I haven’t seen the whole movie, but I’ve seen some clips. What scene intrigues me is the one where he saved Chinese civilians by putting them under a Nazi flag. That’s the first time I’ve ever seen the Swastika save lives, the vast majority of the time it’s the polar opposite.
"Sometimes, Sinners do saintly deeds while saints do sins. That is humanity. That's us." Francis Drake(Fate/Grand Order) That's the quote I follow after studying a lot of incredible stories of WW2 like this one, a Japanese who saved 6000 Jews in Lithuania,etc. History is very interesting.
@@kalacaptain4818 Sorry to confuse you. Yes, you are right. He was a privateer But I am not talking about the real life historical figure. He didn't say that. I was rephrasing a qoute from my favorite anime.
My mother was interned in the U.S. at the age of 4 for being of Japanese descent, after retirement her friend a retired school teacher with a heart of gold brought my mom to Nanking China to adopt a baby girl not because of being Asian but because my My mom was a mother and grandmother, The girl was left in a gutter during the 1 child policy. My mom did not know about the rape of Nanking ( she is American and not a history buff). She looks Asian, she doesn't understand Chinese so they thought she was Chinese and not of Japanese descent she just nodded a lot, Good people do the right thing.
Oh and you've done it again! A really important story that doesn't seem to get much attention, the whole of the German involvement in the Sino-Japanese war seems to get overlooked. A great film too, very well acted and produced
@@felisasininus1784 Or rather as human beings, we are a whole lot more complex than what our labels and identities tell of us. The scifi series Babylon 5 pretty much nails this complex nature of humans when compared with the fictional space faring races in the series.
I was in Hong Kong maybe 20 years ago - was in a shop that catered to Japanese tourists, and got talking to a couple of older Chinese. They still hated the Japanese with a passion. Can't speak for the younger ones, they simply laughed at their regimentation (they were ordered around like army recruits by their minders) but I suspect anyone who's parents or maybe grandparents were under Japanese occupation would probably feel roughly the same.
I remember reading a comment of a guy who said he was watching Anime with the family. The elderly one complained to shut it off because of the Japanese voice. He said it might have triggered horrible memory of Japanese occupation
I've never been to China but from what I hear, the hatred for Japan still very much exists and is even taught to the younger generations. Some of their modern anti Japanese propaganda is freaking nuts.
@@peekaboopeekaboo1165 basically they were taken from shop to shop, they queued up in a very orderly fashion to be spoken to by their guide, and if I remember correctly they were taken around in a long crocodile like schoolkids, open down the aisles.
He may have been more fanatical to the Nazi ideology than Schindler was, but yes, his good deeds deserve all the recognition and respect. Tens of thousands of Chinese generations thrive and exist because of him.
Excellent video! I really enjoyed it! I like to mention that the Germans did support the Chinese nationalists before the Second Sino-Japanese war during the earlier Chinese Civil War.
Yes, shipping weapons and ammunition. One might think that all this double-dealing might wake people up to the complications of trying to establish conflicting foreign relationships, especially by treaties, but it's been going on since the first tribal leaders.
@@grizwoldphantasia5005 Indeed. The Germans supported the Chinese nationalists because of their common hatred towards communism. Ironically, I learned in my history class that the Chinese nationalists first received aid from the Soviet Union (I am also talking about the I-16 video several months ago when the Soviet Union gave the Chinese nationalists 250 of those planes to help them blunt Japanese bombing campaigns during the Second Sino-Japanese war.) until they later received aid from Germany.
The Germans were always supporting China during Japanese war of aggression against them until Hitler went completely mental and changed his mind to support Japan instead to counter Soviet Union lol
Yes, but they finally handed over their colonial interests in China to the Japanese. China never liked the Nazis, but he respected everyone who helped them, such as Dr. Bethune, a Canadian.
Thanks, Johnny, I have watched a lot of your history chats and always pressed the "Like" button. But this time I thought I would comment. This is a really interesting subject which I had not hear of, and I just purchased a copy of John Rabe's book. Looking forward to understanding more about this period in history, Cheers
Awesome, thanks. I'm glad it's something new to you. I dont make much money off these, so knowing they are meaningful or helpful to people is important to me. 🙏
John Rabe was a good man, his actions during such times support that. To the Chinese, he’s nothing short of a hero and rightfully deserves that recognition. Even when he struggled with his family after the Second World War, many of the survivors that he personally saved mailed money and food directly to him to help him and his family get back on their feet.
General Matsui was the scapegoat and hanged for the Rape of Nanking, but it was Prince Asaka who led the Black Tent force with orders from the Emperor to make an example of the citizens of Nanking to show them exactly what would happen if China continued to resist Imperial Japan. The Three Terrors, "kill all, burn all, destroy all."
@@JohnnyJohnsonHistoryIt is too emotionally charged and has a bad reputation on its presentation of evidence (errors which Japanese nationalists have used to their advantage). Wouldn’t recommend
0:49 Theactor on the left in the scene is also in the Dutch Miniserie named "De Partizanen" (1995) playing Oberscharfuhrer Beck played bye actor Mathias Herrmann.
I and my late father saw the movie, it is little known, the description of the atrocities committed by imperial japan's troops are well documentated, it's on pair with The Flowers of War. The only consolation seeing these two movies is that at the end the japanese payed VERY hard their brutality.
@@byakuya3603 Sadly, given how messed up was the country after the war, beheading (literally) their leadership would've thrown it in the Chaos, and surely the reds would've profited of it, imagine another N. Korea -like nation in the area!
Historically John Rabe wore is Nazi uniform so that Japanese soldiers wouldn't shoot him. He also put Nazi flags and the Naz swastika on the buildings of the "Safe Zone" so the Japanese wouldn't bomb it. John Rabe initially let the Japanese soldiers in the safe zone. Because Japanese officials said that there were Chinese soldiers taking refugees there. ( The safe zone was only supposed to be for Chinese laborers) . Which they promise no harm would come any of the civilians. That promise was was not kept.
To say the least I bet to check it out and I do believe after Sound of Freedom be released in South Korea and Daniel Dae Kim sees Sound of Freedom, Dan might hire Jim Caviezel to play John Rabe.
As a China person, we will never forget the kindness of Mr John Rabe, and what is owed is something we have handed down from ancient times. The number of people killed in the Nanjing Massacre was 300,000, and The safety zone established by John Rabe and other noble humanitarians saved the lives of 250,000 people in China, but for them, the death toll in Nanjing would be 550,000. They saved half the people in Nanjing. We in China will never forget this kindness. Later, Mr. John Rabe was arrested because of his Nazi identity, and he lost his job and lived on the streets. Although we were poor in China at that time, our people gritted their teeth and sent him a huge sum of money. Later, his grandson, Thomas Rabe, turned to China for help in his personal capacity because of the epidemic, and we also attached great importance to it and sent it to him as soon as possible.
Just to clarify the issue of Schindler's origin, he was a German Bohemian, or more precisely a German Moravian. Those Germans were later known as Sudeten Germans. Nowadays, all these ethnic groups have been completely eliminated and are extinct. Schindler never identified himself with Czechs or Slovaks, and not even with Moravians. He didn't feel like an Austrian either.
Do they have a Blu-Ray of this in English that is Region A? I found a blu-ray on Amazon that appears to be Region A but is in French, then there's an English one but is Region B. The only English version in Region A is a DVD, was hoping for a full HD version...
He was mostly imprisoned after this. He lost his job at siemens and pretty much unemployed after the end of ww2 due to his membership on n@zi party. He mostly get by packages sent by grateful residents of nanking whom many was saved because of him.
At that time Germany and Japan had a very complicated relationship. Germans in China had no love for Japan. Most were either businessmen or military advisors to Chinese Revolutionary Army. Notables like General Alexander Falkenhausen and General Hans Von Seeckt. In fact before Japanese reached Nanking, they faced a well German trained Chinese Army in Shanghai. German in China lost Tsingtao to Japan after WW1 that China was hoping to get in return. Tsingtao beer origin was Bavarian. That’s why it’s consider the best in China. Japanese would briefly changed to Rising Sun Beer which everyone hated.
A great example of how history is far more complicated than commonly understood.
I haven’t seen the whole movie, but I’ve seen some clips. What scene intrigues me is the one where he saved Chinese civilians by putting them under a Nazi flag. That’s the first time I’ve ever seen the Swastika save lives, the vast majority of the time it’s the polar opposite.
What are you disrespecting our hindu swastika?
In fact, the Swastika is a sign of good luck
@@SafavidAfsharid3197 Nothing is owned by street poopers, pajit
Don't insult a holy hindu symbol
Germans called it Hakenkruz
@@ProudTurkroach Don’t talk to me, talk to the Austrian guy with the funny looking mustache.
"Sometimes, Sinners do saintly deeds while saints do sins. That is humanity. That's us."
Francis Drake(Fate/Grand Order)
That's the quote I follow after studying a lot of incredible stories of WW2 like this one, a Japanese who saved 6000 Jews in Lithuania,etc. History is very interesting.
Bitch did you just use a waifu for qoute,
Good
francis drake the privateer ?
@@kalacaptain4818 Sorry to confuse you. Yes, you are right. He was a privateer But I am not talking about the real life historical figure. He didn't say that.
I was rephrasing a qoute from my favorite anime.
@@tommykaung5882 what's this anime called ? an anime about sir francis drake sounds amazing
My mother was interned in the U.S. at the age of 4 for being of Japanese descent, after retirement her friend a retired school teacher with a heart of gold brought my mom to Nanking China to adopt a baby girl not because of being Asian but because my My mom was a mother and grandmother, The girl was left in a gutter during the 1 child policy. My mom did not know about the rape of Nanking ( she is American and not a history buff). She looks Asian, she doesn't understand Chinese so they thought she was Chinese and not of Japanese descent she just nodded a lot, Good people do the right thing.
There is always love in this world.
Seriously underrated film, but still incredible. This and Flowers of War are great films depicting the R*pe of Nanking
There’s also City of Life and Death (also known as Nanking Nanking) made by China in 2010.
and men behind the sun 4
Oh and you've done it again! A really important story that doesn't seem to get much attention, the whole of the German involvement in the Sino-Japanese war seems to get overlooked. A great film too, very well acted and produced
Weird hearing "faithful Nazi and devoted Nazi" spoken at the same time we are hearing about a savior of people!
People can be narrowminded and extremely kind at the same time.
@@felisasininus1784 Or rather as human beings, we are a whole lot more complex than what our labels and identities tell of us. The scifi series Babylon 5 pretty much nails this complex nature of humans when compared with the fictional space faring races in the series.
I was in Hong Kong maybe 20 years ago - was in a shop that catered to Japanese tourists, and got talking to a couple of older Chinese. They still hated the Japanese with a passion. Can't speak for the younger ones, they simply laughed at their regimentation (they were ordered around like army recruits by their minders) but I suspect anyone who's parents or maybe grandparents were under Japanese occupation would probably feel roughly the same.
I remember reading a comment of a guy who said he was watching Anime with the family. The elderly one complained to shut it off because of the Japanese voice. He said it might have triggered horrible memory of Japanese occupation
"they were ordered around like army recruits by their minders" ... Please explain.
30% of Hong Kong's population fled from Chinese mainland by War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.
I've never been to China but from what I hear, the hatred for Japan still very much exists and is even taught to the younger generations. Some of their modern anti Japanese propaganda is freaking nuts.
@@peekaboopeekaboo1165 basically they were taken from shop to shop, they queued up in a very orderly fashion to be spoken to by their guide, and if I remember correctly they were taken around in a long crocodile like schoolkids, open down the aisles.
So he's kind of like another Schindler's list.
Good people in darkness shining the way through.
He may have been more fanatical to the Nazi ideology than Schindler was, but yes, his good deeds deserve all the recognition and respect. Tens of thousands of Chinese generations thrive and exist because of him.
你可以了解了解犹太人是怎么对待辛德勒的，再去看看中国人怎么感恩拉贝和他的后人，可以比较一下
Excellent video! I really enjoyed it! I like to mention that the Germans did support the Chinese nationalists before the Second Sino-Japanese war during the earlier Chinese Civil War.
Yes, shipping weapons and ammunition. One might think that all this double-dealing might wake people up to the complications of trying to establish conflicting foreign relationships, especially by treaties, but it's been going on since the first tribal leaders.
@@grizwoldphantasia5005 Indeed. The Germans supported the Chinese nationalists because of their common hatred towards communism. Ironically, I learned in my history class that the Chinese nationalists first received aid from the Soviet Union (I am also talking about the I-16 video several months ago when the Soviet Union gave the Chinese nationalists 250 of those planes to help them blunt Japanese bombing campaigns during the Second Sino-Japanese war.) until they later received aid from Germany.
The Germans were always supporting China during Japanese war of aggression against them until Hitler went completely mental and changed his mind to support Japan instead to counter Soviet Union lol
Yes, but they finally handed over their colonial interests in China to the Japanese. China never liked the Nazis, but he respected everyone who helped them, such as Dr. Bethune, a Canadian.
Thanks, Johnny, I have watched a lot of your history chats and always pressed the "Like" button. But this time I thought I would comment. This is a really interesting subject which I had not hear of, and I just purchased a copy of John Rabe's book. Looking forward to understanding more about this period in history, Cheers
Awesome, thanks. I'm glad it's something new to you. I dont make much money off these, so knowing they are meaningful or helpful to people is important to me. 🙏
You know you’re too brutal when even an SS officer says you’ve gone too far.
There is a John Rabe Museum in Nanjing. Its worth a visit if you are ever there.
Since I read about Germany's active involvement in China during the 30s it was always interesting to see what came of it.
You know you seriously screwed up when even the Nazis tell you you went too far.
John Rabe was a good man, his actions during such times support that. To the Chinese, he’s nothing short of a hero and rightfully deserves that recognition. Even when he struggled with his family after the Second World War, many of the survivors that he personally saved mailed money and food directly to him to help him and his family get back on their feet.
Oh Johnny I so appreciate your effort to pronounce something correctly... I am not taking the pxsx...
Oh man I appreciate that. Reviewing foreign movies means I spend half my time struggling with names and half my time doing the actual review!
How about doing a video about the SS Meredith Victory? A completely Nazi-free feel good story.
We had an attorney here in San Antonio named John Rabe. We used to call him the nice German.
Great video! This movie really is good and important for human history, more people should watch it.
General Matsui was the scapegoat and hanged for the Rape of Nanking, but it was Prince Asaka who led the Black Tent force with orders from the Emperor to make an example of the citizens of Nanking to show them exactly what would happen if China continued to resist Imperial Japan. The Three Terrors, "kill all, burn all, destroy all."
The real culprit was Emperor Hirohito of Japan. Unfortunately, because of the protection of the United States, he was not punished after World War II.
I read a book along time ago called "The Rape of Nanking" by Prof. Iris Chang. Have you heard of this book, Johnny?
I've never read it. Is it worth a read?
@@JohnnyJohnsonHistory it is very old, but yes. It might be difficult to find.
@@JohnnyJohnsonHistoryIt is too emotionally charged and has a bad reputation on its presentation of evidence (errors which Japanese nationalists have used to their advantage). Wouldn’t recommend
I think people join group or political party thinking it’s the right choice then realize that maybe it’s not really the path they believe in.
I think he joined before heading to China, it was also before Hitler did anything to the Jews and so maybe their message was better then.
This is the first time I've seen your face
I imagined you as a black guy for some reason lol
Lol you just never know who is behind a voice
Movie name?
This and Schindler's List.
The best
0:49 Theactor on the left in the scene is also in the Dutch Miniserie named "De Partizanen" (1995) playing Oberscharfuhrer Beck played bye actor Mathias Herrmann.
I and my late father saw the movie, it is little known, the description of the atrocities committed by imperial japan's troops are well documentated, it's on pair with The Flowers of War. The only consolation seeing these two movies is that at the end the japanese payed VERY hard their brutality.
Actually, no, the real culprit is Emperor Hirohito of Japan, but he was not convicted after the war because of the protection of the United States.
@@byakuya3603 Sadly, given how messed up was the country after the war, beheading (literally) their leadership would've thrown it in the Chaos, and surely the reds would've profited of it, imagine another N. Korea -like nation in the area!
Thanks for the recommendation I shall watch this.
Historically John Rabe wore is Nazi uniform so that Japanese soldiers wouldn't shoot him. He also put Nazi flags and the Naz swastika
on the buildings of the "Safe Zone" so the Japanese wouldn't bomb it. John Rabe initially let the Japanese soldiers in the safe zone. Because Japanese officials said that there were Chinese soldiers taking refugees there. ( The safe zone was only supposed to be for Chinese laborers) . Which they promise no harm would come any of the civilians. That promise was was not kept.
To say the least I bet to check it out and I do believe after Sound of Freedom be released in South Korea and Daniel Dae Kim sees Sound of Freedom, Dan might hire Jim Caviezel to play John Rabe.
感謝拉貝先生 拯救了很多中國人 謝謝🙏
I cant find this movie anywhere...nor netflix nor google, at all😕
As a China person, we will never forget the kindness of Mr John Rabe, and what is owed is something we have handed down from ancient times. The number of people killed in the Nanjing Massacre was 300,000, and The safety zone established by John Rabe and other noble humanitarians saved the lives of 250,000 people in China, but for them, the death toll in Nanjing would be 550,000. They saved half the people in Nanjing. We in China will never forget this kindness. Later, Mr. John Rabe was arrested because of his Nazi identity, and he lost his job and lived on the streets. Although we were poor in China at that time, our people gritted their teeth and sent him a huge sum of money. Later, his grandson, Thomas Rabe, turned to China for help in his personal capacity because of the epidemic, and we also attached great importance to it and sent it to him as soon as possible.
2:33 Frigging Tony's cousin - I can't even say his name
There're always angels among evils. Oscar Schindler (Czechoslovakian), Chiune Sugihara (Japanese) also saved thousands in WW2.
Just to clarify the issue of Schindler's origin, he was a German Bohemian, or more precisely a German Moravian. Those Germans were later known as Sudeten Germans. Nowadays, all these ethnic groups have been completely eliminated and are extinct. Schindler never identified himself with Czechs or Slovaks, and not even with Moravians. He didn't feel like an Austrian either.
感谢拉贝先生拯救了这么多中国人，中国人民永不忘记！
Do they have a Blu-Ray of this in English that is Region A? I found a blu-ray on Amazon that appears to be Region A but is in French, then there's an English one but is Region B. The only English version in Region A is a DVD, was hoping for a full HD version...
About the barbaric acts of the Japanese military.
Why was it not considered a problem at the time?
There were plenty of foreign press in Nanking.
There is a saying in China called Weak countries have no voice.
From this movie, remind us that something always have two side, like nazi flag here.
This film is impossible to get in the UK I’ve tried everywhere
Google 6 movies and you can watch it free online .
British censors don't want you to see him.
Japan is the type of dude to get butthurt when you point out their flaws.
Their history textbooks are not allowed to tell the history of Japan's foreign aggression, but all of Asia knows it.
@@byakuya3603 Exactly.
@@byakuya3603 are you Japanese or oversea Japanese?
Yup. You can see it in the comment section of just about every Nanjing massacre video
WW2 was nothing but a series of politically expediant alliances that caused 50 years of pain and suffering.
great movie
戦勝国は何を言っても許される
Just watch city of life and death
Good movie!
Nanjing is not a more accurate pronunciation lol. Nanking is a southern dialect while Nanjing is Standard Mandarin
What did John Rabe do about the Holocaust?
He was mostly imprisoned after this. He lost his job at siemens and pretty much unemployed after the end of ww2 due to his membership on n@zi party. He mostly get by packages sent by grateful residents of nanking whom many was saved because of him.
At that time Germany and Japan had a very complicated relationship. Germans in China had no love for Japan. Most were either businessmen or military advisors to Chinese Revolutionary Army. Notables like General Alexander Falkenhausen and General Hans Von Seeckt. In fact before Japanese reached Nanking, they faced a well German trained Chinese Army in Shanghai. German in China lost Tsingtao to Japan after WW1 that China was hoping to get in return. Tsingtao beer origin was Bavarian. That’s why it’s consider the best in China. Japanese would briefly changed to Rising Sun Beer which everyone hated.
Those German trained Chinese were the 800
I have to watch this movie...
Any true Panzer IV would.
@@JohnnyJohnsonHistory
Ahahahha
Still holding on to this nickname
I really need to see this movie😮😮
I so want to watch this movie
Google 6 movies and watch it free online .
Trivia: The name Rabe means Raven.
So u r Mr Johny niz to meet you
are you russian descent? you look very russian, which is cool btw.
English mostly. But I'm Canadian. We are all muts.
Propaganda