By Nathan Nisson

John Rabe

• Born in Hamburg, Germany• November 23, 1882

Birth

• Businessman• Siemens AG Corporation• Nazi Party

Career

The War

• 1932 The Japanese military takes control of the Japanese Government• 1937 War breaks out between the Japanese and the Chinese. • 1945 The war is over.

• John Rabe organized the International Committee and implemented the Nanjing Safety Zone.• The Nanjing Safety Zone provided the Chinese refugees with food, shelter, and protection from the Japanese onslaught. • The Nanjing Safety Zone is responsible for saving two hundred fifty thousand Chinese civilians

Nanking Safety Zone

• November 22, 1937 the Japanese Army advanced on Nanking• During the Japanese occupation of Nanking atrocities such as rape, looting, arson, and mass executions were common.• It is estimated that there were nearly three hundred thousand casualties during the rape of Nanking.

Nanking

John Rabe died of stroke on 5 January 1950.

Death and Legacy

The End