A humanitarian and national obligation : a comparison between the Dutch Red Cross 1940–5, and the Dutch East Indies Red Cross, 1942–50 / Leo Van Bergen
A humanitarian and national obligation : a comparison between the Dutch Red Cross 1940–5, and the Dutch East Indies Red Cross, 1942–50
Author zone:
Leo Van Bergen
In:
The Red Cross Movement : myths, practices and turning points
Editor:
Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020
Physical description:
p. 282-295
Languages:
English
Abstract:
This chapter is a case study of the activities of, contexts for and influences upon Red Cross actions and thinking, specifically within the context of war, colonialism and power, and of how, theoretically at least, neutral Red Cross assistance to sick and wounded soldiers was undertaken. This problem is explored through a comparative analysis of the Nederlandse Rode Kruis (Dutch Red Cross) in the years when Nazi Germany occupied the Netherlands (1940–1945), and the Nederlands-Indische Rode Kruis (Dutch Indies Red Cross) through the years of Japanese occupation and the following war of decolonisation (1942–1950).
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