Bibliograph

Humanitarians at war, the Red Cross in the shadow of the Holocaust, Gerald Steinacher

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Humanitarians at war, the Red Cross in the shadow of the Holocaust, Gerald Steinacher

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-326) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Humanitarians at war

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

954018226

Responsibility statement

Gerald Steinacher

Sub title

the Red Cross in the shadow of the Holocaust

Summary

"Under fire for its failure to speak out against the Holocaust or to extend substantial assistance to Jews trapped in Nazi camps across Europe, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was desperatel to salvage its reputation. ... The organization emerged from the world war with a new commitment to protecting civilians caught in the crossfire of conflict. But it did so while defending former Nazis at the Nuremberg Trials and issuing travel papers to many of Hitler's former henchmen. ... In spite all of this, by the end of the decade, the ICRC had emerged triumphant from its moment of existential crisis, navigating the new global order to reaffirm its leadership in world humanitarian affairs..."-- Book jacket

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- The birth of an idea -- The silence on the Holocaust -- Intervention and opportunism -- The Red Cross in crisis -- Between Geneva and Nuremberg -- The ICRC and aid politics in ruins -- The humanitarians and the Nazis -- A window of opportunity -- Towards the Geneva Conventions - Conclusion

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