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 nearly destroyed Europe; a man proud to call himself a Nazi? Would you find him sickening, evil? Maybe not if he was John Rabe. A high-ranking Nazi, Rabe was an ardent supporter of Adolf Hitler. But he was also something else. He was perhaps the greatest humanitarian you’ve never heard of.
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Author - Morris M.
Producer - Jennifer Da Silva
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Source/Further reading:
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/01/the-nazi-leader-who-in-1937-became-the-oskar-schindler-of-china/251525/
https://www.facinghistory.org/nanjing-atrocities/atrocities/question-morality-john-rabe
http://www.learntoquestion.com/seevak/groups/2008/sites/rabe/the_hero/index.html
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127482829
https://www.siemens.com/history/en/news/1181_rabe.htm
(death toll): https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/12/nanking-china-japan-iris-chang/548516/
(China in WWI): https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/surprisingly-important-role-china-played-world-war-i-180964532/
Chinese revolution links: https://www.thoughtco.com/what-is-double-ten-day-687502
https://www.britannica.com/event/Chinese-Revolution-1911-1912
