1937年,南京的平安夜。日军的烧杀抢掠仍在持续,城南与城东火光冲天。这一晚,魏特林在日记中写道:“再过一天就是圣诞节了。10点,我被叫到办公室,与日本某师团的一名高级军事顾问会晤,他要求我们从1万名难民中挑选100名妓女。他们认为,如果为日本兵安排一个合法的去处,这些士兵就不会再骚扰无辜的良家妇女了。当他们许诺不会抓走良家妇女 1937, Nanjing’s Christmas Eve. The burning of the Japanese troops and looting are still continuing, south and east of the flames. On this night, Weitlin wrote in his diary: ”Another day was Christmas, and at 10 o’clock I was called to the office to meet with a senior military adviser to a Japanese division who asked us to change from 1 The selection of 100 prostitutes among the 10,000 refugees who, in their opinion, would no longer harass innocent and good women if they had arranged a legitimate place for Japanese soldiers, had they promised not to take good women