As days pass and times change, history, no matter how insignificant, is constantly in the making. The most notable events are removed and recorded, and artifacts from the era are preserved. These events, worthy of taking up space in books and time in history classes around the world, are discussed again and again, with the intention that these events will never be forgotten and that generations to come have a window into the past. However, it seems that some events are highlighted and glorified, while pushing others under the rug, only to be forgotten, as times change. The Rape of Nanking is an example. Although mentioned in textbooks and courses, the Rape of Nanking is glossed over and dismissed, leaving those interested with an incomplete history of the forgotten Holocaust of World War I. Iris Chang's incursion into China in December 1937 exposed a brutal massacre that years later raised fundamental questions not only about Japanese imperial militarism, but also about the psychology of torturers, rapists, and murderers. In December 1937, the ancient city of Nanking was invaded by the Japanese army, which ended up murdering and raping innocent civilians. and bring the death toll to exceed that of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. What happened there is told through three perspectives, that of the soldiers who carried out the attack, that of the civilians who suffered and survived, and finally that of the small group of Europeans and Americans who fought to save more than 300,000 people from this atrocity. One of these heroes is John Rabe, a Nazi, whom Iris Chang goes so far as to call "the Oskar Schindler of China". He and many others worked tirelessly to save these people and expose the true horrors. Through his and other stories, the afflictions endured by the people of Nanjing are exposed and brought to public attention. The Rape of Nanking is a graphic and extraordinarily well-written account of a period in Japan that, to this day, is one that is viewed with humiliation and disdain. Interviews and research bring these stories together into an effective novel that opens readers' eyes to a period not often talked about. The author makes sure to instill the idea that these soldiers were so indifferent to murder that they eventually came up with different games to figure out how to "get rid of" these people..