John Rabe House

The John Rabe House in Nanjing is the former residence of the former Siemens representative in China and Chairman of the International Committee of the Nanjing Safety Zone, John Rabe. He lived in this house in the years 1932-1938. Today, a dedicated John Rabe Memorial as well as a research center for peace research are housed therein.

The John Rabe House is located in the city center of Nanjing in the Xiaofenqiao No. 1 (小 粉 桥1) on the campus of Nanjing University. John Rabe stayed here during the Nanjing Massacre and protected in this house and garden more than 600 Chinese refugees from the Japanese soldiers. In this house he wrote down his famous diaries.

His former home in Nanjing was only discovered when his granddaughter Ursula Reinhardt released the Nanking Diaries of John Rabe 1996 in New York. As the German Federal President Johannes Rau 2003, the Nanjing University visited, he expressed concern about the state of John Rabe House. Thanks designs visit and his commitment to support the renovation of the house, the Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Shanghai signed with Siemens China, BSH Bosch and Siemens Home Appliances and Nanjing University signed a contract to renovate the house and the " John Rabe and International Safety Zone Memorial Hall "and the" John Rabe research and Exchange Centre for Peace and Reconciliation " to set up. The German side provided the financial resources available, while the Nanjing University is responsible for the construction and operation of the Memorial Hall and the research center.

John Rabe and International Safety Zone Memorial Hall

On 31 October 2006, the " John Rabe and International Safety Zone Memorial Hall " was officially opened. At 1628 square meters, and in six exhibition areas provide more than 300 photos, documents and historical materials Rabe's life history, with the main task of the Memorial Hall is on the heroic deeds and efforts of John Rabe and the other members to remind the Committee for the International Safety Zone, during the Nanjing Massacre to save innocent lives. The memorial in Rabe's former residence is Monday through Friday from 8:30 - 16:30 be visited. Since 2008, the memorial and research center is a place of installation of the Austrian Service Abroad.