Robert Jacquinot de Besange

Robert de Besange (Jacquinot de Besange) is a French Jesuit who set up a successful model of safety zones that saved over half a million Chinese during World War II <ref>Ristaino, Marcia. "The Jacquinot Safe Zone". Stanford University Press, 2008, p. 2. </ref/>. This includes the Shanghai Safety Zone, or "Jacquinot de Besange Safe Zone", the Nanjing Safe Zone (simplified Chinese: 南京安全区; traditional Chinese: 南京安全區; pinyin: Nánjīng Anquán Qǖ), the Hankou Safe Zone, the Zhangzhou Safe Zone and the Shenzhen Safe Zone. These Safe Zones (pinyin: Anquán Qǖ) were demilitarized zones for Chinese civilians. Following the example of de Besange in Shanghai, the foreigners in Nanking created the Nanking Safety Zone, managed by the International Committee for the Nanjing Safety Zone led by German businessman John Rabe. Jacquinot de Besange's family originates from Lorraine, Northeastern France. <references> Ristaino, Marcia. "The Jacquinot Safe Zone". Stanford University Press, 2008.