With the help of the diaries of John Rabe it should set a base for the communication of international understanding, particularly between China and Japan.
In 1937 in Nanjing, John Rabe saved the lives of 250 000 Chinese people of the civil population from an attack of the imperial Japanese army.
The museum should document the events of Nanjing, especially the experiences of John Rabe.
This showed that the recognition of historical truth to the peoples of China and Japan is more important than ever."
The John Rabe Award 2010 was awarded at 8 November 2010 in the Chinese Culture Centre Berlin to the former director of the John Rabe House in Nanjing, Tang Daoluan as well as the Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service-founder Andreas Maislinger.