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dc.contributor.authorSloos, Louis Ph.
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-18T12:37:28Z
dc.date.available2025-03-18T12:37:28Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.identifierONIX_20250318_9789048568499_4
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/100124
dc.languageDutch
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe::1DD Western Europe::1DDN Netherlands
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::2 Language qualifiers::2A Indo-European languages::2AC Germanic and Scandinavian languages::2ACD Dutch
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues
dc.subject.otherHenry Dunant (1828-1910)
dc.subject.otherdr. Johan Hendrik Christiaan Basting (1817-1870)
dc.subject.otherRed Cross
dc.subject.otherBattle of Solferino (1859)
dc.subject.otherNapoleon III
dc.subject.otherFirst Convention of Genève (1864)
dc.titleChapter Un souvenir de Solferino
dc.title.alternativeEen beschrijving van een bloedige veldslag door Henry Dunant en de oprichting van het Rode Kruis
dc.typechapter
oapen.abstract.otherlanguageThe Swiss patrician son Henry Dunant (Geneva 1828-Heiden 1910) was a deeply religious man, raised with the duty to care for others, without distinction, instilled in him from a young age. He approached this in his own unique way throughout his life. In addition to being an organizer and diplomat, he was also naïve, an internationalist, and a skilled writer. He displayed great perseverance and a certain fanaticism. When he witnessed the bloody Battle of Solferino in 1859, he proved to be the right man in the right place at the right time; the combination of his aforementioned traits led him both into trouble at times and enabled him to write a brilliant and unique book about the horrors of war he encountered, aiming to improve the care of wounded soldiers in wartime. He financed the printing of this work himself and personally covered the distribution of a large number of copies. The book became an international success, and Dunant managed to realize his ideal. Today, he is recognized as the spiritual father and founder of the universal or international Red Cross.
oapen.identifier.doi10.5117/9789048568499_SLOOS
oapen.relation.isPublishedBydd3d1a33-0ac2-4cfe-a101-355ae1bd857a
oapen.relation.isPartOfBooke152f43c-320d-445f-8e7c-2b5c51b735ed*
oapen.relation.isbn9789048568505
oapen.pages38
oapen.place.publicationAmsterdam


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