John Rabe (November 23, 1882 – January 5, 1950) was a German businessman whose Nanking Safety Zone sheltered some 200,000 Chinese from slaughter during the Nanking Massacre.


John Rabe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

John Rabe - the Angel of Nanking

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/15/in.../15letter.html

And a movie:

John Rabe (2008)

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Yes I had heard of him before. A very honorable man. Just further proof to the point that not all Germans were evil.

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Rabe really was a brave and noble man. It said in the Minnie Vautrin biography that he would go into the streets and pull Japanese soldiers off of girls. Had no idea that a movie about Rabe was being released. I wonder if they'll play it in the US.

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