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John Rabe. 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.
John Rabe (released in the United Kingdom as City of War: The Story of John Rabe) is a 2009 biographical film directed by Florian Gallenberger, based upon John Rabe's published wartime diaries.
John Rabe was a courageously humanitarian Siemens employee saved the Chinese civilian population during the Second Sino-Japanese War of 1937-38. This Siemens employee saved the lives of 250.000 people in the Sino-Japanese War, but his deeds have only been remembered in recent times.
Apr 2, 2009 · John Rabe: Directed by Florian Gallenberger. With Ulrich Tukur, Daniel Brühl, Steve Buscemi, Anne Consigny. A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38.
Jan 18, 2012 · Perhaps the most fascinating character to emerge from the history of the Rape of Nanking is the German businessman John Rabe. To most of the Chinese in the city, he was a hero, "the living...
Aug 26, 2020 · NANJING, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- For decades, Hamburg-born John Rabe has been a household name in Nanjing, a Chinese city thousands of kilometers away from Germany that was traumatized by a massacre during World War II.
May 20, 2010 · May 20, 2010. The German actor Ulrich Tukur brings an understated intensity and psychological depth to the title role of “John Rabe,” a sweeping historical film that exalts a largely unsung...
John Rabe - Official US Trailer. Opens 5/21 at Quad Cinema in NYC and 6/4 at Laemmle Theatres in Los Angeles Based on a true story, John Rabe tells the story of a German businessman who...
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 never...
A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese during the Nanjing massacre in 1937-38. After 28 years building and managing a vast Siemens plant in Nanking, John Rabe is ordered by the new Nazi regime to close it down.
