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The good man of Nanking : the diaries of John Rabe / edited by Erwin Wickert ; translated from the German by John E. Woods.

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: German Publication details: New York : A.A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1998.Edition: 1st American edDescription: xx, 294 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 037540211X
  • 9780375402111
Uniform titles:
  • Gute Deutsche von Nanking. English
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Good man of Nanking.; Online version:: Good man of Nanking.DDC classification:
  • 951.04/2 21
LOC classification:
  • DS796.N2 R3313 1998
Contents:
Foreword / Erwin Wickert -- From John Rabe's Nanking Diary -- How It Began -- Things Get Serious -- Waiting for the Attack -- The Japanese March In -- Christmas -- New Year -- The Diplomats Return -- Closing Down the Siemens Nanking Branch -- The Japanese Want to Clear the Safety Zone -- The Living Buddha -- Farewell -- John Rabe in His German Homeland -- Between the Nanking and Berlin Diaries -- John Rabe's Berlin Diary -- Afterword / Erwin Wickert.
Summary: The personal journals of German businessman John Rabe describe the 1937 Japanese siege of Nanking and his efforts to protect the Chinese from the massacre that followed.
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Books Books The Anton Library of Chinese Studies General Stacks DS796.N2 R3313 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Includes maps of Nanking and Asia in 1938. TBC00006026

Includes maps of Nanking and Asia in 1938.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-294).

The personal journals of German businessman John Rabe describe the 1937 Japanese siege of Nanking and his efforts to protect the Chinese from the massacre that followed.

Foreword / Erwin Wickert -- From John Rabe's Nanking Diary -- How It Began -- Things Get Serious -- Waiting for the Attack -- The Japanese March In -- Christmas -- New Year -- The Diplomats Return -- Closing Down the Siemens Nanking Branch -- The Japanese Want to Clear the Safety Zone -- The Living Buddha -- Farewell -- John Rabe in His German Homeland -- Between the Nanking and Berlin Diaries -- John Rabe's Berlin Diary -- Afterword / Erwin Wickert.

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