Chapter 24 23. "Foreign Bodhisattva"

Undoubtedly, the purpose of Rabe and other initiatives to set up the safety zone was not only to protect women and children, but also to protect all Nanjing refugees who suffered from the atrocities committed by the Japanese army. This is easier said than done! More than 20 foreigners and more than 200,000 refugees faced tens of thousands of crazy Japanese devils with butcher knives—what kind of situation did Rabe and the others face? On Christmas Eve in 1937, the Japanese army in Nanjing began a new round of madness: setting fire to this thousand-year-old city everywhere. In those days, whether it was day or night, the city of Nanjing was full of flames.The refugees don't understand why there are raging fires everywhere without the bombing of Japanese planes?It turned out that the Japanese were burning everywhere.

Why burn it?At first people didn't understand, but someone finally solved the mystery: it turns out that there have been more or less Western journalists reporting the truth about the Japanese massacre in Nanjing through various channels. The crime of massacre has come with a thorough "burning plan", which means that the evidence of blood flowing into rivers, robbery and looting, and adultery everywhere will be wiped out with fire... "At 2:30 in the night, I was awakened by the sound of the courtyard wall collapsing and the roof collapsing. The fire had spread to Zhongshan Road, the main street. At this time, the danger was great, because the fire would spread to the area between my residence and Zhongshan Road. The last row of houses..." This is what Rabe described in his diary on the 21st.From it, we can get a glimpse of the evil scene of the Japanese army crazily burning the city of Nanjing at that time.

In order to take care of the US embassy and some American property in Nanjing, on December 20, 14 Americans who were staying in Nanjing at the time, including Smythe, Wilson, and Magee, jointly sent an urgent telegram to the US Consul General in Shanghai. : The problem is serious, and there is an urgent need to send American diplomatic representatives in Nanjing! There is only one sentence, but it is enough to express the serious fear and extreme anxiety of Americans.Openly robbing the ambassador, tearing up the American flag, burning American property, and even looting and burning churches and other places in the same way... The Japanese army did all kinds of evil, even if it was the German embassy and the private residences of the Germans, the Japanese army still "don't give face", not to mention The Americans who make the Japanese unhappy!

The author consulted historical materials and found that after the Japanese army occupied Nanjing, the diplomats sent by the US government to Nanjing learned about the Japanese army’s violation of the property of the US embassy and the personal safety of American citizens. .One of the reports gave a detailed description of the Japanese intrusions over the course of a single day: "From noon yesterday to noon today, 15 incidents involving Japanese trespasses on American properties were reported to the embassy. During the trespasses except In addition to robbing the property of American citizens and institutions, 10 Chinese female refugees living in the above-mentioned houses were also forcibly plundered. The latest and most notorious incident occurred this morning: Japanese soldiers drove two trucks into Compound belonging to the United Church of Christ, removing a piano and other belongings. While removing the piano, they destroyed a large section of the courtyard wall...”

The International Committee has a report recording that Shuangtang in the southwestern part of Nanjing City was attacked 13 times by Japanese troops in 24 hours a day: 13:50 3 Japanese soldiers dragged away and raped a woman. 14:10 A Japanese soldier took 3 Chinese to work. At 14:30, 4 Japanese soldiers came to look around the shelter and left after 20 minutes. 15:25 3 Japanese soldiers took 10 Chinese to work. 16:10 Three Japanese soldiers dragged a woman to a hut outside the gate but still belonged to the shelter and raped her. At 16:40, two Japanese soldiers broke into the shelter to look for the girl, and left after looking for 15 minutes.

At 17:05, 3 Japanese soldiers broke into the building, threw everything in a mess, and left after 20 minutes. 18:35 2 Japanese soldiers asked 2 refugees to get girls for them, the 2 men were beaten when they refused their request. At 23:00, 3 Japanese soldiers climbed over the wall, caught 2 women and dragged them away. January 7, 1938: 10:00 A Japanese soldier broke into the shelter and looked around, and left after 10 minutes. 10:15 A Japanese soldier armed with arms came looking for the girl, but failed and left. At 10:30, three Japanese soldiers came to fetch the girl, but they failed, but took away the guard's cotton shoes and left him their old shoes.

10:50 A Japanese soldier broke into the building, threw everything in a mess, and left after 10 minutes. Mr. Beders is an American professor at Jinling University. After Japan occupied Nanjing, he wrote 13 letters of protest to the Japanese embassy for the Japanese army's invasion of the university campus and violence against his and other American residences.Among them, the protest letter on December 15 stated: "In our newly built library, which takes care of 1,500 ordinary people, 4 women were raped; 2 were kidnapped, raped and released; 3 women were kidnapped and have not yet returned; 1 woman was kidnapped, but because of your The military police were released near the embassy. The behavior of the Japanese soldiers brought great pain and fear to these families, to their neighbors, and to all the Chinese people living in this area of ​​the city. There were more than 100 cases this afternoon. Report to me similar cases happening in other places in the safe zone. These cases are not in my hands now, but I mention these cases to show that the problem happening in your neighborhood Jinling University is just Japanese soldiers looting and raping ordinary people causing great suffering An example of..."

The premises of the American embassy did not escape the harassment of the Japanese army.Only once in December, Japanese soldiers broke into the embassy and took away 3 cars, 5 bicycles, and countless money and belongings of the embassy staff.The Japanese soldiers even stabbed the secretary of the embassy in the neck with a gun to make him open the door, and attempted to rape the Chinese women on the spot.During this period, there were several incidents of tearing up and stepping on the American flag.What is even more unacceptable to Americans is that when the American diplomat Edison went to the Japanese embassy to protest, he was slapped in the face by the Japanese.

"Americans are really sick. So far I'm pointing with style to my swastika armband, my party emblem, and the German flags on my house and car. It still works, it works (awesome ), but the Japanese don’t pay any attention to the Americans.” Rabe mocked and sympathized with his American friends with some complacency. On the 19th, at the Drum Tower Hospital, American Dr. Trimmer and Pastor McCallum had a dispute with the Japanese, and the Japanese soldiers shot and almost killed and wounded the two.This caused great consternation among the members of the International Committee. "Mr. Rabe, think about it carefully: How long can we maintain the 'illusion' of controlling the situation?" This is what Smythe seriously and seriously raised.He further said: "If a Chinese in the refugee area kills a Japanese soldier who is raping his wife or daughter, then the situation will get out of control. Can we people stop the Japanese soldiers from massacring even more?"

The question silenced members of the international committee, including Rabe.Yes, if this is the case, is the safe zone still safe?Is all our hard work worthwhile?It's not that there are Chinese people who see their wives or daughters being raped and rise up to resist and kill the Japanese... Rabe and the others dare not say a word: because they have seen such a thing - once they rushed to a place When helping a mother and daughter who were being raped by Japanese soldiers, they found that the two Japanese soldiers were killed by the men of the mother and daughter's family.This is not bad!The members of the international committee knew that there was a big trouble, they threw the dead Japanese soldiers into the back room, and then advised the family to run away quickly, but when they saw that there was no one around, they lit a fire and burned the house together with the two The Japanese soldiers burned them all together.

Rabe and the others kept this matter tight-lipped, and the Japanese side had asked them about it. "I don't know. I've never heard of it." The "sincerity" when they shook their heads made the Japanese unable to judge whether it was true or not.All in all, he dodged a bullet. But that doesn't represent a whole potentially worsening situation.It is Rabe and the others who are smart about carrying out refugee protection operations carefully and doing everything possible, and it is also the starting point for them to withstand tremendous pressure and risk their lives. In the cold winter of December 1937, the song "Song of the Holy Night" was finally heard in Nanjing's famous Christian St. Paul's Church (St. Paul's Church for short). As time goes on, this "Song of the Holy Night" has become so sad and indignant—sad and indignant that this world should have more fraternity, kindness, peace, and justice, but now there is only one thing left, and that is: sacrifice. For whom?Who will be sacrificed?The Holy Lord sacrificed for the common people and believers, and the believers sacrificed to defend justice and righteousness. This sacrifice is the core of Christian value - fraternity. The author has no intention of propagating and preaching Christianity. However, in the face of war and death, those foreign Christians who stayed in Nanjing, including Rabe, had the spirit of sacrifice and their devotion to refugees from other countries because they had deep feelings in their hearts. A strong faith in fraternity. When it comes to St. Paul's Church in Nanjing, I have to mention one person, his name is Foster.The missionary, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1895 and graduated from Princeton University, came to China around 1920 and first taught at Yangzhou Mahan School. In 1936, Foster married Clarissa, the daughter of the famous American lawyer Townsend. The couple worked in St. Paul's Church in Nanjing one month before the fall of Nanjing.The St. Paul's Church before the war was very grand, and the cost at that time was 12,000 US dollars.This simple and elegant church later became a scene in Nanjing, an important place for Christians to carry out religious activities. Foster, a pious and caring foreign Christian missionary, came to Nanjing and lived opposite the China Hotel.The Japanese army bombed Nanjing at the beginning of December 1937, and the Chinese Hotel was also badly damaged. The shell fragments knocked out two large holes in the door of Foster's house. On December 14, St. Paul's Church was also bombed by the Japanese army and severely damaged.The Safe Zone is established and Missionary Foster joins the International Committee.Following the instructions of Chairman Rabe and others, he stuck to his post and guarded the gate like a patron saint every day to prevent Japanese soldiers from invading.But how can unarmed missionaries resist the invasion of robbers?At this time, Foster always tried his best to deal with the Japanese, and it was his bravery and fearlessness that made the Japanese soldiers daunting many times.But as soon as Foster left, Japanese soldiers sneaked in and raped women in public.There was a evangelist, Mr. Lu, who was in his 40s at the time. He was quiet, gentle and kind, but the brutality of the Japanese army in front of him made him feel extremely painful. He kept chanting "the devil has come to the world" and "the devil has come to the world". ’… Foster tried to reassure him, but it was still useless.A few days later, Missionary Lu committed suicide by throwing himself into the river.Foster mobilized believers to search everywhere, and it was only a few days later that the body was found in the pond.With grief, Foster bought a coffin for Preacher Lu and buried him with a Christian ceremony. Since then, Missionary Foster has guarded the gate of the refugee camp he was in charge of almost 24 hours a day, strictly preventing the Japanese army from invading and harassing, and keeping hundreds of women, children and other refugees safe. The author would also like to mention Mr. Sindberg, a Dane.This figure who has appeared many times in Nanjing used the "largest Danish flag" to shelter 20,000 Nanjing refugees during the Nanjing Massacre. His achievements have only been known to the public in recent years.Sindberg's deeds, on April 27, 2014, made Queen Margrethe of Denmark, who was visiting China, make a special trip to visit the Memorial Hall of the Victims in the Nanjing Massacre.The queen presented a bouquet of beautiful roses to the hero of her country when the staff of the memorial hall played the song "Nanjing Forever - Sindberg Rose". On this day, an old man Su Guobao, a survivor of the Nanjing Massacre, told Marianne, the niece of Sindberg who came with the queen, about the deeds of the Danish hero—— At that time, Su Guobao was only 10 years old, and Japanese soldiers invaded his village, Hushan Village. In order to escape the atrocities of the Japanese army, the family of four fled to the Jiangnan Cement Factory under the management of Mr. Sindberg.Seeing that the little national treasure was pitiful, Sindberg gave him a piece of ocean and 18 catties of rice.Su Guobao held Dayang in his hands and knelt on the ground to thank Sindberg. "This ocean kept our family alive for a while. At that time, too many men were killed by the Japanese. Mr. Sindberg asked me to work in his cement factory to protect me and let me support my family. He also said Send me to study when there is no war in the future. He is a very good man." Su Guobao said to Sindberg's niece. Sindberg’s story has never been well known. In 2002, when curator Zhu Chengshan led a delegation to Denmark to hold the Nanjing Massacre Exhibition, he inadvertently learned that Sindberg’s hometown is the city of Aarhus where the exhibition was held. Zhu Chengshan was very excited, so he published an announcement to find Sindberg through the local newspaper.It turned out that Sindberg's sister saw it and contacted the Chinese embassy. It turned out that Sindberg himself had passed away in 1984.Sindberg's deeds in Nanjing moved his niece Miss Marianne so much that she decided to plant a special yellow rose for her uncle to commemorate him. "I chose yellow because in Danish culture, yellow represents courage. Yellow roses are very difficult to grow. I think it's just like my uncle: brave, unique, not easy to be copied." Ms. Marianne said. In the spring of 2006, Mr. Sindberg's sister, the 80-year-old Anderson, and six relatives from the United States and Lebanon planted these yellow roses in Nanjing Peace Square, and transplanted these roses to the Nanjing Massacre in the following year. Memorial Hall of the Victims, and opened a "Nanjing Sindberg Rose Garden" there. "Justice is never forgotten," Marianne said. Naturally, the people of Nanjing will never forget Sindberg, the "good Danish man". From 1937 to 1938, Mr. Sindberg was employed by Smith Company of Denmark and went to Nanjing, China to be in charge of the cement production equipment with an annual output of 200,000 tons purchased by Jiangnan Cement Factory from Denmark.Everyone in Nanjing knows that the Jiangnan Cement Factory was very famous at that time. In addition to its equipment imported from Denmark, the main thing is that before the Japanese army invaded Nanjing, the Chinese military and all walks of life in Nanjing, including some wealthy citizens, were building military buildings. Fortifications, air-raid shelters, etc., cement has become an urgently needed material, so the business of Jiangnan Cement Factory is naturally excellent.Sindberg and another engineer, Jing Te, arrived in Nanjing on December 5, 1937. Almost as soon as they arrived in Nanjing, they took on the heavy responsibility of protecting the cement equipment under Japanese artillery fire. The Jiangnan Cement Factory is near Qixia Mountain. After the Japanese army captured Qixia Mountain, the cement factory was run by a Dane, and Sindberg made a move: he propped up a 1,350-square-meter Danish flag on the roof of the cement factory. At the same time, with the consent of Mr. Rabe, many German flags were planted in the factory area to avoid being bombed by Japanese planes.At that time, after the decisive battle between the Chinese army and the Japanese army in the Qixia Mountain area, many Chinese soldiers and refugees hid in the cement factory.In order to ensure the safety of the refugees, Sindberg applied to Rabe and decided to use the cement factory as a special security zone outside the city under the leadership of the International Committee.This safe zone outside the city adopts the same management model as Rabe's safe zone in the city, and has always worked closely with Rabe and others to unify the leadership, so it has taken in more than 15,000 Chinese refugees.Until March 1938, in order to strengthen their so-called "governance", the Japanese forced Sindberg to leave Nanjing, so the refugee safety zone outside the city had to be disbanded.In order to thank Sindberg, the workers of the cement factory and the refugees specially made a silk banner with the words "Be brave" and presented it to Sindberg. Eleven Chinese people signed their names on it. At the International Labor Conference in 1938, because Sindberg told the truth about the Nanjing Massacre to workers' representatives all over the world and played the film recorded by Mr. I am very grateful to Sindberg, who specially wrote four words on his passport: Friend of China. The author noticed that Sindberg was praised in many places, especially when Sindberg was seriously short of food in the safe area of ​​the city, he sent a lot of porridge to the refugees, which made Rabe very grateful. Around December 20, after the climax of murder, robbery and rape, the Japanese army started a new round of crime: the Great Burning.At this time, Sindberg entered the city the most. On the one hand, he liaised with Rabe and the others on the management of the safe zone and negotiated with the Japanese side. Report the situation of burning and destroying the evidence to Rabe and the others. On the 21st, Rabe made a three-point protest to the Japanese embassy in the name of 22 foreigners staying in Beijing from Germany, the United States, Austria, and Russia based on the burning situation outside the city and Sindberg. : 1. Stop arson in most parts of the city, lest the rest of the city that has not been destroyed continue to be destroyed in an unscrupulous and organized manner; 2. For a week, the Japanese army has caused unspeakable suffering to the city. Acts of order must be stopped at once; 3. In view of the fact that looting and arson have brought the commercial life of the city to a standstill and the entire populace is crowded in one great asylum for refugees, and considering that the food reserves of the Given the fact that it can feed 200,000 residents for a week, we urgently appeal to take necessary steps immediately to restore safety and order, restore the normal living environment of citizens, and replenish food and fuel reserves. "The current situation will inevitably lead to famine in a short period of time. We have no request but the most basic living conditions: housing, safety and food!" Rabe took the protest letter to meet directly with the Supreme Commander of the Japanese Army Matsui Ishigen. "If your army continues to condone such a large-scale burning, then the city will be completely burned." Rabe said to Matsui Iwane and Japanese ambassador Tanaka. "No, no, no! Nanjing will not be burned down. Our Imperial Japanese Army needs to live, eat and be safe here just like you." Tanaka looked at Matsui Iwane, and denied Rabe's opinion with a very weird smile. The "thin old man" Matsui Iwane, who was in stark contrast to the big fat Rabe, seemed to be very polite, patted Rabe on the shoulder, and said: "I know that Mr. Rabe is my respected German friend. There is one thing I would like to ask Chairman Rabe helps my army..." Rabe asked in surprise, "What can I help Your Excellency the General?" Matsui Iwane said very sincerely: "Look, my army has been in Nanjing City for a week, and our security agency has been established, but the citizens of Nanjing are still in your safe zone, which is very difficult for city management. Symmetry. We want citizens to leave your place and go back to their homes so they can settle down and get back to work, don't we?" Rabe listened warily, thinking: What do you want?Do you want to use this trick to make the refugees give up their lives?Let your army savagely slaughter? "Don't worry, Mr. Rabe." Matsui Iwane seemed to see through Rabe's mind, and continued, "We will issue ID cards to all citizens immediately, so as to ensure that their identities are legal. Only with legal identities can we have a safe life." Guarantee, sir, do you think so?" What are they going to do again?Rabe's eyes widened, staring at the biggest devil in the Japanese army, and responded silently. "Hahaha, today's meeting with Mr. Rabe is very meaningful. Japan and Germany are great friends! We will always be friends!" Matsui Iwane stretched out his dry arms and hugged Rabe tightly, "You Great health!" After speaking, he asked the guards to send Rabe and others away. Rabe left "Forever Friendly Friend" and returned to his residence to find that "Forever Friendly Friend" visited his yard many times and even turned his private office upside down. "Shameless! Really shameless!" Rabe was so angry that his lips turned purple. He found that the cash box containing 23,000 yuan had also been scratched by the Japanese with a bayonet. Fortunately, the cash box was strong and the iron lock was not damaged. pry open. At this moment, there are still raging fires everywhere in the city.Rabe asked someone to protect his small courtyard—he always thought that there were only two to three hundred refugees here, but Han Xianglin told him that there are now a total of 603 women, children and the elderly in the courtyard. "No matter what, I will never allow violence by the Japanese army to happen in my yard." Just as he was about to go out to the safe area to fight the fire again, six more Japanese soldiers tried to enter over the wall. "Get out! Wherever you come from, get out of there!" Rabe stood upright in front of the Japanese soldiers who had climbed over the wall, slapping the armband with the Nazi symbol with one hand, and pointing at the wall with the other, ordering "friends forever" "Leave the yard. The Japanese soldiers walked away resentfully, obviously very angry, but there was nothing they could do. When the intruder got out of the yard, Rabe proudly held his head up and told everyone, "My 'friend' is gone, don't worry!" "I have to go to the scene again to stop their behavior!" Rabe got into the car and drove towards a new burning site at high speed. "Oh, it was a time of unending terror, which no one can imagine too much. In the rain, my refugees huddled together in the courtyard, and watched silently the horribly beautiful flame. If The flames spread to us, and there is no way out for these poor people—I am their last hope." At night, Rabe dragged his exhausted body back to his desk, gently opened the window, he Seeing the refugees lying in the rain in the courtyard, I wrote the above paragraph. Rabe felt a heavy weight on his shoulders.At this moment, he was thinking about what Matsui Iwane said during the day... Yes, tomorrow, tomorrow, what kind of disaster will the tricks of the Japanese military bring to the poor refugees? Tomorrow is December 22, 1937. On December 22, the Japanese posted notices in poor Chinese in various places in the city, especially in Rabe’s safe zone. The contents are as follows: "The Japanese are playing tricks to kill us again?" The citizens were beating their hearts when they saw the Japanese notice.But the most terrified are those Chinese soldiers who have put down their weapons and survived hiding in the safe zone: "This time we are doomed!" "Please gentlemen, we can't go to register to get the certificate anyway. If we go, we will die!" On that day, Rabe was extremely depressed by the desperate anxiety of the refugees.If the refugees are encouraged to register as requested by the Japanese, a large number of innocent refugees identified as "Chinese soldiers" by the Japanese army and former Chinese soldiers who have actually become real refugees will suffer; if the refugees resist registration, the Japanese army will take the opportunity to disband In the safe zone, the consequences are also unimaginable... What should I do? The "headquarters" meeting of the International Committee lasted for more than two hours, and the resourceful Smythe did not know how to deal with this new disaster. silence. Silence again. "I see if this works..." Han Xianglin raised her hand to speak, and after being encouraged by Rabe, he said, "Obviously, not registering is troublesome. But if you register, you don't know how many men will lose their heads and how many women will suffer." .But I thought there was a way that would at least reduce the danger to a lot of people..." "Mr. Han, tell me quickly, what trick do you have?" Smythe was a little anxious. "Isn't it that there are more old people and children in our safe zone now? But in fact, among these children and old people, their father or son has long been lost a few days ago. They must hate the Japanese devils. On the other hand, in our safe zone There are a large number of women and men who have laid down their arms are already single. This situation can just give quite a lot of people an opportunity: let those old people and children pretend to match these women and single men without husbands to form temporary families, and then Go to register..." Han Xianglin expressed her thoughts. Smythe opened his arms, hugged Han Xianglin, kissed him fiercely, and said, "Han, you are so wise! This is a very good idea! How about it, my chairman, I think this is a good idea !" Rabe thought for a moment, nodded, and said, "Han's method should work. But we must guard against the cunning of the Japanese army." Han Xianglin explained: "As long as we do our work first, at least a considerable number of lives can be saved from the Japanese bayonet." "Act now!" Rabe poked his head with his finger and said, "This is a secret mission, everyone should use their brains more." On the 22nd and 23rd, this is the time when Westerners are busy preparing for Christmas, but this year, more than 20 foreigners who stayed in Nanjing led by Rabe, under the guise of preparing Christmas gifts, and hundreds of hired Chinese staff like Han Xianglin shuttled around every corner of the safe zone, matching up men, women, old and young who were not family members to form temporary families, or temporary mothers and children, couples... On the 24th, the sky just dawned.Dozens of Chinese people with sun armbands pinned to their sleeves were already standing in the square on Shanxi Road—they were "temporary security" personnel appointed by the Japanese army the day before, and beside them were heavily armed Japanese soldiers. "Citizens, from now on, the Imperial Army of Japan has issued an order: Every Nanjing citizen over the age of 16 must obtain a residence permit! Just like our previous residence permit. With this permit, you can Walking around in the city, you are free! Now, the imperial army is going to issue certificates to everyone! Before issuing the certificates, the imperial army will check your identities, so - if you are a family, come up for the physical examination together Obtain the certificate; if anyone cheats, they will be killed! Start to obtain the certificate—" queue.Get in line! A family of men, women and children lined up one after the other... or two people, or three people, or grandparents, or wives and husbands. "Listen again, everyone—" the man with the sun armbands said again, "If you used to be in the Central Army, stand aside. You have no family, and you can't wander forever. As long as you stand aside, the Imperial Army I will make other arrangements for you, those who are willing to work will be able to work, those who are unwilling can go home, and the imperial army will pay travel expenses!" Some men excitedly jumped aside from the crowd; some men looked back and forth suspiciously... "Well, what is your soldier's job? Come out!" Suddenly, some Japanese soldiers stabbed the men who were looking around in confusion and pulled them away from the woman or the old man. More and more men lined up to the side, and the four men formed a file and rushed to the truck. "Don't be afraid, the imperial army asked you to work as laborers and have rice to eat!" The Japanese soldiers laughed, and the laughter sounded creepy. Such men were pulled away truck by truck. "Go! Register! Register!" The Japanese soldiers were forcing the refugees in line to move forward. "Da! Da da..." Not far away, there were bursts of intensive gunshots. Rabe's eyes were burning, and he whispered to Han Xianglin and others, "Tell everyone, don't be fooled by the Japanese!" "Understood!" Han waited for the staff in the safety zone wearing the armband of the Red Cross, pretending to help maintain order at the registration site, and quietly sent a message to those single adult men and women-"Don't waver, insist that you are a husband and wife, a family !" "Don't waver, insist that we are husband and wife, and we are a family!" "We are husband and wife! We are family!" Temporary families and temporary couples received "residence permits", and they quietly thanked Rabe and others who stood aside. There was another commotion at the registration office—"Your, wipe your face clean!" Japanese soldiers grabbed a woman with a dark face and forced her to wipe her face clean. In front of the thief's bright bayonet, the woman had to obey. "Haha...beautiful flower girl!" The Japanese soldier laughed lewdly, "This way please!" The woman was forced to stand aside in front of the bayonet. "Take off your coat, check it!" A woman was stopped by a Japanese soldier's saber. Women reluctantly took off their coats.Excitedly, the Japanese soldier groped the woman's plump breasts with both hands: "You are so good! Stand here and work for the imperial army!" The line of women who stood aside grew longer.Soon, they were taken away by other trucks and arrived at the Japanese barracks... They were released after a day or two or even seven or eight days. Most of them were raped or gang-raped 10 or 20 times, and some never came back. —died at the scene of being raped or gang-raped. "Japanese soldiers killed tens of thousands of Chinese men by using the so-called issuance of ID cards, and countless women were raped and gang-raped by the opportunity, but only 160,000 people in the city actually received ID cards In other words, tens of thousands of people were massacred by the Japanese army.” An expert on the Nanjing Massacre said so. How many people were killed by the Japanese army in the name of registration? There is a passage in Rabe's diary: "In other areas of our safe zone, the Japanese drove the residents into groups of a hundred and took them outside the registration office. According to me I heard that 20,000 people were cleared out, some of them were sent to labor, and the rest were shot." The author needs to clarify: In fact, Rabe and the others also saved tens of thousands of lives, because the work they did on the registration site or in secret played a big role-letting tens of thousands of people who were originally Single Chinese soldiers and refugees were rescued by posing as fake "couples" and "relatives". The intention of the Japanese to issue ID cards was not only to control the hundreds of thousands of Chinese in Nanjing more effectively, but also had a very insidious purpose, which was to completely weaken the role of the safe zone and try to achieve the goal of disbanding the safe zone.The high-level Japanese army also tried to explain their intentions to Rabe through their own diplomats, but was rejected by Rabe and other members of the international committee. "The Japanese are a group of monsters who don't respect their credibility. We can no longer be at the mercy of them!" Maggie showed the film he had taken to Rabe and other members of the international committee. "No way!" said Smythe to Rabe, very firmly. "As a German, I once expressed my position to my head of state and the Chinese: I stayed in Nanjing for the safety of these refugees. Therefore, my attitude is very clear: any conspiracy to disband the safe zone cannot succeed unless There are better ways to protect refugees!" Rabe finally showed his determination. December 24th is the most important holiday for Western Christians—Christmas Eve. However, Christmas in 1937 was the least particular and most disturbing for Rabe and the others who lived in Nanjing. unhappy holiday.Even so, Rabe felt that he should have a responsibility to let the refugees living under "sin" remember the kindness Jesus left to the world, so early in the morning he took the red Christmas baubles he had prepared the night before. The stars were tidied up, then repacked, and together with the calendar book sent to him by Siemens, they were sent as Christmas gifts to foreign colleagues in the safe area. He especially thought of giving to Dr. Wilson who had been saving lives on the operating table Send a calendar book.Taking advantage of this opportunity, Rabe followed Wilson to the ward to look at the wounded.Here, Rabe met Li Xiuying, who was stabbed 37 times, and her condition has improved now.The other wounded that Rabe saw made him extremely uncomfortable: this young fisherman was taken away by Japanese soldiers from a building in the Silkworm Factory of Jinling University a few days ago. Many people, they were all pulled to a place where they were killed with machine guns or bayonets, and then doused with gasoline and set on fire.The fatal wounded man was stabbed twice and rolled out during the oiling and burning process. He survived, but his injuries were serious. Two-thirds of his skin was severely burned, and he dragged his bloody body ran to the hospital.Wilson did his best to save him. "There's nothing I can do." After several hours of continuous rescue, Wilson said the man had little hope. (Rabe later learned that the man was pronounced dead 20 hours after being admitted to the hospital.) Rabe also went to the morgue, where he saw more bodies mutilated by Japanese guns and bayonets.Among them was a boy about 7 years old with four bayonet wounds on his body, one of which was stabbed in the stomach, and the wound was three or four inches long.Wilson told him the child had died moaning in pain when he was delivered a few days earlier. The gloomy morgue was filled with the stench of blood.Wilson persuaded Rabe not to watch it, but Rabe said: "The reason why I want to watch it is to witness these brutal acts of the Japanese, so that I can tell the world what happened in Nanjing as an eyewitness in the future." You cannot be silent about such thugs!" Rabe said seriously to Wilson. Wilson nodded. In fact, the doctor kept a diary.They are all Christians, and God has given them a common mission. Returning to the residence from Wilson, Rabe suddenly felt familiar and unfamiliar: the whole house was instantly decorated with joy by someone, and it was full of Christmas atmosphere! "Merry Christmas to Mr. Rabe!" The employee surnamed Zhang led all the refugees to congratulate Mr. Rabe and asked him to light 6 candles... "Thank you, thank you!" Rabe was excited, rarely excited! “不知为什么，我突然发现大家都喜欢上了我！这很奇怪，以前据我所知是没有人能容忍我的。或者，难道是我的错觉？我的多拉，亲爱的儿孙们，我知道，你们今天都在为我祈祷，我感觉到了，我被爱的思念所包围。在过去的两周中我不得不经历了那么多东西，现在能有这个，真的太好了！请相信我，我也在心中为你们大家祈祷。 “我目前身陷其中的可怕灾难使得我想起了童年的信仰。只有上帝才能在烧杀淫掠、为所欲为的匪帮面前保护我，委员会的所有抗议都是徒劳的。日本人答应要纠正，但是到今天为止竟然一点也没有感觉到…… “我以下面这番祈祷结束我今天的日记：仁慈的上帝，请您保佑所有的人免遭灾难，也请您保佑所有像我们这样已经身陷灾难中的人！我丝毫不后悔留下来，因为我的存在拯救了许多人的生命。但尽管如此，我仍然感到极端的难受！ “阿门！” 拉贝写完当日的日记，然后在胸前画着十字，双目紧闭，只见其脸颊上落下两颗硕大的泪珠…… 第二天一早，施佩林等委员会成员跑来，他们一定要亲眼看一看“南京城里唯一的一棵圣诞树”，而且另一位传教士克勒格尔还给拉贝带来一瓶白葡萄酒，据他自己说是从沙尔芬贝格家的废墟里抢救出来的。“可惜只有半瓶。”施佩林举着瓶子对拉贝说。 “为了我们家人的平安祈祷吧！”拉贝与他们一起举杯。 施佩林和克勒格尔非要拉着拉贝一起去平仓巷与另外几位美国朋友共度圣诞节，但拉贝说不行，他必须保护好自己院子里的600多名难民。 这一天，这一夜，拉贝一直佩戴着纳粹徽章，一步不离地坚守在安全区和自己的院墙内外，无论谁劝他都不行，他说他要看护好自己的“臣民”——“现在我是南京市长！”他骄傲而忧伤地说着这句话。 日本人用登记发证的手法企图使难民们就范，这一招很毒，让拉贝十分纠结。他生怕出更多的事，生怕更多的难民被杀害，生怕自己无法保护他们。 日本人甚至来到了他的院子。“他们必须登记！”日本兵告诉拉贝。 “他们全体都是难民。你们可以让他们登记，但他们是否愿意回家，必须由他们自己决定。另外，你们不能从我的院子里随意带走一个人！”拉贝站在日本人面前毫不退让。 他作好了死也要保护好院子里所有人的准备。 现场气氛极度紧张，甚至连孩子都不敢哭了。 日本兵拔出枪刺，对准了拉贝的胸膛…… “我已经说过了，这事没有商量的余地！”拉贝面不改色。 日本兵的脸部肌肉在颤抖。 “哇——”现场，一个孩子突然吓得大哭。 “哇哇……”突然，更多的孩子大哭。 “呜呜……”突然，现场更多的女人大哭起来。 拉贝的目光里射出火焰，一动不动地盯着日本兵。 “那么好吧，就按拉贝先生说的办！”日本兵终于妥协了，其实他们并非惧怕这位胖墩墩的汉堡商人，而是惧怕他袖子上的那个纳粹徽章。 韩湘琳和姓张的雇员及所有留在院子里的600多位中国难民在日本人离开的那一瞬，立即欢呼起来，他们簇拥着拉贝，纷纷跪在他面前，一个劲地感谢这位“洋菩萨”。 然而，拉贝的脸上始终没有笑意，因为他看到了那具近在咫尺的烧焦的尸体仍悬挂在那里，一直没有人敢将其收葬……还有他知道就在离他家不远处的金陵中学里又有20多名男子被日本兵借登记之名抓走枪毙了。 他要继续向日方抗议！ “大日本帝国打下了固若金汤的南京，竟不能奈何他一个德国胖子！岂不有损我天皇威望吗？”在收到拉贝一封又一封的抗议书后，日本大使馆的外交官和日军高官坐在一起，大为光火。 “将军，您认为怎样做才更合适？”田中大使没有理会你一句我一句的争执，他希望松井石根大将拿主意。 于是所有的目光转向沉默不言的松井石根。 “本人深知中国的文化，而中国人现在并没有把我的话放在眼里，自觉自愿地跟着几个西方洋人待在安全区，这是因为他们认为我们大日本帝国的皇军是鬼子，他们洋人是菩萨。鉴于此，我认为我们应当尽快选出一个由中国人自己管理自己的自治委员会，以此来替代拉贝他们的国际委员会。这样一来，洋人们的安全区和国际委员会就自然没了在南京的合法地位，问题不就可以迎刃而解了吗？” “高！实在是高！大将军的主意大大的好！”田中鼓掌附和，其他日本外交官和军方将领们跟着热烈鼓掌。 一个新的阴谋在日本大使馆内密谋筹划。而此时的拉贝及他的同事们则在忙碌着为过冬的几十万难民们准备取暖的煤炭及每天需要的食物。 煤炭从何而来？ “我们有……”斯迈思给拉贝发来一份详细清单。 “太好了！”拉贝一见清单，两眼放光，这是他最期待的宝贝！有了它，几十万难民至少不会被冻死或者少被冻死些人。不过他想到：“应该留一部分煤给粥厂，否则难民们没有食品充饥，也会饿死一大批人的呀！” “我们已经想法提供部分煤炭让粥厂来运。”问题到了斯迈思处，他总会有提前的预案。 “可我最担心的是：怎么运输呢？一旦日本人发现我们在运送煤炭，他们肯定就会半途拦下，从而成为他们的了！”拉贝搓着手，踱步思忖。 “这就得靠你这个德国国家社会主义工人党党员的招牌了！”斯迈思盯着拉贝说。 “你以为我这个招牌什么事都管用啊？上帝可没有给予我那么大的法力！”拉贝苦笑道。 “但有能力与日本人争取的也只有你了！”斯迈思说。 拉贝摇头：“这就是你们美国人的狡猾之处，你们推荐我当主席就是要把我放在烧红的铁板上去烤，现在不都证实了？” “哈哈哈……拉贝先生您是当之无愧的主席！”众人大笑。拉贝也跟着笑了起来，并说了一句中国谚语，“我是被你们拉到贼船上了。” 既然上了“贼船”，就得拿出胆子去“偷”几回——明的暗的都得“偷”。明的：拉贝一次次出面与“还能说上话”的日本外交官福田先生拉关系，请求他从中与日本军方交涉，争取把部分储煤拉到安全区或粥厂去，当然这部分的煤至少有一半被日军借机打劫走了；暗的：借公开运煤的指标，实为多运多走几趟，将煤拉到自己需要的地盘上去。 德国人在这方面不缺智力。可是日本人也不是傻瓜，他们坚持要自己运煤，只要求拉贝他们提供藏煤的地方，剩下的事由日方派军队去干。拉贝知道这事犟不过他们，于是就跟日本人谈条件：你们可以拉走部分煤，但必须按我们的要求提供给我们4个粥厂的煤量，否则安全区不能提供足够的劳役给你们日常需要。几万日军和官员们在南京城也要过日子，并且还要享受，拉贝的条件他们不会全听，也不得不听一点。 “生意”就这么做成的。“汉堡商人真的比我大日本人更精明啊！”日本人内心对拉贝还是有几分佩服的。 然而任何生意场上，强者总是欺负弱者。拉贝与日本人打交道的过程中，其实一直处在弱势地位。 1938年1月1日是中国的新年元旦。日本人给拉贝又滴了几滴眼药水——他们已经在前一天就事先通知给了他：元旦这一天上午，在鼓楼广场举行“南京自治委员会”成立仪式，要求拉贝等人务必到会“祝贺”。 出于礼貌和战术考虑，拉贝带着斯迈思等国际委员会部分成员去了现场。当他看到自治委员会的会长和一名副会长、一名顾问都是隶属于他的红十字会成员时，吃惊不小。“汉奸！”拉贝用中国人的话暗暗骂道。 拉贝终于明白了日本人的意图：他们是想通过这个所谓的“自治委员会”来替代他们的国际委员会。 仪式没有结束，拉贝就悄悄离开了现场，他不想让日本人导演的闹剧影响了自己的心情。因为这一天早上起来，韩湘琳等中国人告诉他：他们几百名难民要以隆重的仪式，在新年到来的第一天里感谢拉贝给予他们的救命之恩。 汽车回到住处，拉贝就远远地听到迎接他的鞭炮声——这太难得了，后来据雇员张先生告诉他：鞭炮是他们从庆祝“自治委员会”现场偷来的。“他们那个玩意有啥庆祝的，我们这儿才重要！”韩湘琳兴奋地对拉贝说。 “我受到国王般的欢迎，他们夹道欢迎我，并用鞭炮和鲜花向我致意。然后600多个人围着我，向我献上了用红墨水写在白色包装纸上的新年贺信，所有人向我三鞠躬。当我点头致谢，把贺信叠起来放进口袋时，他们都很高兴。”拉贝在日记里这样描述当天的情景。 接过贺信之后的场面让拉贝一生都不能忘却：鞭炮声中，600多名中国难民，在韩湘琳的带领下，整齐地列成两队，齐刷刷地跪下，一起向这位“汉堡商人”致新年磕头礼…… 拉贝的眼泪顿时夺眶而出——他从没有接受过如此隆重而恭敬的礼遇。 他深深地爱上了南京人，也深深地爱上了中国。他再次发誓要为这些苦难的平民献出个人的全部。 回到自己的办公室，拉贝忍不住从口袋中取出那封很大的贺信，上面写着如下内容： Herrn Rabe mit den besten Wunschen fur ein gluckliches Neues Jahr. Hundert Millionen sind Dir nah！ Die Fluchtlinge Ihres Lagers 1. 1．1938 Mr Rabe: 恭贺新年吉祥，亿万滚滚而来！ 您收容所的难民1938年元旦 “'亿万'是什么意思？是我得了彩票？”拉贝兴奋不已，却不解其意，便把韩湘琳找来寻问。当明白那是恭喜他来日“发大财”时，拉贝欢欣鼓舞了好一阵。 “我爱你们！爱中国！”拉贝用自己生硬的汉语向恭贺他的中国难民们表示了由衷的感谢。 1938年新年来临，日军占领下的南京并没有一丝一毫的新气象，日军到处烧杀抢淫的暴行没有任何改变，而所谓的“自治委员会”只不过是挂羊头卖狗肉而已，不仅不作为，且令市民生厌。 与之相反，拉贝的安全区仍然聚集了巨大的人气，多数难民又自觉不自觉地回到这里——主要是人们发现回家后根本没有任何安全可言，尤其是妇女，她们开始以为拿着“安居证”就能重新开始过日子了，结果多数人在当天甚至在回家的路上，就被日本兵野蛮地强奸与轮奸，而且有的则被抓到“安慰所”充当妓女。于是这些妇女们又拖家带口回到了拉贝他们的安全区。 原本以为“自治委员会”的成立将使安全区渐渐消失，哪知鼓楼“庆祝大会”的鞭炮声尚在耳边回响，安全区里依然热热闹闹。尤其是那条原本弯弯曲曲、冷冷清清的上海路，竟然成了全南京市最红火的跳蚤市场——也有人把它称作“共产市场”：说是生意场，却都是难民们自己的东西，旧衣服、茶壶茶杯、草纸尿布……日常用品，样样都有，且便宜得很。 “一块钱，拿去吧！” “老板可怜可怜吧，我只有这几个铜板。” “行，就它了！” 生意交成。这就是大家所说的“共产市场”：不讲价钱，相互谦让，互相帮助。 “走！走走！”突然有一个早晨，几个穿皮大衣、戴黑眼镜、手臂上别着“太阳”标徽的家伙，张牙舞爪地走到摆摊的难民面前，挥舞着棍棒，拳打脚踢。 “你们要干什么？”难民们愤怒地责问。 “皇军有令，安全区必须解散！你们还想在这里摆啥摊子？快滚！” “烧了，把这些旧棚烂摊统统烧了！”一群别“太阳”袖章的家伙竟然动起手来。带头的那人叫方浩，有难民认识他，姓方的过去是一个律师，此刻他得意扬扬地告诉认识他的人说自己现在“当官”了，是来“执行任务”的。 “烧！烧光为止！”姓方的见难民们并不买他的账，甚至有人悄声骂他是“汉奸”，这让姓方的大丢面子，于是直起嗓门，命令小喽啰们点火烧棚。 “汉奸！汉奸！” “杀千刀！我们跟他们拼了！” “拼了——！” 以姓方的为首的一群“自治委员会”小喽啰们哪想他们的烧棚毁摊行动惹怒了难民们，一时间，木凳、茶杯、鞋子甚至还有街头路边捡来的泥块、砖头等，雨点般地落在姓方的这群喽啰们头上、身上…… “撤！”姓方的一群喽啰落荒而逃。“共产市场”上的万千难民，一片欢呼。 “拉贝先生，我无意冒犯您和您的国际委员会朋友们，但有一个事实你们必须接受，这就是：新成立的南京市自治委员会，是经我们大日本皇军亲自批准的管理眼下南京市的临时机构，管理市民和这个城市是它的职责，你们的安全区和国际委员会不能再存在了，一切管辖权应当归自治委员会。”日本使馆派人向拉贝传达所谓的“命令”，而且留下狠话：否则日军将进行军事干预。 野兽终于露出本性。日本人向拉贝他们摊牌了！ what to do?国际委员会的命运面临考验。拉贝和斯迈思等召开紧急“委员会会议”，商讨对策。 “卑鄙！无耻！他们竟然威胁还要没收我们的钱财和物资，并说要清算我们以往的资金及物资用途情况。”韩湘琳说。 “另一方面，他们的野蛮与恶棍行径一点也没有收敛。这是昨晚我又在几个地方拍摄到的日本兵留下的罪行……”马吉紧接着控诉道。 “决不能放弃我们的权利！救助难民和伤员是上帝赋予我们的责任，谁也阻止不了我们的行动。”斯迈思说。 “对，这是最后的斗争了！日本人企图把南京置于他们的残暴统治之下，而我们则成了他们把南京变成地狱的唯一障碍。我们决不退让！” “决不！” 宁海路5号的“总部”，再一次成为了全南京反抗日军残暴统治的大本营。此刻，十多个国际委员会成员群情激昂，请求拉贝拿主意。 只见拉贝用双手向下压了压，示意大家安静。然后他说：“日本人的意图从一开始就很清楚，他们是不想看到在他们统治下的地盘上有一个并不隶属于他们领导下的组织在保护着多数南京市民的现实的存在，挖空心思除掉我们是他们的最终目的。因为他们是这个城市的占领军、统治者，所以他们可以想出一千个所谓的理由来修理我们，这并不奇怪。但我想，我们之所以成立国际委员会和安全区，其实只有一个理由，这个理由就是上帝赋予我们对人类的仁慈，这个责任在今天的南京，就是我们怎样千方百计地保护好几十万难民！这份责任，除了上帝，没有人可以从我们的手中剥夺！它日本军队也同样不可以剥夺！” “好，说得对！” "well said!" “我们决不放弃上帝赋予的权利！” 国际委员会最后形成一致意见：一是向日方再次陈述国际委员会的职能和责任，二是有针对性地把各安全区管理情况作一详细汇总，并将两份材料一起上交日方，以争取国际委员会和安全区存在的合理合法性。 “你成立所谓的'自治委员会'不就是为了管理好几十万难民吗？你指责我们国际委员会不合法，那么我们将告诉你我们这些日子里的所作所为！”这是拉贝的主意，这样绝地求生的谈判智慧，也只有像他这样的德国商人才有。 很快，一份份诸如下面文字的安全区“检查报告”出笼了：第三难民收容所——陆军学校 12月31日，由洛、王、米尔斯和福斯特先生检查。 所长：赵永奎 Number of refugees: About 3,200 people, divided into 27 groups, each with a group leader. 在这些难民中，每天应日本兵要求，派遣若干劳役。收容所平均每天分发10袋大米，约三分之一的难民自行解决粮食，其余的三分之二由国际委员会供给膳食。 难民们对国际委员会的管理满意。 汉口路小学难民收容所 1月1日，由福斯特等检查。 所长：郑大成 难民人数约1400多人（以前为1500人）。 每天有4袋分配来的大米。几乎所有的难民吃干饭（不是稀饭）。There is no distinction between adults and children when distributed. 虽然这个收容所住处十分拥挤，但难民们对领导满意。 ... 安全区难民所的“检查报告”整理完成后，拉贝与斯迈思起草的另一份关于“国际委员会当前的状况”的报告也随即完稿。其语气显然是给日方和日方的傀儡组织——自治委员会看的： 1. 我们是一个民间团体，成立的宗旨是帮助饱受战争苦难的平民。 （1） 食品和资金是供我们支配的，是供我们委员会用于上述目的的，因此我们要设法使委员会继续存在下去，但我们在使用我们的救济金时要适应当前这里的状况。 （2） 我们履行的行政管理工作由我们的合法基金单独支付报酬。 (The salaries of the police are not paid by us, but by their administration alone. We provide rice to the police on the same terms as we offer to all other refugees and volunteer helpers. The municipality sends us to organize The salaries of those 3 employees are remitted separately.) 2. 我们一开始就同红字会和红十字会合作，并且对自治委员会将继续持这种态度。We will be prepared to always judge proposals for collaboration on the following criteria: best serve or best serve the Committee's goals. 3. 我们的基金我们不会交出。These funds are entrusted to us for safekeeping, and we will use our reputation to guarantee that these funds will only be used for the occasions where they should be used and will not be used for other purposes. 4. 我们必须警惕，不要让人把会耗尽我们财力的工作或任务移交给我们，也不要指望我们会进行使我们对这笔资金失去控制的工作。 5. 自治委员会在恢复秩序和恢复国家公务方面一直得到我们的充分支持和承认。But our funds are primarily used to avert severe food shortages and to help residents in other ways. 这份被拉贝和斯迈思标注上“机密”的“内部文件”，虽然看起来像是在介绍国际委员会的工作情况，其实语气里暗藏着非常坚定而明确的观点，即：国际委员会虽然是一个民间组织，但它被赋予的使命和日军占领前后几十天来委员会所做的工作是谁也不可以改变的。 据说，上面的两份材料交给日方后，对日方高层特别是傀儡“自治委员会”成员造成巨大冲击，因为无论是日军还是那几个汉奸，他们自知根本不可能有谁能像拉贝他们那样把几十万难民管理得如此井井有条，更不可能做到让几十万人基本上不饿死。 “田中先生，我看还是让他们管吧，我们可没有办法从哪个地方弄那么多粥和饭给那些穷光蛋吃啊！” “可不是，像他们那么干，还不累死我们！” 汉奸们首先退却。接着是日方外交官福田等人反对一下子取消安全区的做法。“至少我认为拉贝他们还可以为我们所用。再说，他们手上有来自各个方面的资金支持。我们何不顺水推舟，省去一些麻烦！”福田说。 “参赞的话不是没有道理，至少可以再观察一段时间吧。”日本军方给出了松口话。 其实在给日本官方正式信函的同时，拉贝也给他的“半个朋友”——日本大使馆的福田参赞写了一封信。拉贝认为，在所有日本人中，福田是位比较正直和有良心的人，而且从以往的交往中，这位日本外交官无论如何也是给了拉贝他们不少帮助的，这份情谊对拉贝来说，十分重要。故而有些官方不能解开的纠结问题，拉贝通过与福田私下的友情获得了理解和同情，甚至是支持。在安全区面临存亡的紧急关头，拉贝自然首先想到了福田。于是他私下给福田写了这样的信： 显然，我们刚刚看到，日方在研究讨论如何处理拉贝他们的安全区时，拉贝给福田的信在关键时刻起了作用。 “英雄的拉贝先生，您和您所领导的22个留在南京的外国人，表现得像罗马的首批基督教徒那样勇敢！”德国大使馆罗森博士为拉贝带来了柏林德国外交部的“表扬”。 这对拉贝来说是巨大的荣誉，他很在乎，内心也很高兴。不过，他对罗森说：“当年在罗马的基督教徒们是被斗兽场上的狮子吃掉了。可我们这里的狮子只喜欢吃中国人的肉，因为日本人发现我这个汉堡商人的肉又臭又硬，他们嚼不动。” “哈哈……”罗森大笑。 获得“最高荣誉”的拉贝，如打了一剂强心针一般，为着他的20多万安全区内的难民们每天的一碗粥和一点点烤火的暖意奔忙着…… “好人！” “菩萨！” 南京城里所有看见那辆挂着“纳粹”旗子的汽车的人，都会投去感激和敬爱的目光，向那个戴着眼镜的“老头儿”致敬。 拉贝觉得自己无上荣光，因此责任也越发重大。 他的脸始终绷得紧紧的、紧紧的。 突然，人们发现这一天拉贝的脸绷得更加紧了。“先生，您身体不舒服？”韩湘琳关切地问。 拉贝摇摇头，他轻轻地从口袋中拿出一份电报给韩看。 “他们要让您和我离开南京到上海去？”韩一看，是西门子洋行上海总部发来的电报，内容是让拉贝带着韩尽快离开南京，到上海“休假”