Danish man saved thousands from Nanjing war atrocities

City remembers acts of heroism on behalf of residents targeted by invading army

Over 107 days, Bernhard Sindberg, together with his colleagues, saved about 20,000 Chinese people from the brutal hands of Japanese soldiers in Nanjing from 1937 to 1938.

Sindberg, who came from Denmark, was working for the Jiangnan Cement Factory, then China's biggest, using the most advanced techniques and equipment provided by Denmark and Germany.