CCTV exclusively reveals the original file of Rabe Diary and records the facts of Nanjing Massacre from a unique perspective.

　　CCTV News:Rabe’s Diary, which records the detailed evidence of the Japanese invaders’ massacre in Nanjing in 1937, has long been known to the world. Not long ago, john rabe’s descendants donated the original of Rabe’s Diary to the Central Archives of China. A few days ago, our reporter got permission to shoot this precious file exclusively.

　　Opening this yellowed paper, lines of German recorded the terrible massacre made by Japanese invaders in Nanjing from December 1937 to early 1938. This is the famous original of Rabe’s Diary.John rabe wrote in his diary: "There are corpses all over Zhongshan North Road. In front of the city gate, the corpses are piled up like hills … … Killing people everywhere. "

　　In December, 1937, john rabe, a German in China, and more than a dozen foreigners jointly initiated the establishment of Nanjing International Security Zone. In the extremely dangerous environment at that time, they provided temporary shelter for about 250,000 China refugees in the safe zone. Rabe recorded a lot of shocking facts with a unique identity and perspective, witnessed the heinous crimes committed by Japanese militarism in Nanjing, and showed a touching humanitarian spirit.

　　Wang Hongmin, Director of Foreign Affairs Office of National Archives Bureau"Rabe Diary is a very important supplement to the existing historical archives, a true record, and an international third-party record, which is a very important supplement in our historical materials."

　　Rabe’s Diary in Nanjing, that is, the enemy plane flies to Nanjing, consists of six volumes and eight books. A red cross armband used by john rabe, a No.1 pass permit in Nanjing, and a jade medal awarded by the National Government in recognition of john rabe’s outstanding contribution to War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, China. These precious historical materials brought back to Germany by Rabe after several battles have high archival value and cultural relics value.

　　Wang Hongmin, Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the National Archives Bureau: "Nanjing Massacre archives were selected ‘ World memory ’ In the future, many people hope to learn more about the historical facts of the Nanjing Massacre. Therefore, Rabe’s diary entered the Central Archives of Tibet, which provided very important historical materials for our historians to further study this period of history. "