John Rabe, a German manager of a Siemens plant in Nanking, is forced to shut down the facility after 28 years due to Nazi regime orders. Before he can leave, the Japanese army, led by a brutal imperial uncle, besieges the city. Rabe, as a representative of Germany, a major ally of Japan, takes charge of an international zone plan to save over 200,000 workers and their families, putting his own interests aside.
John Rabe
A German entrepreneur risked everything in 1937-38 to rescue over 200,000 Chinese civilians and refugees from the brutal Nanjing massacre.