Author: Peng Dawei Shen Ran Since May, Germany has begun to "flexibly unseal" various shops such as barbershops to reopen "China's Schindler" Mr. Rabe's grandson Thomas Rabe, who was previously suspected of being infected with new crown pneumonia, and countless people from all walks of life in China have made every effort to support them after learning about it
Pictured here is Thomas Raabe, grandson of John Rabe. At present, he and his family are in good health, and the epidemic situation in the city where they live has also steadily improved, and these successive good news has relieved the people who have been thinking about them Thomas Rabe said that the children cherish the friendship with China and believe that the love for China will be passed on from generation to generation in the family
On 21 April, Thomas Rabe and representatives of the Heidelberg City Accepted Donations. China News Service sent by Heidelberg, Germany Courtesy of the city of Heidelberg
"Mountains and mountains do not meet, people and people must meet" At a time when the global epidemic situation intensifies, the friendship between China and Germany, which has been separated for 83 years, has "met" again, which is touching
Spanning 83 years of watching over each other, Rabe's descendants have turned to China for help
Thomas Rabe, grandson of John Rabe
He is currently a doctor at the Heidelberg Hospital in Germany
At the end of March, he wrote to China asking for help
There is an urgent need for an anti-epidemic drug that Has ceased production in Germany
Rabe's descendants asked China for help Chinese pharmaceutical companies to give free medicines
Thomas Rabe told embassy staff
He and his family are suspected of being infected with COVID-19
it is accompanied by obvious symptoms
However, the supply of effective medicines in Germany has been cut off
There is also a shortage of protective materials in hospitals
In a hurry, he could only turn to the Chinese side for help
After learning that Thomas Rabe had asked for help
The Chinese Embassy in Germany immediately contacted the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
The relevant companies were quickly found
After learning of this
Zhejiang pharmaceutical enterprises immediately decided to give free drugs
Above the chinese and German national flags, the glass pagoda of Nanjing Dabao'en Temple and the ancient bridge of Heidelberg stand majestically, and two large hands are clasped tightly across the national border.
Information for help from Rabe's descendants
It also alarmed the entire city of Nanjing
Whether it is medicine, or masks, protective clothing
Nanjing is helping
The relevant person in charge of the European and African Division of the Nanjing Municipal Foreign Affairs Office said,
"After receiving the news, we immediately prepared a donation plan: in addition to preparing medical supplies for Thomas Rabe, his relatives and friends, and the Heidelberg University Hospital where he works, Nanjing also wants to donate some supplies to the city of Heidelberg in consideration of years of friendly exchanges."
However, Thomas Rabe desperately needed medicine
It is also very rare in China
Memorial Hall of compatriots killed in the Nanjing Massacre of the Japanese invasion of China
And other units have taken action
Raised 620 bottles of designated medicines
30,000 masks and 200 protective suits
In mid-April, international shipping was almost halted
This is also a conundrum
Eventually, this special batch of medical supplies
It was donated to Germany through a charter flight from Jiangsu
Thomas Rabe and his wife received material donations from the Chinese Embassy in Germany in Heidelberg. Courtesy of the Chinese Embassy in Germany
Early in the morning after the supplies arrived in Germany
Staff of the Chinese Embassy in Germany
Drive 700 km to Heidelberg
Put "support" and "refueling" from Nanjing
Transfer to the Municipality of Heidelberg
and Thomas Rabe himself on hand
This move has won countless netizens likes
"Thank you for your help"
"Thanksgiving, may you be safe and healthy"
"Friends in tribulation are true friends"
The Germans who saved more than 200,000 lives in Nanjing
The message that "Rabe's descendants ask for help from China" makes people's minds drift to the memory of the righteous "foreigner" John Labelabe, who sheltered more than 200,000 compatriots in the "purgatory" city of Nanjing 83 years ago, known as "China's Schindler", "Nanjing Friend" and "Living Bodhisattva" is one of the most important figures in the history of Sino-German relations for more than Chinese a hundred years
The 70th Anniversary of the Death of John Rabe: Chinese and German Friends Spontaneously Commemorate "Nanjing Good People"
John Rabe came to Beijing in 1908 when he was 26 years old, he worked and lived in Beijing and Tianjin in Nanjing for 30 years In 1937, the Japanese army invaded China in Nanjing Tucheng Mr. Rabe and a number of international friends spontaneously established the International Safety Zone Because of Rabe's special status, he took the initiative to serve as the chairman of the International Committee of the Nanjing Safe Zone to shelter refugees and provide them with shelter He saved more than 200,000 Chinese lives in the security zone of less than 4 square kilometers, and his book "Rabe's Diary" The exposing of the atrocities of the Japanese army is recognized as a precious historical material that proves the Nanjing Massacre
The poster of the movie "Rabe's Diary" Rabe once said before his death,
"The best youth of my life was spent happily in this country (China), my children and grandchildren were born here, my career was successful here, and I always received Chinese."
However, after returning to Germany, Rabe was arrested by the Soviet Union and the British and released from illness, and the citizens of Nanjing, who lived in poverty, always remembered that this international friend learned that his experience raised a fee for him and sent him food parcels every month He said that the friendly support of the people of Nanjing made him rebuild his confidence in life
The saying goes, "Mountains and mountains do not meet, but people meet." Courtesy of Sany Group
now
Courtyard 1, Little Pink Bridge, where Mr. Rabe used to live
The Raabe Memorial was established
Became a municipal cultural relics protection unit in Nanjing
Permanent hold
Chinese and Germans commemorate "China Schindler" at the Rabe Pavilion in Nanjing. China News Service reporter Yang Bo photographed
Thomas Rabe, who is an "honorary citizen of Nanjing", donated the original Nanjing volume of Rabe's Diary to Thomas Rabe, who has also been committed to promoting exchanges between the medical and historical circles of the two countries, and he maintains close contact with his Chinese colleagues and continues to write about the friendship between China and his ancestors as John Rabe said when he bid farewell to Nanjing:
If we foreigners have achieved certain achievements now, we owe a large part of it to this, which we will never forget, and loyally and friendly help our Chinese friends... Our Chinese friends... I hope that the good spirit of cooperation and the friendship that has bound us together so far will last forever for all of you.
Editor: Bai Jiayi