of Chinese in Nanking during Japanese invasion;...
06/08/2019 1 Comment. John Rabe started his famous Nanjing Diaries on 21 September 1937, approximately twelve weeks before Nanjing fell to the Japanese. However, the first document he included in the first volume of his diary is dated 6 August 1937.
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NARRATOR: It was the German John Rabe, a Siemens representative and member of the Nazi Party, who in 1937 saved the lives of Muji and Lee. When Japanese troops entered the then Chinese capital in December 1937, Rabe and a small group of dedicated foreigners established a safety zone. Even Rabe's own house became a place of refuge.
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May 20, 2010 · A longtime Siemens employee and a loyal Nazi, Rabe (Ulrich Tukur) is the ideal witness to what happened in Nanking in 1937. He has no motivation to exaggerate the crimes of Japan, Germany's...
