scholarly journals «...Out of the earned money from a sincere heart, I donate to orphans»: charitable assistance to Ukrainian prisoners of war from camp Rastatt and pows' charitable activities (1915-1918)

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (27) ◽  
pp. 46-56
Author(s):  
Ihor Sribnyak ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Central Committee ◽  
Prisoners Of War ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Charitable Activities ◽  
Elected Representatives

The article deals with the peculiarities of providing charitable assistance to captive Ukrainians from the Rastatt camp (Germany), as well as the specifics of the charitable activities of the camps. The prisoners Ukrainians have often acted as donors, raising funds for different national needs, for patients in the camp infirmary and so on. However, the prisoners did not refuse assistance to the Germans themselves – donating money to the German orphans of war and to the needs of the German Red Cross. Numerous donations have been made to build a monument that forever etched in stone the memory of the deceased Ukrainians. The prisoners, in turn, received charitable assistance from international and national Red Cross organizations, which had never been of a regular nature. Considering the scarcity of the camp rations and the quality of the food, the quality of the food is not always sufficient; the prisoners had some hopes of receiving charitable help. She was especially needed by patients from the camp hospital as well as prisoners with disabilities. The distribution of charitable assistance in Rastatt was carried out by the Central Committee, which was composed of elected representatives of prisoners.

The Neutrality of Switzerland

1919 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-241
Author(s):  
Gordon E. Sherman
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Occupied Territory ◽  
The World

It has been finely said of Switzerland that while the present war has demonstrated in a sinister manner Swiss dependence upon its powerful neighbors for fuel and food, and thus for its very existence, nevertheless neither these neighbors nor the world at large could for a moment spare the example of heroism and devotion so constantly and consistently set by the Swiss nation in its political and social life. This quality of devotion has been illustrated during the war not alone by the struggles unavoidable in the maintenance of neutrality, but also in the far-reaching activities of the International Red Cross at Geneva. Indeed, the work accomplished through the agencies of this wonderful organization in the internment and care of wounded soldiers and their repatriation where permissible under belligerent agreement, in the repatriation of civilians driven from occupied territory, the transmission of mail to prisoners, and the discovery of vast numbers of the missing, constitute one of the most striking chapters in the war’s history.

scholarly journals Frequency of thalassemia carrier and Hb variant and the quality of stored donor blood

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 209-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eva A. Maharani ◽  
Yuyun S.M. Soedarmono ◽  
Ita M. Nainggolan
Keyword(s):  
Blood Donor ◽  
Dna Analysis ◽  
Complete Blood Count ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Hplc Method ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Hb Variant ◽  
Stored Blood

Background: This study was aimed to determine the frequency of thalassemia and Hb variant in blood donor. In addition, we also wanted to know the quality of blood from the donor up to seven days of storage, by calculating percentage of hemolysis in vitro.Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 138 blood donor specimens at Red Cross Blood Centre Unit in Jakarta. All specimens were tested for thalassemia and Hb variant by complete blood count (CBC) and Hb analysis with HPLC method and DNA analysis for the detection of α thalassemia carrier. To analyze the quality of stored blood, the calculation of hemolytic rate of red blood cells (RBCs) on whole blood (WB) was compared between the first and seventh days of storage.Results: Out of the 138 specimens, 5 samples (3.6%) were diagnosed for α thalassemia carrier in which, one of them is co-inherited with ovalositosis hereditary (Southeast Asian Ovalositosis/SAO), 3 samples (2.2%) for β thalassemia carrier, and 3 samples (2.2%) for Hb E. Meanwhile, the hemolytic rates of RBCs on WB in first day and seven day of storage were below one percent.Conclusion: The frequency of thalassemia carrier and Hb variants in blood donors at Red Cross Blood Centre Unit in Jakarta was 8%. The quality of stored blood until seven day of storage was quite good.

International Committee for the Red Cross: Status of Four Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocols I and II

1987 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 553-560
Keyword(s):  
Armed Forces ◽  
International Committee ◽  
Prisoners Of War ◽  
Armed Conflicts ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Geneva Conventions

The four 1949 Geneva Conventions (for the amelioration of the condition of the wounded and sick in armed forces in the field, for the amelioration of the condition of the wounded, sick, and shipwrecked members of armed forces at sea, relative to the treatment of prisoners of war, and relative to the protection of civilian persons in time of war) can be found at 6 UST 3114, 3217, 3316, 3516 and 75 UNTS 31, 85, 135, 287. The two 1977 Protocols (I – relating to the protection of victims of international armed conflicts and II – relating to the protection of victims of noninternational armed conflicts) appear respectively at 16 I.L.M. 1391 and 1442 (1977).

The Geneva Conventions—An important Anniversary—1949–1969

1969 ◽  
Vol 9 (101) ◽  
pp. 399-410
Author(s):  
C. Pilloud
Keyword(s):  
Geneva Convention ◽  
Prisoners Of War ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Geneva Conventions ◽  
The Individual

The date of 12 August 1949 takes its place amongst the important historic events of which the Red Cross can be justly proud: on 22 August 1864 there was the signing of the First Geneva Convention; the second revision of that Convention and the signing of the Geneva Convention relative to the treatment of prisoners of war were made on 27 July 1929 and on 12 August 1949 there were the revision of the old Conventions and the adoption of the Geneva Convention for the protection of civilian persons in time of war. On each occasion protection of the individual was extended to further categories of victims.

Head of Polish Red Cross Training Service visits ICRC

1977 ◽  
Vol 17 (200) ◽  
pp. 477-477
Keyword(s):  
Prisoners Of War ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Technical Problems ◽  
Cross Training ◽  
Working Together ◽  
The Many ◽  
Training Service

The Central Tracing Agency had the pleasure of receiving a visit by Mrs. Sztomberek, head of the Polish Red Cross Tracing Service, who was in Geneva during the first week of October. The purpose of Mrs. Sztomberek's visit was to carry out with the Central Tracing Agency a detailed investigation of the various technical problems connected with the many thousand captivity certificates provided to former Polish prisoners of war. The Polish Red Cross and the Central Tracing Agency are working together closely in this extensive enterprise.

Switzerland

1966 ◽  
Vol 6 (62) ◽  
pp. 275-275
Keyword(s):  
Child Welfare ◽  
Central Committee ◽  
Nursing Schools ◽  
Training Period ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
National Society

The Swiss Red Cross Central Committee has given its approval to new directives for general nursing schools recognized by the National Society and for maternity and child welfare nursing schools. These directives lay down the aims of the training period and its duration, which is unchanged at three years. They also affect the organization and teaching staff in the schools, the syllabi, reporting on students’ work and behaviour, examinations for graduation, and measures taken for safeguarding the health of candidates.

The First “Prisoners of War Agency” Geneva 1914–1918

1967 ◽  
Vol 7 (75) ◽  
pp. 291-299
Author(s):  
Jacques Chenevière
Keyword(s):  
International Committee ◽  
Prisoners Of War ◽  
Red Cross

On the morning of September 12th, 1914, I presented myself at 3, rue de l'Athénée, the surprisingly modest headquarters of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Gustave Moynier, who was then unknown to me, one of the founders of this Genevese institution fifty years earlier, of which he had been President until 1910, said that he was also its door-keeper, because it was he who had the keys to the small, three roomed flat. It was there where the Committee's as yet by no means very considerable records were kept.

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