1882-1949

Journal entries written by John Rabe help chronicle the experiences he had while he was helping to save thousands of Chinese men and women from the torture the Japanese were inflicting on them.

"In East London in the summer of 1895, Robert Coombes (age thirteen) and his brother Nattie (age twelve) were arrested for matricide and sent for trial at the Old Bailey. Robert confessed to having stabbed his mother, but his lawyers argued that he was insane. The judge sentenced him to detention in Broadmoor, the most infamous criminal lunatic asylum in the land. Shockingly, Broadmoor turned out to be the beginning of a new life for Robert"--OCLC.

A collection of journal entries that describe the author's experiences while helping to save thousands of Chinese from capture and torture by the Japanese in 1938 Nanking.