The Nanking Safety Zone was a demilitarized zone for Chinese civilians set up on the eve of the Japanese breakthrough in the Battle of Nanking.
5 Ninghai Road was once the headquarters of the International Committee for the Nanking Safety Zone
Some members of the International Committee for Nanking Safety Zone on Dec 13, 1937
Refugee shelters established by the International Committee for the Nanking Safety Zone in 1937
Porridge factories in a refugee shelter in 1937
Robert Charles Joseph Emile Jacquinot de Besange, SJ, also known as Jacquinot de Besange and in China as Rao Jia-ju, was a French Jesuit who set up a successful model of safety zones that saved over h
Sculpture of de Besange c.1940 by Zhang Chongren
Grave of Robert Jacquinot de Besange