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对于战争责任的反省,日本不如德国。我们不愿说日本人不如德国人,而宁可说日本政府不如德国政府。但不愿承担战争责任的政府毕竟会使自己的民族蒙受羞辱。只要这样的政府存在,不管日本多么富有,多么强盛,多么彬彬有礼,多么精明能干,它在世界人民的心目中也难以受到应有的尊敬,更难以赢得真正的友情。以上这段话引自《天理难容——美国传教士眼中的南京大屠杀(1937—1938)》(南京大学出版社1999年版)。这本书是继《拉贝日记》出版以后,又一本有力地揭露南京大屠杀真相的史料著
Japan is not as good as Germany in its reflection on the war responsibilities. We do not want to say that the Japanese are not as good as the Germans, preferring to say that the Japanese government is not as good as the German government. But governments that are unwilling to assume the responsibility of war will, after all, humiliate their own nation. As long as such a government exists, no matter how rich, strong, polite, and capable it is, Japan also finds it hard to deserve the respect it deserves in the minds of the people of the world and to win more real friendship. The above quotation is quoted from “Tolerance of Heaven - Nanjing Massacre in the Eyes of American Missionaries (1937-1938)” (Nanjing University Press, 1999). This book is a historical material behind the publication of Rabe Diary, another forcefully exposing the truth of the Nanjing Massacre