The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum is a museum located in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Henry Dunant
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Henry Dunant, also known as Henri Dunant, was a Swiss humanitarian, businessman, social activist, and co-founder of the Red Cross. His humanitarian efforts won him the first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901.
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum
…annually. The museum contains 30,000 items in its collection, including the first Nobel Peace Prize medal, given jointly in 1901 to Red Cross founder Henry Dunant and French pacifist Frédéric Passy. It also contains the archives of the ICRC's International Prisoners of War Agency, which is included in the Memory…
Dunant c. 1860s
Henry Dunant in 1855
Henry Dunant at Solferino
Original cover of A Memory of Solferino