In December 1937, one of the most brutal massacres in the long annals of wartime barbarity occurred in the capital of China. The Japanese army swept into Nanking and not only looted and burned the defenseless city but systematically raped, tortured, and murdered half of the city’s remaining population, some 300,000 Chinese civilians. Amazingly, the account of this atrocity was denied by the Japanese government.
The Rape of Nanking tells the story from three perspectives: that of the Japanese soldiers who performed it, that of the Chinese civilians who endured it, and finally, that of a group of Europeans and Americans who refused to abandon the city and were able to create a safety zone that saved almost 300,000 Chinese. Among these was John Rabe, the tireless German leader of the rescue effort, whom Iris Chang called the “Oskar Schindler of China.”
© 2012 Blackstone Publishing (Audiobook): 9781481558976
Release date
Audiobook: 1 February 2012
In December 1937, one of the most brutal massacres in the long annals of wartime barbarity occurred in the capital of China. The Japanese army swept into Nanking and not only looted and burned the defenseless city but systematically raped, tortured, and murdered half of the city’s remaining population, some 300,000 Chinese civilians. Amazingly, the account of this atrocity was denied by the Japanese government.
The Rape of Nanking tells the story from three perspectives: that of the Japanese soldiers who performed it, that of the Chinese civilians who endured it, and finally, that of a group of Europeans and Americans who refused to abandon the city and were able to create a safety zone that saved almost 300,000 Chinese. Among these was John Rabe, the tireless German leader of the rescue effort, whom Iris Chang called the “Oskar Schindler of China.”
© 2012 Blackstone Publishing (Audiobook): 9781481558976
Release date
Audiobook: 1 February 2012
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Nitesh
29 May 2021
People who Don’t read history are condemned to repeat it !
Shubham
27 Mar 2024
It's a really important book to be read by everyone. I'm amazed that I didn't know about the one the most horrific deeds humans did to humanity. It's horrific to witness the atrocities Japanese soldiers did to China and yet they refuse to acknowledge their past war crime even now.
Vishwajeet
31 Jan 2023
A horrific account of some of the holocausts that have so far not been exposed.
Rajeev
25 Sept 2021
Meticulously researched, An utterly compelling book. Delves deep into the Japanese atrocities in WW2
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