"John HD Rabe Diary" is a commercial film of mediocre quality. Its foothold is the universal feelings in the hearts of Westerners, and this feeling and Nanjing Massacre have made Chinese people feel heartbroken every time they mention it for 60 years. When the national catastrophe is combined, the narrative of "John HD Rabe's Diary" appears superficial and one-sided. The Film Bureau has always been strict in censoring foreign films that involve China, but it has given the green light to such films that devalue or even vilify the Chinese to highlight the posture of the savior of the West. It is really puzzled. After all, the Chinese people in the film only reacted in panic, blind obedience, selfishness, and ignorance in the face of the massacre. They seemed to exist specifically to cause trouble to John HD Rabe and others. They were purely a group of lambs waiting to be rescued by the West
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John Rabe Negative Reviews
2022-01-22 08:03
Extended Reading
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Lamont 2022-03-18 09:01:08
Watching the 2007 documentary "Nanking Nanking", the content about "John Rabe" reminded me of this "Rabe's Diary" that I knew many years ago but I haven't watched it in full, so I decided to continue to watch the movie: Nanjing University During the massacre, more than 200,000 people survived because of the protection of the safe zone. Nevertheless, the number of victims is staggering. Statistics show that at least 300,000 Chinese people have been killed. The Japanese government has not officially assumed responsibility for the Nanjing Massacre. After returning to Germany, John Rabe was arrested by the Gestapo as a Chinese spy. He was forbidden to tell about his experience in Nanjing. His diary was confiscated and only reappeared sixty years later. After the war, the Allies refused to show him a non-Nazi certificate at first. In 1950, Rabe died in Berlin in poverty and forgotten.
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Ressie 2022-03-20 09:02:50
The filming is not good, Zhang Jingchu's period is too much, but it is still five stars for Rabe's personal charm. When you can't choose your situation, background, and encounters, you can at least choose your attitude. The details of a group of Nazi parties eating bread and Nazi flags to shield refugees against the portrait of the British king are great. There are always people who do angelic things in the name of the devil.
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Colonel Nakajima Kesago: He disobeyed the rules by not staying in the car.
John Rabe: He didn't stay in the car? His head was cut off!
Colonel Nakajima Kesago: It was an honorable death. A contest between two officers. Very popular in Japan.
John Rabe: What contest?
Colonel Nakajima Kesago: Who decapitates the most enemies.
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John Rabe: To the Führer of the German people. Chancellor Adolf Hitler. My Führer. As a loyal party member and upstanding German. I turn to you in a time of great need. The Japanese Imperial troops conquered the city of Nanking on December 12, 1937. Since then I have witnessed atrocious crimes against civilians. Please help to end this catastrophe and make an appeal to our Japanese allies in the name of humanity. With a German salute.
[Rabe signs the letter]