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John Rabe

By amanda2018006

  • "... in 1908 [Rabe] moved to China, where he found employment at the Peking office of the Siemens China."

    Source: The Rape of Nanking

  • "In 1931 he transferred to the Nanking office."

    Source: The Rape of Nanking
  • "Japanese take all towns on Manchuria railroad..."

    "Japanese take all towns on Manchuria railroad..."

    Source: The New York Times

  • "In mid-August the war had taken the city by surprise: Nanking had its first tast of aerial warfare when twelve Japanese machines appeared at two this afternoon to bomb the capital and were engaged by ten Chinese planes..."

    Source: Rana Mitter, China's War With Japan, 1937-1945: The Struggle for Survival

  • "Terror ensues as the most horrific bombing of Nanking occurs."

    "Over 600 are killed ... by over 500 bombs."
    Source: Remember Nanking
  • "Japanese attack in Shanghai Zone."

    "Japanese attack in Shanghai Zone."

    Source: The New York Times

  • "an International committee has been formed..."

    "An International committee has been formed... they want to try to create a refugee camp, or better, a neutral zone inside or outside the city, where non combatants can take refuge."
    Source: The Good Man of Nanking: The Diaries of John Rabe

  • "In a steady downpour the evacuation of the Chinese Government was almost compled today..."

    "In a steady downpour the evacuation of the Chinese Government was almost completed today..." Source: Rana Mitter, China's War With Japan, 1937-1945: The Struggle for Survival
  • "Japanese reach Nanking; 90 Planes bomb the city."

    "Japanese reach Nanking; 90 Planes bomb the city."

    Source: The New York Times
  • "Chinese fight foe outside Nanking.."

    "Chinese fight foe outside Nanking.."

    Source: Abend Hallett

  • "At 8:00 p.m. Rabe… heard frantic knocking..."

    "At 8:00 p.m. Rabe… heard frantic knocking on both gates of his house: Chinese women and children were begging for entrance, men were scaling the garden wall behind his German school, and people were cramming themselves into the foxholes in his garden, even ducking under the giant German flag he had used to warn pilots from bombing his property. The cried and knocking increased until... He flung open the gates to let the crowd in.”
    Source: The Rape of Nanking
  • "Japanese troops, preceded by tanks, have been pouring into Nanking since 4 AM..."

    "Japanese troops, preceded by tanks, have been pouring into Nanking since 4 AM..."

    Source; Hallett Abend
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    Japanese Occupation in Nanking

  • "By the end of 1937..."

    "the cities of north China lay in Japanese hands: Tianjin, Beiping, Taiyuan, Datong and Ji'nan had all fallen." Source: Rana Mitter, China's War With Japan, 1937-45: The Struggle for Survival

  • "By the spring of 1938.."

    "the people of Nanking knew that the massacre was over, and that while they would be occupied they would not necessarily all be killed."
    Source: The Rape of Nanking
  • "Large reception at the headquarters of the Safety Zone Committee. am given an official letter of thanks in Chinese and English... "

    "Large reception at the headquarters of the Safety Zone Committee. am given an official letter of thanks in Chinese and English... "

    "...Herr John Rabe left Nanking, after being honored by both Chinese and foreign nationals at several impressive and dignified gatherings, with many good and stirring farewell speeches expressing great gratitude for his service on behalf of the Safety Zone." - Chancellor Scharffenberg
    Sources: The Good Man of Nanking: The Diaries of John Rabe; Yale Divinity School Source: Diaries of John Rabe

  • “That May, Rabe publicized the Nanking massacre..."

    “That May, Rabe publicized the Nanking massacre by lecturing and showing John Magee’s film all over Berlin...”
    Source: The Rape of Nanking

  • “[Rabe] sent a letter to the fuehrer… "

    “[Rabe] sent a letter to the fuehrer… A few days later two members of the Gestapo arrived on his doorstep to arrest him… Rabe was interrogated for several hours at Gestapo headquarters.” Source: Rape of Nanking
  • "the United States dropped an untested uranium bomb on Hiroshima"

    "the United States dropped an untested uranium bomb on Hiroshima"

    "On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an untested uranium bomb on Hiroshima..."
    Text source: The Rape of Nanking
    Image source: "On This Day," The New York Times (on the web)
  • "...a second... bomb was dropped on... Nagasaki"

    "...a second... bomb was dropped on... Nagasaki"

    "On August 9, a second, plutonium-type bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki."
    Text source: The Rape of Nanking
    Image source: "On This Day," The New York Times (on the web)

  • "Rabe died from an artery stroke."

    source: The Rape of Nanking

  • "diaries [made] public"

    "[Ursala Reindhart, Rabe's granddaughter] decided to make the diaries public."

  • Japanese Denial

    "There were regular combative activities, but…I have said [repeatedly] there was no [Nanjing] massacre that resulted in murders of several hundred thousands of people," --Takashi, Mayor of Nagoya
    Source: New York Times