John Rabe, A true-story account of a German businessman who saved more than 200,000 Chinese CHINA: John Rabe helped save the lives of 250,000 Chinese from a Japanese army bent on slaughter, writes Clifford Coonan in Nanjing There was chaos on the streets of Nanjing in The German actor Ulrich Tukur brings an understated intensity and psychological depth to the title role of “John Rabe,” a sweeping historical film World War II Humanitarian. With Ulrich Tukur, Daniel Brühl, Steve Buscemi, Anne Consigny. The Nanking Safety Zone, which he helped to establish, sheltered approximately 250,000 Chinese people from Imperial Japanese Army atrocities. John Heinrich Detlef Rabe (23 November 1882 – 5 January 1950) was a German diplomat and businessman best known for his efforts to stop Japanese war crimes and protect Chinese civilians during the Nanjing Massacre. He established a safety zone and flew a Swastika flag to protect them from bombing and killing. Now he's the subject of 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 In 1937, John Rabe -- a native of Germany and a member of the Nazi Party -- helped to save the lives of thousands of Chinese civilians during the Rape of Nanking. Thomas Rabe, a 73-year-old professor at the University of Heidelberg in Germany, is the first grandson of John Rabe. Sometimes called the Oskar Schindler of China, he is remembered for saving a large number of Chinese during the Japanese invasion. Now he's the subject of A unique and gripping document: the recently discovered diaries of a German businessman, John Rabe, who saved so many lives in the infamous What would you think of a man who supported the greatest mass-murder machine in human history? A man who was proud to stand by a genocidal dictator who nearl In 1937, as the Japanese army unleashed horror upon Nanjing, one man stood in their way: John Rabe, a German businessman and Nazi Party member. Rabe from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25. a9fkj5 st5ggc3 di zo7 4vtithr bg4w cnuaka7 kxkio sjr e610pa