Schindler's List is a famous film, which tells a touching story about how a German businessman saved many Jews from the Nazis through wisdom and courage.
In the last century, there was an intellectual woman from China who was called "Schindler of China". This is Qian Xiuling.
Recalling the past from Qian Xiuling's former residence
Qian Xiuling's hometown is Qianshu Village, Xinzhuang Township, Yixing, Jiangsu. Yixing has produced many celebrities and made many contributions to the country. It is a good place for outstanding people.
At that time, Qianjia was a famous family in Yixing, Jiangsu. Qian Xiuling was born in such a noble family, the eldest daughter of this family, and received a good education from an early age.
Some descendants of Qian Xiuling visited Qian Xiuling's former residence and found that Qian Xiuling's former residence was not as well protected as people thought, and the door was even a little messy.
There is a well in front of the former residence, and there is a vegetable field with vegetables beside it. The wall powder of the house has peeled off, revealing the red bricks inside, and the door is almost locked. It's hard to see the prosperity of that year, and it's hard to imagine how Qian Xiuling went abroad from here to another new world. ......
That year, Qian Xiuling was seventeen, and he went to the seaside. Qian Xiuling accepted the baptism of new ideas, and she wanted to be an independent woman, not bound by feudalism.
But at that time, she could not completely get rid of the old customs. Her family arranged an arranged marriage for her, and her fiance was studying in Belgium.
Otherwise, her father may not agree to her going to Belgium.
Shortly after Qian Xiuling went to Belgium, she divorced without authorization. Her parents have loved her since she was a child. This time, she left her parents and went to a foreign country. She is independent and free for the first time, and she is full of curiosity about everything.
On the campus of Leuven University, she met a Russian-Greek mixed-race medical student, Gregory Perlingji, whose Chinese name is Gracia. They have the same interests and get along well with each other.
Naturally falling in love, getting married and having children, staying together for more than 60 years, has become a much-told story.
It can be said that Qian Xiuling has gained knowledge and love in Belgium, which is her second hometown.
Qian Xiuling made his home in Belgium. She and her husband came to live in the Belgian town of El Beaumont for an activity. Gracia opened a clinic in a small town and became a village doctor.
People dozens of miles away in Fiona Fang know that this doctor has a beautiful Chinese wife.
When they first met Qian Xiuling, they all showed a sense of freshness. They affectionately call Qian Xiuling "the little girl in China".
Decades later, when a reporter went to this town to mention Qian Xiuling to local residents, people's memories of her were all beneficial and compassionate.
It can be seen that the daily life in Qian Xiuling is very good. Later, because of her righteous act, she became a heroine in the hearts of the whole Belgian people.
Many people were rescued at the gunpoint of the Gestapo.
About Qian Xiuling's righteous act, we should start with a Belgian youth who participated in the resistance movement.
This young man named Roger comes from the same town as the Qian Xiuling family. He was sentenced to hang for blowing up a railway where a German train passed.
People in the town are in panic and fear. They tried to save Roger, but they could do nothing.
Qian Xiuling heard about it and wanted to help Roger. Qian Xiuling's cousin, Qian Zhuolun, had a deep friendship with Falkenhausen, the highest commander of the German army in the northern French and Belgian war zones at that time, and was called a best friend who never turns his back.
She thought this relationship might save Roger's life. So she wrote a sincere letter, personally went to Brussels to meet Falkenhausen, personally handed it to him, and asked him to pardon Roger's death.
Unexpectedly, Falkenhausen really agreed to her request.
A few days later, Falkenhausen issued an amnesty for Roger. Interestingly, there was also a death row man named Roger in Boylon, Belgium. Because Falkenhausen didn't specify which Roger was, both Roger were released by the Germans. This is another good thing.
Qian Xiuling's story of rescuing Roger was celebrated by the Belgian people, and she became a heroine in people's minds.
Later, people came to Qian Xiuling for help, and Qian Xiuling turned to Falkenhausen again and again, saving many innocent people under the clutches of the Nazis.
1944, three Gestapo officers were shot and killed by members of the Belgian underground resistance. The members of the resistance organization fled after completing the task, and the Germans retaliated against the local people.
The Gestapo took 96 residents hostage in Exelon and said that if people didn't hand over the murderer within 36 hours, they would all be shot.
This barbaric means is really their style. People remembered Qian Xiuling again, and wanted her to go to General Falkenhausen to help rescue the hostages as before.
However, the Germans have a time limit. At that time, General Falkenhausen's Hebbel Monte was more than 0/00 kilometers away from Exeter/Kloc, while Qian Xiuling was pregnant and unable to move.
Later, they found a car they had hidden in the past. Qian Xiuling followed them all the way and finally met General Falkenhausen before sunset.
Knowing their purpose, the general was embarrassed, but seeing that Qian Xiuling was pregnant and risked his life to come to him for help, he agreed.
Finally, 96 hostages were rescued with his help, but this was the last time he helped Qian Xiuling.
Because of the release of hostages again and again, Falkenhausen has been closely monitored by German high-level officials and suspected by the organization. They no longer trust him.
Shortly after rescuing 96 hostages, he was transferred back to Berlin.
The sincere friendship between Qian Xiuling and German officers.
Qian Xiuling knew that she could not have saved those people without the help of General Falkenhausen.
She was awarded a national medal, a gift from the king and queen, and was regarded as a hero. She even had a road named after herself, full of glory, but Falkenhausen was imprisoned and even lost his life.
She must do something for him, because he is not a heinous person, and in the process of getting along with him, she has a sincere friendship.
She interceded for General Falkenhausen, and many people didn't understand her behavior. Under the pressure of public opinion, she collected evidence that General Falkenhausen had helped those residents.
She found those who were rescued and asked them to write a joint letter confirming that the German officer risked his life and tried his best to bring many Belgians back to life.
In the end, the court was lenient and sentenced the German officer 12 years in prison. Later, because of the detente between Germany and Germany, General Falkenhausen was released early.
At that time, Falkenhausen was over 70 years old. After many trips to life and death, he is already very pessimistic. 1966, this German officer with both merits and demerits died at the age of 88.
In his later years, he was indifferent to fame and fortune, returned to his hometown and said nothing about the past.
Later, the Qian Xiuling family lived in an ordinary house in Brussels. When people come to visit, they can't see the "national medal" issued by the government, nor can they see the precious gifts given to her by the king and queen. When people ask her about her memories of her heroic deeds, she always says "I forgot".
She doesn't want to recall the cruelty of the war, and she doesn't have the aura of those heroes. On the contrary, she even blushed when asked about her love affair with her husband.
When a reporter asked General Falkenhausen what kind of person she was, she clearly replied: "A moral person." She forgot the cruelty of the war in the past, and only remembered the beauty, such as love and friendship.
Later, Qian Xiuling returned to his hometown of Yixing. It has been more than 70 years since he left his hometown, but the local accent has not changed. When talking with his hometown people, he still speaks Mandarin with Yixing accent.
When it's true that "when a teenager leaves home, his accent will not change, and his hair will decline", she is just like an ordinary old lady in China, saying nothing about her experiences in Belgium.