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Before Nanking – John Rabe in Peking

Posted: February 7th, 2018 | No Comments »

John Rabe is of course best known as the “Good German of Nanking” for his role in protecting Chinese under attack from the Japanese in 1937. However, before Nanking he was, in 1922,the Chief Accountant for Siemens in Peking living on Hsiao Chun Shu hutong….



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