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The Rape of Nanking

By: Iris Chang
Narrated by: Anna Fields
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In December 1937, in the capital of China, one of the most brutal massacres in the long annals of wartime barbarity occurred. The Japanese army swept into the ancient city of Nanking and within weeks not only looted and burned the defenseless city but systematically raped, tortured and murdered more than 300,000 Chinese civilians. Amazingly, the story of this atrocity- one of the worst in world history- continues to be denied by the Japanese government.

The Rape of Nanking tells the story from three perspectives: that of the Japanese soldiers who performed it; of the Chinese civilians who endured it; and finally 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. It was Iris Chang who discovered the diaries of the German leader of this rescue effort, John Rabe, whom she calls the "Oskar Schindler of China." A loyal supporter of Adolf Hitler, but far from the terror planned in his Nazi-controlled homeland, he worked tirelessly to save the innocent from slaughter.

©1997 Iris Chang (P)1997 Blackstone Audiobooks 20th Century Asia China Japan Military Modern Politics & Government War & Crisis War Imperial Japan Scary Thought-Provoking Inspiring Japanese War Crimes

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Iris Chang's work is incredibly important, revealing in the most disturbing detail how Japanese troops ravaged China before war came to the rest of the world. The racial hatred, rationalized murder and large scale butchery is horrific. If you want to know what war is truly all about, this is it. But Chang also gives the perspectives of the Chinese victims of the Nanking massacre and the unsung German diplomat who did what he could to save trapped civilians. (John B.)
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An essential book, probably should be mandatory reading in Japan. The more people know the more pressure on the Japanese to do what is right.

I’m a better person after listening to this.

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this was honestly just incredible as well as heart breaking! everyone needs to know this story but i don't think everyone could handle the truth that this books tells you

incredible 👏 😪

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this covers a topic I knew nothing about before hand and it has opened my eyes to a whole branch of history I hand not previously touched upon. shocking stories pulled form anecdotal contemporary sources in the form of survivor testimony and written records compiled by the author and retold in a harrowing and direct way. the narration delivers the text in a flowing and engaging tone cannot fault this book. be warned however it does touchbon some of the most terrible things human beings have done to each other in detail.

enlightening

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It certainly is a hard read but it holds nothing back about this atrocity.

Brilliantly Researched and Written

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From knowing little about this, I found the book staggering - fascinating and horrific in equal measure.

Not an easy listen by any stretch but something worthwhile to learn and inform yourself about the depths to which human beings can sink in their treatment of each other.

A staggering book

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In order to fully appreciate all that is good in modern society its essential to see the depths to which humanity can sink unchecked.

This book and others like it (Solzhenitsyn's - Gulag Archipeligo and Browning's - Ordinary Men for example) should be on the curriculum in every school in the democratic world.

Do not forget history lest ye be doomed to repeat

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A rough listen about a tragedy many are still unaware took place. This story deserves to be heard

Horrific and necessary

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Absolutely awestruck by some of the atrocities documented in this book, very compelling. Couldn’t stop listening finished it within the day.

Great read , hard to believe the depths a human soul can be taken too.

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Deep journey into the psychological unravelling of men at war. Atrocities should be remembered.

Must listen.

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Very informative book that opens your eyes to the madness of war and power. Frightening read.

Very informative

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