NANJING, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- Dozens of people in east China's city of Nanjing participated in a memorial walk event over the weekend to commemorate German citizen John Rabe and other foreigners that saved tens of thousands of Chinese lives during World War II.
Rabe was born on Nov. 23, 1882, in Hamburg, Germany, and came to China at the age of 26. In December 1937, Rabe, then a business representative of Siemens in Nanjing, and over 20 other foreigners set up a "safety zone" in the city to protect more than 200,000 Chinese from falling prey to the notorious Nanjing Massacre conducted by the invading Japanese Imperial Army.
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