德国工程师见证的南京大屠杀

德国商行礼和洋行的工程师克里斯卿·克罗格1936至1938年在南京生活、工作。日军攻占南京屠杀军民之际，他留在南京，协助约翰·拉贝管理安全区，尽力保护难民；同时，对恐怖笼罩下的状况作了长篇详细的记录。他的这些证词真实记述了日军屠杀、强奸、掳掠、焚烧等暴行，其中一些片段曾在远东国际军事法庭作为检方证据宣读。虽然在1939年1月离开后未能再踏上中国的土地，但他对这个国度一往情深，对南京大屠杀期间遭受的苦难铭记于心，并在南京大屠杀50周年前夕，重新整理当年的目击证词，寄给中国驻联邦德国大使，以示纪念。

The Nanjing Massacre Witnessed by a German Engineer

Christian Kr?ger,an engineer of the German firm Carlowitz&Co.,lived and worked in Nanjing from 1936 to 1938.He stayed in Nanjing while the Japanese troops occupied the city and slaughtered the disarmed soldiers and civilians,assisting John Rabe in managing the Safety Zone and trying his best to protect the refugees.Meanwhile,he kept an extensive and detailed record of the conditions under the reign of terror.His eyewitness accounts,some of which were read as the prosecution’s evidence before the International Military Tribunal for the Far East,faithfully recorded such Japanese atrocities as massacres,rapes,lootings,and burnings.Although he was unable to set foot on Chinese soil again after his departure in January 1939,he had a strong attachment to the country and could not forget people’s sufferings endured during the Nanjing Massacre.On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre,he edited his original eyewitness accounts and sent them to the Chinese ambassador to West Germany in commemoration of the anniversary.