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Afternoon Play: Hitler's Buddha

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

1 RJ Gallagher 's dramatic retelling of an episode during the Japanese invasion of Nanking, China, in 1937, remembered as a particularly brutal example of man's inhumanity to man. As the Japanese pursue their brutal invasion, hundreds of Chinese lives are saved by the bravery of John Rabe , a hero ... and a Nazi.
Director Alison Hindell

Contributors

Unknown:
Rj Gallagher
Unknown:
John Rabe
Director:
Alison Hindell
John Rabe:
John Rowe
Major Oka Paul:
Courtenay Hyu
Minnie:
Rachel Atkins
FangChu:
Richard Rees
Erwin:
Simon Ludders
Dora:
Manon Edwards
Gestapo officer:
Giles Thomas
Source: Radio Times

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