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Deutsches Rotes Kreuz | |
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| Formation | January 25, 1921 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Joachim von Winterfeldt |
| Founded at | Bamberg |
| Type | NGO |
| Legal status | charity |
| Purpose | Humanitarian aid |
| Headquarters | Berlin |
| Location | |
| Membership | 2,785,112 (2022) |
Official language | German |
Secretary General | Christian Reuter |
| Gerda Hasselfeldt | |
| Staff | 193,773 (2022) |
| Volunteers | 443,334 (2022) |
| Website | www.drk.de |
The German Red Cross (GRC) (German: Deutsches Rotes Kreuz [ˈdɔʏtʃəs ˈʁoːtəs ˈkʁɔʏts] ⓘ; DRK) is the national Red Cross Society in Germany.
During the Nazi era, the German Red Cross was under the control of the Nazi Party and played a role in supporting the regime's policies, including the exclusion of Jewish members and collaboration with the war effort.[1][2]
With 4 million members,[3] it is the third largest Red Cross society in the world. The German Red Cross offers a wide range of services within and outside Germany. GRC provides 52 hospitals, elderly care (over 500 nursing homes and a mobile nursing care network covering the entire country), care for children and youth (i.e., 1,300 kindergartens, a full range of social services for children). GRC also provides 75% of the blood supply and 60% of the emergency medical services in Germany, as well as first aid training. GRC headquarters provides international humanitarian aid (disaster management and development assistance) to over 50 countries across the world.[4]
- ^ Barnett, Victoria (1998). For the Soul of the People: Protestant Protest Against Hitler. Oxford University Press. pp. 90–91. ISBN 978-0-19-511398-7.
{{cite book}}: Check|isbn=value: checksum (help) - ^ Ehrenreich, Brooke (2010). The Nazi Party and the German Red Cross. Cambridge University Press. pp. 147–150. ISBN 978-0-521-88947-6.
- ^ Kreuz, Deutsches Rotes (17 May 2019). "A self-portrayal of the Red Cross". DRK e.V. Archived from the original on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
- ^ Kreuz, Deutsches Rotes (20 May 2019). "Where we work". DRK e.V. Retrieved 4 October 2020.