HBO - Nanking

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Did anyone watch this? It was well done. The show had actors portraying foreigners present in Nanking at the time of the attack. They narrated the story throughout. There were also many individual accounts given by people from both sides (Chinese and Japanese).

One fact I didn't know until watching this was the cooperation between American missionaries and German business men to establish a safe zone to protect Chinese civilians.
 
As much as we always here about the horrors (and they were), committed by the Germans in WWII, at times the Japanese made them look like choirboys.

Interesting reading.

The Other Nuremberg: The Untold Story of the Tokyo War Crimes Trials

Prisoners of the Japanese
 
Truth is stranger than fiction. The leader of international efforts to save Chinese civilians in Nanking was John Rabe. official representative of the Nazi government in China. He was recalled and sacked for his efforts, and blacklisted by the Allies after the war so he was unable to get work.
 
fudo said:
Truth is stranger than fiction. The leader of international efforts to save Chinese civilians in Nanking was John Rabe. official representative of the Nazi government in China. He was recalled and sacked for his efforts, and blacklisted by the Allies after the war so he was unable to get work.
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By all accounts, John Rabe was a quality human being. He appeared to be a bit idealistic in regards to what Hitler cared about and in the end..he learned that lesson the hard way. His own party had him arrested and ordered him to be silent about Nanking. When the Russians showed up....they also arrested and interrogated him. No good deed goes unpunished.

The mayor of Nanking learned that John Rabe was poverty stricken and took up a collection. The mayor personally delivered several thousand dollars.
 
John Rabe died impoverished. The Chinese supported him in the short time he lived after the war. They have errected memorials to the "Honorable Nazi" in Nanjing in his honor. Not to diminish Schindler but he was a piker compared to Rabe and the Calvinists in Nanjing.....their story needs to be told. Japanese today continue to deny the events in Nanjing and the actions taken by Unit 731. People have been fired and assasinated in modern Japan for attempting to shine an acedemic light on their nation's role in China.

Another good read is Iris Chang's "The Rape of Nanking".


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