John Rabe

Having seen so many Nazi-Era movies whether in color or black and white, I feel I need a drink after the show.

Last one in a string of such movies was John Rabe. It was the years of Nazi times but atrocities were inflicted by Japanese; on Chinese. By risking his life and wealth, John Rabe saved hundreds of thousands of Chinese lives in safe zones created by him in Nanking, China. The year was 1937.

I literally, and I mean literally,  feel physical pain when I see someone fall or even trip let alone be killed and tortured. I know it is not believable; but so is the case. The physical pain sharpens multiple folds when I think; if the depiction in movies is half as true as the reality, I am ashamed to belong to a race called human.

One might ask, why then, do you watch such films. I can only reply, that among all such atrocities one often finds sole do-gooder soul who risks all to qualify to be a human; and it warms my heart.

I ask, do I have the courage to do it if I were him?  It frightens me to even pose such question.....I am a coward,  which disqualifies me as human, once again.