The Short List of Things to Do

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Nanking

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One of the signal atrocities of the 20th century, the Japanese army's 1937 "rape of Nanking" (more than 200,000 slaughtered, 20,000 women sexually savaged) is recalled in a documentary focusing on the heroic efforts of a few Westerners to save Chinese lives. See this inspiring, outraging work.

Grade: A-

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