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John Rabe

1882 - 1950

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John Heinrich Detlef Rabe (23 November 1882 – 5 January 1950) was a de-nazified NSDAP member, diplomat and businessman best known for his efforts to stop war crimes during the Japanese Nanjing Massacre and protect Chinese civilians. The Nanking Safety Zone, which he helped to establish, sheltered approximately 250,000 Chinese people from attack by the Imperial Japanese Army. He had been sent to China as an official German representative in the European-U.S. diplomatic quarter in Nanjing, the Chinese capital. He served as senior chief of the diplomatic mission at the time of Japanese conquest. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Rabe is the 4,846th most popular politician (down from 4,834th in 2019), the 1,261st most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,306th in 2019) and the 368th most popular German Politician.

John Rabe was a Nazi businessman who helped save the lives of more than 200,000 Chinese people during the Nanking Massacre.

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Among politicians, John Rabe ranks 4,846 out of 19,576. Before him are Karl I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Theramenes, Tomiichi Murayama, Moktar Ould Daddah, John I, Duke of Brabant, and Henry I of Castile. After him are Sancho I of Pamplona, Alexander I of Epirus, Julia, Geunchogo of Baekje, Michel Suleiman, and Ernesto Cardenal.

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Among people born in 1882, John Rabe ranks 71. Before him are Friedrich Dollmann, Grand Duchess Elena Vladimirovna of Russia, Fan Noli, John Bauer, Dušan Simović, and Feng Yuxiang. After him are Johnny Torrio, Franz Seldte, Leo Perutz, Eugène Joseph Delporte, Leopold Stokowski, and Ernst von Weizsäcker. Among people deceased in 1950, John Rabe ranks 36. Before him are Ryuzo Shimizu, Emil Abderhalden, Petre Dumitrescu, Nikolai Myaskovsky, Dinu Lipatti, and Mao Anying. After him are Emmanuel Mounier, Werner Haase, Kim Kyu-sik, Axeman of New Orleans, Constantin Carathéodory, and Eliel Saarinen.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, John Rabe ranks 1,261 out of 7,253. Before him are Otto Georg Thierack (1889), Margot Honecker (1927), Wolfgang von Trips (1928), Joachim Sauer (1949), Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1658), and Karl von Habsburg (1961). After him are Leo Strauss (1899), Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1886), Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal (1855), Alexander Gauland (1941), Tilman Riemenschneider (1460), and Franz Oppenheimer (1864).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, John Rabe ranks 368. Before him are Lothar de Maizière (1940), Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (1601), Otto Georg Thierack (1889), Margot Honecker (1927), Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1658), and Karl von Habsburg (1961). After him are Alexander Gauland (1941), Christian Wulff (1959), Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (1484), Landgravine Charlotte of Hesse-Kassel (1627), Hans Aumeier (1906), and Christian August, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (1690).

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