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John Rabe
John Heinrich Detlef Rabe was a German diplomat and businessman best known for his efforts to stop Japanese war crimes and protect Chinese civilians during the Nanjing Massacre. The Nanking Safety Zone, which he helped to establish, sheltered approximately 250,000 Chinese people from Imperial Japanese Army atrocities. A member of the Nazi Party, Rabe had been sent to China as an official represent…
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business · German diplomat and businessman (1882–1950) · entrepreneur · also John Rabe, John Heinrich Detlef Rabe, Rabe
Born 23 November 1882 · Died 5 January 1950 · Q57660
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2021· 1 entry
TV Guide: John Rabe - Full Cast & Crew
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2010· 1 entry
FilmBook: John Rabe Movie Trailers: Steve Buscemi, Ulrich Tukur, Daniel Brühl
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2009· 2 entries
The Hollywood Reporter: ‘John Rabe’ gets pre-holiday China bow
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Ulrich Tukur played John Rabe
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2005· 1 entry
Rabe's former residence in Nanjing, the John Rabe House, was restored to its former state; it houses the John Rabe and International Safety Zone Memorial Hall, opened in 2006
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1997· 1 entry
Their tombstone was moved from Berlin to Nanjing, where it received a place of honour at the massacre memorial site
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1950· 1 entry
Died 1950-01-05.
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1948· 1 entry
Nanjing citizens learned of the Rabe family's dire circumstances and quickly raised a sum of money equivalent to US$2,000 ($27,000 in 2025)
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1908· 1 entry
Left Hamburg via Trans-Siberian Railway bound for Beijing, Great Qing and there he married Dora Caroline Schubert on 25 October 1909
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1882· 1 entry
Born 1882-11-23.
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