John Heinrich Detlef Rabe was a German diplomat and businessman best known for his efforts to stop Japanese war crimes and protect Chinese civilians during the Nanjing Massacre. The Nanking Safety Zon
John Rabe
John and Dora Rabe autograph signatures, Nanjing, 22 May 1932
The former residence of John Rabe in Nanjing, located in the Nanking Safety Zone during the Nanjing Massacre
A statue of John Rabe in the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall
The Nanking Safety Zone was a demilitarized zone for Chinese civilians set up on the eve of the Japanese breakthrough in the Battle of Nanking.
John Rabe
…German diplomat and businessman best known for his efforts to stop Japanese war crimes and protect Chinese civilians during the Nanjing Massacre. The Nanking Safety Zone, which he helped to establish, sheltered approximately 250,000 Chinese people from Imperial Japanese Army atrocities. A member of the Nazi Party, Rabe…
5 Ninghai Road was once the headquarters of the International Committee for the Nanking Safety Zone
Some members of the International Committee for Nanking Safety Zone on Dec 13, 1937
Refugee shelters established by the International Committee for the Nanking Safety Zone in 1937
Porridge factories in a refugee shelter in 1937