The Origin of the Red Cross: Un Souvenir De Solferino

by Henry Dunant

Excerpt from The Origin of the Red Cross



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110 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1911

About the author

Jean Henri Dunant, Swiss philanthropist, founded the international Red Cross in 1863 and shared the Nobel Prize of 1901 for peace.

Henry Dunant, a man and social activist, conducted business. During a business trip in 1859, he witnessed the aftermath of the battle of Solferino in modern day Italy. He recorded his experiences in A Memory of Solferino , the book, which inspired the creation of the committee in 1863. Ideas of Dunant based the Geneva Convention of 1864. In 1901, he received first together with Frédéric Passy.

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Reviews

[Peter · Rating 2 out of 5]

Incredible suffering at the Battle of Solferino (1859) by tens of thousands of soldiers on both sides. Vivid account of the conditions that led to the founding of the Red Cross by Swiss humanitarian Henri Dunant. Terrible translation from the French original by ‘Mrs David H. Wright’ (poor woman doesn’t even get to use her own name), you can still hear the Frech syntax. I must read Dunant’s original!

[Tommaso Onori · Rating 5 out of 5]

Non avrei mai pensato di leggere delle pagine così toccanti eppure così minuziose nel libro della storia della croce rossa. Andrebbe letto veramente da tutti perché racconta tanto e fa riflettere ancora di più!

[Postscriptum · Rating 4 out of 5]

Czy czytanie tej pozycji jest konieczne, by docenić pracę Henriego Dunanta? Na pewno nie. To nie tytuł, który ma Cię wciągnąć, ani nic nauczyć. To wspomnienia z Solferino, autorowi nie zależało, żebyś nadążał za faktami historycznymi. "O powstaniu Czerwonego Krzyża" traktowałabym bardziej jako apel do nas wszystkich, potrzebny dziś równie mocno co i w trakcie jego pisania.

[David Megginson · Rating 5 out of 5]

The mid-19th-century manifesto that launched what would become the modern Red Cross/Red Crescent movement.