"Rabe's Diary"--closer to the truth!

Milton 2022-04-20 09:02:27

Not wanting to see the bloody massacre does not mean that it never really happened. "Rabe Diary" at least lets us know that such a horrific massacre has happened in history. with "Nanjing! Nanjing! "Compared with the powerful propaganda offensive and the support of the theater, "The Diary of Rabe", a film that respects history, is painfully in an obvious disadvantage. In the empty theater, a handful of audiences silently pay homage to the city of Nanjing. 300,000 dead.

Silence ...................................................... ................................



those Chinese directors who can talk nonsense for the sake of the box office, those who Chinese directors who can go streaking, don't you have even a trace of shame when facing history?

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John Rabe quotes

  • 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.

  • 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]