International Red Cross Committee of Nanking

During the Japanese-led Nanking Massacre, the International Red Cross established a contingent in the city to coordinate the humanitarian aid effort.

Members

Members
of
The International Red Cross Committee of Nanking
Name	Nationality / Occupation	Organization
John Magee	American missionary	American Church Mission
Li Chuin-nan	Chinese
Walter Lowe	Chinese
Ernest Forster	American missionary	St. Paul Church
Christian Kröger	German
Mary Twinem	Chinese-American
Minnie Vautrin	American missionary	Ginling Girls' College
Robert O. Wilson	American physician	Drum Tower Hospital (Nanking University Hospital)
P. H. Munro-Faure	British businessman	Asiatic Petroleum Co.
C.S. Trimmer	American physician	Drum Tower Hospital (Nanking University Hospital)
James McCallum	American missionary	Drum Tower Hospital (Nanking University Hospital)
Miner Searle Bates	American professor	University of Nanking
John Rabe	German businessman	Siemens Co.
Lewis S. C. Smythe	American professor	University of Nanking
Rev. W. Plumer Mills	American missionary	American Church Mission
Cola Podshivoloff	Russian (White)
Pastor Shen Yu-shu	Chinese	Christian minister

Activities

Below is listed their responsibilities, and/or their mini-biographies if known and not already linked above:

John Magee

John Magee was an Episcopalian minister and the Red Cross chairman of the Nanking Branch. In his role with the Red Cross, he provided care to the hospitalized wounded, but is also known for filming what he saw on the streets of Nanking, providing documentary evidence to the world.

Minnie Vautrin

Through Minnie Vautrin's efforts, Ginling Girls College became a haven of refuge, at times harboring up to 10,000 women in a college designed to support between 200 and 300. With only her wits and the use of an American flag, Vautrin was able to repel incursions into her college and thereby protected thousands of Chinese women from being raped as she oversaw the refugee camp at Ginling Women's Arts and Science College where she served as the acting president.

James McCallum

James McCallum drove the Drum Tower Hospital ambulance to pick up wounded around the city day and night, fighting to keep himself awake.

Grace Bauer

Grace Bauer worked in the Drum Tower Hospital to help care for the wounded who poured in.

Mary Twinem

Mary Twinem, née Fine (費馬利), or Mrs. Paul de Witt-Twinem, taught at Kwang-hwa High School, where she was one of Soong Mei-ling's teacher. An American from Trenton, New Jersey, she was later naturalized as a Chinese citizen and considered herself Chinese. [1] [2]

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References

常新 (Chang Hsin) (2009). 宋美齡與華興中學 (Soong Mei-ling and her alma mater) (PDF) (M.A. thesis) (in Chinese). Chung Yuan University. Retrieved April 2011. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
Preface to Soothill's Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms.

External links

(in Chinese) List of members with Chinese names

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[thesis-1] 常新 (Chang Hsin) (2009). 宋美齡與華興中學 (Soong Mei-ling and her alma mater) (PDF) (M.A. thesis) (in Chinese). Chung Yuan University. Retrieved April 2011. Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)

[Preface-2] Preface to Soothill's Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms.