After their marriage, Qian Xiuling and his wife lived in Ahmed Mond, a remote Belgian town. My husband runs a private clinic in town, and Qian Xiuling works as a nurse in the clinic.
1 September 9391World War II broke out. 1943 In May, the Germans occupied Belgium, and the Belgian people were unwilling to be invaded and bravely carried out resistance activities. A young man named Roger took part in the resistance in the town. He was caught by the Germans and sentenced to hang for blowing up the railway where the German train passed. Roger's parents pleaded with the Germans through the king and queen of Belgium, but to no avail. Qian Xiuling saw from the newspaper that von Falkenhausen, the highest German officer stationed in Belgian and northern French war zones, was a good friend of Qian Xiuling's cousin Qian Zhuolun, who was the curator of the first hall of the Kuomintang Ministry of National Defense, the director of the General Staff of the Ministry of National Defense and the rank of Lieutenant General. 1934 to 1938, when von Falkenhausen was a military adviser to the Kuomintang in China, he became close friends with his cousin Qian Zhuolun. Although he is a German officer, he is full of justice and integrity. Qian Xiuling wrote a letter overnight and went to Brussels in person, begging him to forgive Roger's death.
A few days later, von Falkenhausen issued an Amnesty and released Roger.
1On June 7th, 944, the Belgian underground resistance killed three German Gestapos in Exen, near the town where Qian Xiuling lived. The Germans began to retaliate wildly, arresting more than 90 young people and demanding that local residents hand over the murderer. Otherwise, the Germans will draw lots and each batch of 15 people will be executed. People once again begged Qian Xiuling to find a way to save lives.
At that time, Qian Xiuling was pregnant with her eldest daughter. She took a broken car overnight, risked being attacked by sniper fire and stray bullets, arrived in Brussels and asked von Falkenhausen for help. This time even von Falkenhausen was embarrassed, because his war-weariness and the release of Belgian resistance activists aroused the dissatisfaction of the Gestapo and were monitored, and Hitler also lost trust in him. But when he saw the courage and true feelings of a paunchy foreign women, Von Falkenhausen made up his mind.
On the third day, more than 90 people arrested were released. A few days later, Feng was transferred back to Berlin.
After World War II, in recognition of Qian Xiuling's saving the lives of nearly 100 Belgian nationals, the King of Belgium awarded her the "National Medal". In memory of this heroine, the citizens of Exexing specially named an avenue in the city center "Qian Furen Road". The municipal government also bought a bronze tower of China with dragons in an antique shop as a souvenir.
Time has entered 2 1 century, and the Belgians have not forgotten Qian Furen. In the autumn of 200 1, the mayor of Exeter, Belgium, made a special trip to Yixing and became a sister city with Yixing. At the signing ceremony, Yue, mayor of Aixing City, said: Ms. is the daughter of Yixing people and the mother of Aixing City. My father is one of more than 90 young people rescued by Ms. Qian from German guns. Without money, lady, there would be no me.
Qian Xiuling, 19 12, was born in Yixing, Jiangsu. His cousin Qian Zhuolun, Lieutenant General of the Kuomintang, served as the director of the first hall of the Kuomintang Ministry of National Defense and the director of the Office of the Chief of Staff of the Kuomintang Ministry of National Defense.
Although Qian Xiuling's family is very rich, he is neither arrogant nor extravagant. She likes sports, basketball and chemistry. Since she was a student, she has been determined to serve the country scientifically. Her greatest dream is to study in the Curie Atomic Energy Laboratory in France, hoping to become a scientist like Madame Curie.
1929, 17-year-old Qian Xiuling went to the most famous Belgian university of Leuven to study chemistry, just like countless aspiring young people of that era. At school, Qian Xiuling, who is beautiful and full of oriental charm, gradually got together with Grexia, who is several years older than himself and has Russian and Greek ancestry in the medical department of the same school. After getting married, Mr. and Mrs. Qian Xiuling lived in a remote Belgian town and began their happy marriage of caring for each other for more than 60 years until Gracia died in 1996.
1939, World War II broke out in Europe. Qian Xiuling, with scientific ideals, came to occupied Paris in the era of war, looking for the Institute of Atomic Energy hosted by Aurio Curie. Unfortunately, in order to avoid the Nazis, the institute moved to the United States. Facing the empty building, Qian Xiuling returned to Belgium in frustration.
1940 In May, the Germans occupied Belgium. In the front town where Qian Xiuling lived, Roger, a young man who participated in the resistance activities, risked his life to lay mines and blew up the railway that the German army passed. When the story came out, Roger was arrested and immediately sentenced to hang.
After Qian Xiuling learned this news, the sense of justice nurtured by China traditional culture pushed her onto the heroic stage of that deformed history. Like all Belgians, she never wants to see the tragic ending of the "explosion hero". By chance, she saw the name von Falkenhausen in the newspaper. "Good familiar name! ……"
During the period from 1934 to 1938, the German chief executive of the Belgian and northern French war zones once served as the military adviser of the Kuomintang in China, and they appreciated each other with Qian Xiuling's cousin Qian Zhuolun and finally became close friends. Before studying in Belgium, Qian Zhuolun told his cousin that if he was in trouble, he could ask Feng for help.
"Feng is now a Nazi leader. Will the six relatives deny him and kill him? " Despite all kinds of worries, saving people is like putting out a fire. Qian Xiuling immediately wrote a letter to von Falkenhausen, pleading with him to try to save Roger from hanging for humanitarian reasons. The next morning, she took this letter and a letter from her cousin Qian Zhuolun to catch the early bus and go to Brussels, the capital, which is 160 kilometers away. After some efforts to find Feng, I came straight to the point and explained my purpose. Feng hesitated and said, "I'll think of some way. Let me try! "
A few days later, Roger was miraculously pardoned. The story of Qian Xiuling's saving lives spread. Qian Xiuling is a lovely woman in China and a "hero" in everyone's heart in the town ahead.
1On June 7th, 944, the underground resistance killed three German Gestapos in Exxon near Einheim town. The Germans began to retaliate wildly, arresting 97 young men and demanding that local residents hand over the murderer within one day. Otherwise, draw lots to execute 15 people in each batch. When I was worried, someone thought of Qian Xiuling.
At that time, Qian Xiuling was pregnant with her eldest daughter. She was pregnant, sat in a broken car all night, and rushed to Brussels at the risk of being attacked by cold guns and stray bullets. Von Falkenhausen knew Qian Xiuling's intentions before she spoke. He was embarrassed, but Qian Xiuling never gave up.
On the third day, 97 people arrested were miraculously released. A few days later, Feng was taken back to Berlin by Nazi Germany. This meeting became her last meeting with Feng in World War II.
After World War II, in recognition of Qian Xiuling's righteous act, the Belgian government awarded her the medal of "National Hero". The King and Queen of Belgium also signed a favorite photo and presented it to her. In memory of this heroine, the citizens of Exexing specially named an avenue in the city center "Qian Furen Road".
Von Falkenhausen was arrested by the Gestapo when he returned to Germany, and he was going to be taken to court as a foreigner. However, the footsteps of the end of World War II approached Berlin, the Germans surrendered, and von Falkenhausen was handed over to the Allied supervision as a war criminal. Feng was extradited to Belgium on 1948. 1950, Feng was tried in Belgium as Germany's number one war criminal.
Hearing the news, Qian Xiuling couldn't sit still. She ran around, calling on the people she had helped to sign the letter and taking the initiative to accept interviews from the Belgian media. She told reporters that Feng was an aggressor, but at the same time he tried his best to save many Belgians from being killed out of humanitarianism. His merits and demerits should be comprehensively evaluated. She said: "I did something for the Belgians during World War II, and the country awarded me a medal for it. My success is precisely because von Falkenhausen risked his life and did his best. "
During the trial, Qian Xiuling and several people she helped appeared in court to testify for Von Falkenhausen. Finally, von Falkenhausen was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment, because he was the leader of the German occupation army and had an unshirkable responsibility for the war.
At that time, Winter, a famous anti-German Nazi heroine in Belgium, secretly sent food and clothes to Feng in prison.
Feng served more than three years in prison and was released early. Feng He joined hands for the winter and returned to Bonn for settlement. 1966, von Falkenhausen died at the age of 88.
After the war, the Qian Xiuling family lived in an ordinary intellectual residence near the Arc de Triomphe. When I walked into Qian's house, I couldn't see the "national seal" issued by the government and the precious gifts given to her by the king and queen. It is said that she asked her son to put them in a drawer. Whenever people mentioned the past to her with admiration, the old man always replied faintly and with a trace of regret: "I forgot, I can't remember." Is the younger generation asked, just fall in love, Gracia and her who pursue first, often provoked the old man's weather-beaten face glow with shy excitement. The old man's son said that her mother was very reluctant to be interviewed after the war, and she would rather forget that distorted era. After countless times of filtering, she just wants to remember the best things in life, such as love, such as family ties. ...
In addition to being accompanied by a nanny from Yixing for many years, the old man also has a son and a daughter who are over 60 years old. Although it has been 70 years since I left my hometown, the clothes at home are no different from those of ordinary families in China and old ladies in China. "The local accent has not changed, and my hair has also declined." Talking to our own people is still Mandarin with Yixing accent since childhood. There is a young man named Roger Gerard in Qian Xiuling's town. He is a heroic underground resistance fighter. /kloc-in the winter of 0/942, Roger risked his life and passed the news of Dekou to the resistance movement. Soon, because someone was arrested and could not resist Nazi torture, he betrayed Roger and others. Roger's family soon received a phone call from the Gestapo asking Roger to go to the police station at once. Only Roger knows, and I'm afraid he'll never come back. But from the first day he took part in the resistance movement, he put his life and death in danger. Roger said goodbye to his parents and rushed to the police station.
At that time, the Germans stationed in Belgium took "continuous insurance" to deal with the resistance movement and did not often come forward to arrest people. Because they know that people like Roger dare not run, even if they run, their families and the whole town can't run away.
After Roger left, his family didn't tell anyone the news at first, as he asked. But soon, they received a notice from Brussels that Roger had been sentenced to death by the Nazis, and the same verdict was posted in the town.
Someday in April of 1943. Qian Xiuling went to Brussels to visit her friends. On the train back to Herbmont, she met Roger's parents and sister. They have just visited Roger in prison and told Qian Xiuling about Roger.
What happened to Roger deeply touched Qian Xiuling. When she returned to Herbert Monte, she found that the residents in the town were in extreme fear and anxiety because Roger and others were arrested. After much deliberation, Qian Xiuling came to Roger's house. She told Roger's parents that she would try her best to save Roger's life. Roger's parents thanked Qian Xiuling for his kindness, but when it comes to saving Roger, they can only sigh helplessly. Even the intercession of the king and queen of Belgium was rejected by Deko. What can a weak China woman do? The two old men held Qian Xiuling's hand and were in tears.
Qian Xiuling didn't mean to say anything nice to comfort the two old people. At this time, she had thought of a person-Alexander von Falkenhausen, the supreme commander of the German army in the northern French and Belgian war zones.
Among German officers, Falkenhausen is a "China hand". 1900, participated in Eight-Nation Alliance and went to China as a German lieutenant. /kloc-in the summer of 0/934, he came to China again. Two years later, he was appointed by Hitler as the head of the military advisory group to advise Chiang Kai-shek on encirclement and suppression of the Red Army and the War of Resistance. 1938, under the pressure of the Japanese, the German government decided to withdraw its military advisory group and stop its military support to China. And Falkenhausen and others wrote back, asking to stay in China in their own name and help China resist Japanese aggression. When Hitler learned of this, he immediately ordered Falkenhausen and others to return to China, and warned that if he did not carry out the order, he would be punished as treason, and his nationality would be revoked and his property confiscated. Their families in Germany will also face serious consequences. On July 8th of that year, Falkenhausen and others cried and boarded the ship in Guangzhou. The following spring, the retired Falkenhausen was persuaded by Hitler to put on his military uniform again and became a German general.
Qian Xiuling first heard this name from his cousin Qian Zhuolun. Qian Zhuolun is a major general (later promoted to lieutenant general) of the Kuomintang Army. He has served as the director of the first hall of the Kuomintang Ministry of National Defense, the acting director of the Ministry of Civil Affairs (the department in charge of personnel) of the Kuomintang Military Commission, and the director of the General Office of the Chief of Staff of the Kuomintang Ministry of National Defense. From 1934 to 1938, Qian Zhuolun became close friends with the German military officer Falkenhausen, who was then a military adviser in China.
Before Roger was arrested, Qian Xiuling saw Falkenhausen's name in the Belgian newspaper, and she was very surprised at that time. Qian Xiuling, who was always worried about the fate of his motherland, thought that if this was what his cousin called a German officer, he might have participated in the formulation of important decisions in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in China's early days. If he leaked China's military secrets to Japan, a German ally, the consequences would be unimaginable. Qian Xiuling thought of this and immediately wrote a letter to her cousin, telling her about her worries. Soon, my cousin wrote back to her, in which he told Qian Xiuling that although Falkenhausen was also a member of the German army, he was different from those stubborn Nazis. He is a professional officer, and he has deep affection for China. He wouldn't do anything to betray China. The letter also said that this person has a sense of justice and integrity. What's more, during his years in China, he has forged special friendship with many people in China.
After hearing the news of Roger's arrest, Qian Xiuling immediately remembered what his cousin said in his letter. If Falkenhausen is really like his cousin said, he may release Roger, Qian Xiuling thought. Even if there is one in ten thousand hope, she is willing to have a rest.
Qian Xiuling came back from Roger's home, spread out the writing paper and carefully wrote a letter to Falkenhausen. In her letter, she mentioned the character Falkenhausen mentioned in her cousin's letter and begged him to try to save Roger from hanging from humanitarian considerations.
The next morning, Qian Xiuling took his eldest son, braved the cold wind, and took the early train to Brussels, which is 160 kilometers away. Qian Xiuling's eldest son recalled that it was wartime, and the train stopped and stopped, and sometimes several German soldiers came up to check their documents. Because there was no phone to call, they arrived in Brussels very late, and it was midnight when they found their friend's house. Later, a friend told them that he was shocked to hear someone ring the doorbell and told his family to hide before he dared to go downstairs and open the door.
In Brussels, Qian Xiuling found Falkenhausen living in a building next to the palace, which is also the castle wolfenstein, surrounded by heavily guarded guards and sentries. But at this time, Qian Xiuling ignored many things. She took her letter, cousin's reply and photos and went straight to the gate. Falkenhausen heard that it was the sister of an old friend in China who asked to meet her, so he asked his secretary to make an appointment with her.
Qian Xiuling still remembers that it was a morning when she went there again at the appointed time. There were many German officers standing in the hall. They watched her walk into Falkenhausen's office with strange eyes.
After greeting, Qian Xiuling showed Falkenhausen his cousin's photo, proved his identity, and then gave him both letters. She came straight to the point and asked Falkenhausen to exempt Roger from the death penalty. I don't know whether Qian Xiuling's courage or her touching words moved Falkenhausen. Before leaving, Falkenhausen said to her, "I will try my best to satisfy your wish. If you need my help, you can always come to me. "
A few days later, Roger's parents received a letter from the German army saying that his son's death sentence was changed to eight years' imprisonment. On the same day that Roger changed his sentence, in another Belgian town, Boylon, a prisoner of the same name held by the German army was also released.
After the news that spiritual practice bravely broke into castle wolfenstein to rescue the resistance fighters came out, Belgians rushed to tell each other. She soon became a heroine in people's minds. Many Belgians came from all over the world to find her and asked her to go to Falkenhausen to rescue her relatives detained by the Germans. Enthusiastic Qian Xiuling is always responsive. She went to see General Falkenhausen again and again and saved many Belgians from the jaws of death.
Qian Xiuling * * * How many times has he found Falconhausen? How many Belgians were saved? It's not easy to find now Her eldest son recalled that he and his mother went to Brussels to find Falkenhausen at least five or six times. I have also asked many historians about this. They told me that at that time, many people would try their best to find Falkenhausen or other senior German officials through their relationships after their relatives and friends were arrested and ask them to show mercy. Many of them have higher status than Qian Xiuling. Some people may ask Qian Xiuling for help, or they may find others at the same time. It is not so easy to determine who played a role in the release or commutation of the arrested person.
Later, I found a Belgian newspaper with an exclusive interview with Qian Xiuling by a Belgian journalist. What she said to the reporter will help us understand the situation at that time. Qian Xiuling said that at that time, Falkenhausen proudly told her, "Many people asked me for help, which seems to be the habit of Belgians. They always find me through people who know me directly or indirectly and let me go. Princess Rosli (a member of the Belgian royal family) also sent me a list of people and information. Some people from the Italian embassy also sent materials, and some people from the neutral embassy came to see me. They all hope that I can release some people. "
After the war, the story of Qian Xiuling's rescue was widely circulated among Belgian people, which may be exaggerated. But an old man in Hebermont told me that after so many years, it doesn't matter who saved the person. What's important is that Qian Furen, from China, can go to the leader of the occupation army, Falkenhausen, for many times without worrying about the risks.
"If young Qian Xiuling is a beautiful and enterprising young lady and a May 4th youth, then 90-year-old Qian Xiuling, who has experienced ups and downs in her life, can be said to be more peaceful, purer and more natural, and even the wrinkles on her forehead are more and more stretched like rejuvenation. In just one hour of contact, I think we saw the history of her life. " Screenwriter Zhao Dongling recalled her first visit in April, 20001.
If life is a river, Zhao Dongling thinks that "forgetting is also a very interesting thing" through contact with the old people in Qian Xiuling.
Zhao asked, "When was the road in Aikexing named after you?"
The old man spread out his hands: "I forgot, I forgot ..."
Zhao asked again, "Where did you put the medal awarded by the king?"
The old man shook his head blankly: "I really ... really don't remember."
However, when Zhao Dongling asked again, "What kind of person is von Falkenhausen in your eyes?"
"A moral person." The old man answered almost without thinking.
A few days later, Zhao Dongling called Qianjia and asked to visit the old man again. Like every visitor, the old man wears a beautiful blue cheongsam and a little lipstick, waiting for them on time. When Zhao Dongling mentioned the medal again, the old man hesitated for a long time and said, "I don't remember this?"
With the consent of the old man, relatives searched for Zhao Dongling for a long time, but found nothing. After bidding farewell to the old man, her relatives asked Zhao, "Are you disappointed today?"
"No, on the contrary, from the forgetfulness of the old man, I seem to have grasped her most precious thing, and I have grasped the soul of a character." Zhao Dongling replied excitedly.
However, during the filming process, some irresponsible rumors appeared in China. For example, all kinds of "stories" about her affair with German General Feng. Zhao Dongling was very angry about it. "This makes us shudder as bystanders. If there are these so-called stories and stains, China's ambassador to Belgium and cultural counselor will never dare to publicize the elderly in a big way, and Minister Sun of the Ministry of Culture will not solemnly mention this to the Belgian Minister of Culture twice during the filming process. "