Download or read book The Good Man of Nanking written by John Rabe and published by Knopf. This book was released on 1998 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Japanese army closed in on the city and all foreigners were ordered to evacuate, Rabe felt it would shame him before his Chinese workers and dishonor the Fatherland if he abandoned them. Sending his wife to the north, he mobilized the remaining Westerners in Nanking and organized an "International Safety Zone" within which all unarmed Chinese were to be - by virtue of Germany's pact with Japan - guaranteed safety.