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During the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871: The Birth of Red Cross Solidarity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

Victor Segesvary
Victor Segesvary*
Affiliation:
Head, Research Department, Henry Dunant Institute
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1870–1871: the Franco-Prussian war! A terrible event which shook all Europe; the slaughter of battle, blood, suffering, hundreds of thousands of prisoners, privation both for civilian populations and the military forces—horrors which, nevertheless, gave rise to an entirely new phenomenon of capital importance in the history of humanity. It was a war which marked the beginning of the great universal movement of Red Cross solidarity.

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Research Article
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International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 10 , Issue 117 , December 1970 , pp. 663 - 685
Copyright
Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1970

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References

page 663 note 1 Gustave Moynier—Bulletin international des Sociétés de Secours aux militaires blessés, Geneva.

page 664 note 1 Plate.

page 667 note 1 The future Belgian Red Cross.

page 671 note 1 Report by the Netherlands Central Committee.

page 674 note 1 Report by the Netherlands Central Committee.

page 682 note 1 Report by Dr. Göldlin, head doctor of the Swiss international ambulance at Porrentruy.

page 683 note 1 Only the figures known for sure are given.

page 684 note 1 The lira, Italy being a member of the Union Monétaire Latine, was equivalent to the French and Belgian Francs.