Robert Jacquinot de Besange

Robert Charles Joseph Emile Jacquinot de Besange, SJ (15 March 1878 – 10 September 1946), also known as Jacquinot de Besange and in China as Rao Jia-ju (Chinese: 饶家驹), was a French Jesuit who set up a successful model of safety zones that saved over half-a-million Chinese people during the Second Sino-Japanese War. == History == Born in Saintes on 15 March 1878, Jacquinot de Besange's family originates from aristocratic lineages in Lorraine, in northeastern France.

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