At the worst time of World War II, Shanghai was the only port in the world open to Jews. Countless Jews who were persecuted in Poland and Germany were accepted by the Chinese. They could continue their lives and lives until the founding of Israel. Gratitude to the Chinese who left Shanghai and returned to their homeland.
When Japan invaded Korea, the people of Goryeo dragged their families across the Changbai Mountains and the Yalu River, and came to the land of China. Relying on the assistance of the heroic Northeasterners, they escaped the pursuit of the Japanese invaders. On the land, until their homeland is strong enough to protect them, they still refuse to go home.
Years later, the Japanese right wing completely denied the history of killings in war, fabricated many stories to cover up the tragic aggression against China, and visited the Yasukuni Shrine, where war criminals are worshipped.
I think Japan was once brilliant. After all, he broke through the capital of China, but our army never set foot on Japanese soil.
Japan studied the Tang Dynasty and surrendered to the Ming Dynasty. But he chose to burn, kill and loot at the teacher's home.
Japan learned from the United Kingdom and the United States, rapidly capitalized its constitutional monarchy, and strived to leave Asia and join Europe. But he chose to start the Pacific War with the world as an enemy.
In any country or nation, even in the same historical background, in the same ideology, and under the leadership of the same political party, everyone is different, and everyone has their own will, just like the pull of the Nazi Party. Bei chose to stay in China to protect the refugees in Nanjing, while Chiang Kai-shek, who was the supreme commander of China at the time, left Nanjing to "retreat" to Wuhan.
Today's China is no longer an era of copying what others say. Perhaps we should face up to history and look back at the past, not just exposing the bloody scars like Lu Chuan did, but it should not be showing off, it should not be begging. It should be a deep, soul-shattering reflection.
Facialized movies have kept us in a rigid mindset for decades, with good and bad people being seen at a glance, which makes our brains lose the ability to think.
Is it true that all the Japanese are all shorts with hoops and hoops with red beards shouting "Baga"?
Are all the Germans dressed in neat and stylish military uniforms who use gas chambers to kill without blinking an eye?
Will the Jews regard the Chinese who survived while holding the swastika flag high?
When the country collapsed, they relied on Nazi Germans and American missionaries. Fortunately, they had a glimmer of hope of survival. They called him a living Buddha, and thanked him. This is the medal that Rabe should receive.
It may be said that Rabe saved 250,000 refugees in Nanjing, but there may be some data, but it is not peaceful in the safe zone.
According to historical records, an American reporter in China testified in the Tokyo Trial: "On December 13, the Japanese army poured into the city like a tide, and the terror began, and the severity of the terror increased day by day. Reber, President of the International Red Cross (Editor's note: Leiber is actually the Chairman of the Nanjing International Security Zone) and Secretary Smith, who visited Lieutenant General Tani Shoufu of the Japanese Army Command and asked to stop the unbearable riots, but their visits and pleas were futile. All 1,300 refugees in a nearby shelter were dragged away, tied with ropes, and taken to the execution ground. What we witnessed at that time was extremely painful.”
One sentence in the indictment of the Chinese government, the public prosecutor, was even more tearful: All the women in Nanjing were in danger, and they took refuge in the safe zone demarcated by the international committee organized by the foreigners. However, the Japanese army disregarded international justice, and even showed its beastly desires. Every night, they crossed the wall and entered. Young and old, groping for rape.
Minnie Whitling, who had personally experienced the Nanjing Massacre, recorded in her diary that the Japanese went to her college to rob women, otherwise they would enter the safe area on the grounds of searching wounded soldiers. As a result, "some prostitutes took the initiative to stand up and follow them. gone".
The surviving Chinese people also actively carried out self-help under the protection of the swastika flag.
Perhaps for most Chinese people, Heil Hitler or Heil Shitler is not much different, it is just a talisman to survive in troubled times, people have the instinct to save their lives, how can we go on hunger strike because he - Rabe is a Nazi Zhou Su?
The sons and daughters of the dignified Chinese should be protected by the banner of the dictator, but what about the government and the military that should have protected us?
Lao Jiang was determined to defend Nanjing, but he did not personally defend it. He knew that Nanjing would fall. On the seventh day of the battle, the army began to withdraw. Retention of troops to resist is just to delay time, waiting for the Soviet Union to send troops and international solidarity.
After the Japanese army captured Nanjing on December 13, 1937, they committed six weeks of mass murder, looting, rape and other war crimes against civilians and prisoners of war in the urban and suburban areas of Nanjing. Regarding the death toll of the Nanjing Massacre, the International Tribunal has determined that it is at least 200,000, and Chinese scholars have verified that it is more than 300,000. Analyzing the data of the Nanjing Defence Battle, it can be found that the actual number of Kuomintang troops killed in the battle is not much, about 50,000. Most died in the manslaughter of their own people in the chaotic retreat and in the massacre of the Japanese army.
This is real history, cruel history. 300,000 civilians were killed, countless women were raped, 50,000 disarmed soldiers were massacred, and only a few missionary-like foreigners ran around Nanjing to protect the lives of Chinese in the occupied areas.
Rabe has deep feelings for Nanjing, to which he devoted most of his life. He bid farewell to his wife and stayed in Nanjing. He was not a momentary hothead. From the beginning, he had fantasies about the Japanese and finally stood firmly in front of Asaka Miyazaki. , again and again to fight for the rights of the Chinese in the safe zone.
On the last day of the massacre, the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army ordered to enter the international safe zone. Hundreds of Chinese people stood at the entrance and exit of the safe zone to form a human wall to resist the Japanese.
The Japanese did not attack, called for reinforcements, and mobilized two tanks. The Chinese did not move.
Hatohiko Asaka ordered the combat state, the Japanese guns were all loaded, and the Chinese were still standing despite a little commotion in the crowd.
Hatohiko Asaka ordered the shooting, the Chinese were crying and their feet were weak, and a gap in the human wall immediately appeared...
Yes, everyone is afraid of death. Everyone is afraid. Don't stand there for fear of death! Escape to the countryside early! Always hide in the dark corner and cry to the corner!
Looking back on history, what should we reflect on? Condemn Fascism? Or ask Japan to bow its head and apologize? Or let the emperor of Japan come to kowtow to apologize? Confined to narrow nationality and meanness, continue to inherit the spirit of Ah Q? Boycott Japanese goods?
Rabe's model of international humanitarianism. He can cut through different races, cultures, parties, beliefs, and sacrifice and contribute so much to peace.
What about us? Can you really be a citizen of a big country to face up to the tragedy? It's time to reflect, and it's probably not just the Japanese who should repent.
For the sake of the life under the 4D banner, for peace, for what may or may not happen in the future, I hope the Chinese people will put away the righteous indignation that is like chicken blood, and have less verbal wars, more practical work, and a prosperous country and a strong people. At that time, people will naturally not break through the capital so easily.
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