The International Red Cross was the hope of Henry Dunant, a Geneva citizen |
It's scope has for many decades reached globally to multiple countries |
Private stories are told by people who appear in the darkness This Burundi gal tells about the mass murder and attempts to escape to Rwanda and Tanzania |
Personal items found are documented and categorized to provide information needed in the future |
Helping Family Members Identify and Find each other
Public Access to . . 6 Million . . Record Cards (!) |
Putting a human face to skeletal bones and ashes |
Missing Children are documented: kidnapped . separated by war . flood . or whatever |
Entrance . . to the International Red Cross Headquarters, Geneva Switzerland Just to prove WE were here ! |
Dunant died at age 82 in Heiden (N.E. Switzerland above . . Lake Constance) . . born in Geneva (S.W. Switzerland above . . Lake Geneva - Lac Lèman) |
In 1901 he was awarded the FIRST - ever . . NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
He wanted no funeral
He donated enough money to a local hospital to make sure there would always be one empty bed ready for a needy person.
In more recent years the 2nd highest peak in Switzerland has been named after Dunant
(near the Matterhorn and the northern Italian border)
That interesting story was just one small puzzle piece of our first day's visit in Geneva.
More to come.
The SUN is shining and we've removed a couple layers. Skies are BLUE.
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