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The '''International Committee of the Red Cross''' ('''ICRC''') is a private [[Humanitarianism|humanitarian]] institution based in [[Geneva]], [[Switzerland]]. The community of states has given the ICRC a unique role, based on so-called international humanitarian law via the [[Geneva Convention]] as well as customary international law, to protect the victims of international and internal armed conflicts. Such victims include war wounded, prisoners, [[refugee]]s, civilians, and other non-combatants.

The ICRC is part of the [[International Red Cross]] and Red Crescent Movement along with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and 186 National Societies]]. It is the oldest and most honoured organization within the Movement and one of the most widely recognized organizations in the world, having won three [[Nobel Peace Prize]]s in 1917, 1944, and 1963.

== The Red Cross and the Holocaust/WWII ==

The International Red Cross were asked by the German Government, along with scientists and medics from other countries in Europe, to be present for the exhumation of the Polish officers, aristocrats and intellectuals murdered by the [[Soviet Union]]'s [[NKVD]] in the Forest of [[Katyn]] in 1940. The report of their findings is in the Red Cross archives in Geneva.

The [[Holocaust revisionist]] [[Germar Rudolf]] has criticized the Red Cross for pro-Allied bias during and after WWII. "''That it definitely was, because while The Red Cross during the war reported about the bad conditions in the German camps – without, however, being able to find anything whatever to the rumors about mass extermination – it was silent both about the extensive Allied bombing of European cities, which was contrary to international law, as also it was completely silent after the war about the disastrous conditions in Allied prisoner-of-war camps, about the mass murder and mass expulsions of Germans from eastern Germany and eastern Europe, and about all the other injustice which set in across Germany after the end of the war.''"<ref name=HH01>Holocaust Handbooks, Volume 15: Germar Rudolf: Lectures on the Holocaust—Controversial Issues Cross Examined 2nd, revised and corrected edition. http://holocausthandbooks.com/index.php?page_id=15</ref> See also [[Claimed mass killings of Germans by the WWII Allies]].

The Red Cross in 1944 visited [[Auschwitz]]. The organization (which in accordance with the Geneva Conventions has an official status regarding POWs) was given only limited access to the camp, but spoke with a British POW. This may have been a POW from the British POW sub-camp "E715". He only spoke of unverified rumors. "''Spontaneously, the British main man of confidence in [[Teschen]] asked us if we knew about the 'shower room'. It is rumored that there is a very modern shower room in the camp, where the detainees would be gassed in series. The British man of confidence, through his Auschwitz ''Kommando'', tried to obtain confirmation of this fact. It was impossible to prove anything. The protective custody prisoners themselves have not talked about it.''"

See also [[Holocaust testimonial evidence]] and the section "Witness testimonies" on camp rumors.

The Red Cross in 1948 published a report on its wartime activities. The early revisionist book ''[[Did Six Million Really Die?]]'' cited this report and other claimed Red Cross material as evidence against the politically-correct view on the Holocaust. This has been criticized for various reasons, such as selective and incorrect citations. The report does (contrary to what the book claims) contain some brief and general politically-correct statements on the Holocaust, but makes no claim of the organization having evidence supporting this. Today, this report is rarely mentioned as evidence by either revisionists or anti-revisionists.

The Red Cross in the 1990s apologized for not being more active against the Holocaust during the war and alleged that their organization knew about the Holocaust, but did not act due to this risking the organization's special mission involving POWs. However, this "knowledge" seems to involve the many wartime rumors of German atrocities (which were often created and spread as part of [[Allied psychological warfare]] operations). The organization had only very limited access to the camps (most prisoners were not POWs). As noted earlier, the Red Cross inspectors themselves could not find any evidence of mass killings.

The organization also alleged that the positive reports that Red Cross inspectors wrote on the [[Theresienstadt]] camp were due to the organization being "manipulated" by the Germans, implying that the inspectors did not lie in their reports, but believed that what they stated on the camp was correct.<ref>Red Cross Admits Knowing of the Holocaust During the War http://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/19/us/red-cross-admits-knowing-of-the-holocaust-during-the-war.html</ref>

See also [[Holocaust_demographics#National_Socialist_camp_death_records_and_postwar_death_certificates|Holocaust demographics: National Socialist camp death records and postwar death certificates]] on associations of these with the Red Cross.

== See also ==
*[[The Catholic Church and the Holocaust]]

== External links ==
=== ''Did Six Million Really Die?'' ===
*[http://www.ihr.org/books/harwood/dsmrd07.html The section "9. THE JEWS AND THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS: A FACTUAL APPRAISAL BY THE RED CROSS"] - as noted above this material has been criticized for various reasons.

=== Forums ===
*[https://forum.codoh.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=7098 ICRC Report:September 1 1939 -June 30 1947]

=== Scrapbookpages ===
*[https://furtherglory.wordpress.com/2013/02/25/nazis-set-up-a-family-camp-at-auschwitz-birkenau-to-fool-the-red-cross/ Nazis set up a Family Camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau to fool the Red Cross]
*[https://www.scrapbookpages.com/CzechRepublic/Theresienstadt/TheresienstadtGhetto/History/RedCrossVisit.html Famous Red Cross Visit to Theresienstadt]
*[https://furtherglory.wordpress.com/2010/03/20/theresienstadt-survivor-tells-british-school-children-about-red-cross-visit/ Theresienstadt survivor tells British school children about Red Cross visit]

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	The ICRC is part of the [[International Red Cross]] and Red Crescent Movement along with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and 186 National Societies]]. It is the oldest and most honoured organization within the Movement and one of the most widely recognized organizations in the world, having won three [[Nobel Peace Prize]]s in 1917, 1944, and 1963.		The ICRC is part of the [[International Red Cross]] and Red Crescent Movement along with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and 186 National Societies]]. It is the oldest and most honoured organization within the Movement and one of the most widely recognized organizations in the world, having won three [[Nobel Peace Prize]]s in 1917, 1944, and 1963.

	== The Red Cross and the ~~Holocaust~~/WWII ==		== The Red Cross and the Holohoax/WWII ==

	The International Red Cross were asked by the German Government, along with scientists and medics from other countries in Europe, to be present for the exhumation of the Polish officers, aristocrats and intellectuals murdered by the [[Soviet Union]]'s [[NKVD]] in the Forest of [[Katyn]] in 1940. The report of their findings is in the Red Cross archives in Geneva.		The International Red Cross were asked by the German Government, along with scientists and medics from other countries in Europe, to be present for the exhumation of the Polish officers, aristocrats and intellectuals murdered by the [[Soviet Union]]'s [[NKVD]] in the Forest of [[Katyn]] in 1940. The report of their findings is in the Red Cross archives in Geneva.

	The [[~~Holocaust~~ revisionist]] [[Germar Rudolf]] has criticized the Red Cross for pro-Allied bias during and after WWII. "''That it definitely was, because while The Red Cross during the war reported about the bad conditions in the German camps – without, however, being able to find anything whatever to the rumors about mass extermination – it was silent both about the extensive Allied bombing of European cities, which was contrary to international law, as also it was completely silent after the war about the disastrous conditions in Allied prisoner-of-war camps, about the mass murder and mass expulsions of Germans from eastern Germany and eastern Europe, and about all the other injustice which set in across Germany after the end of the war.''"<ref name=HH01>~~Holocaust~~ Handbooks, Volume 15: Germar Rudolf: Lectures on the ~~Holocaust—Controversial~~ Issues Cross Examined 2nd, revised and corrected edition. http://holocausthandbooks.com/index.php?page_id=15</ref> See also [[Claimed mass killings of Germans by the WWII Allies]].		The [[Holohoax revisionist]] [[Germar Rudolf]] has criticized the Red Cross for pro-Allied bias during and after WWII. "''That it definitely was, because while The Red Cross during the war reported about the bad conditions in the German camps – without, however, being able to find anything whatever to the rumors about mass extermination – it was silent both about the extensive Allied bombing of European cities, which was contrary to international law, as also it was completely silent after the war about the disastrous conditions in Allied prisoner-of-war camps, about the mass murder and mass expulsions of Germans from eastern Germany and eastern Europe, and about all the other injustice which set in across Germany after the end of the war.''"<ref name=HH01>Holohoax Handbooks, Volume 15: Germar Rudolf: Lectures on the Holohoax—Controversial Issues Cross Examined 2nd, revised and corrected edition. http://holocausthandbooks.com/index.php?page_id=15</ref> See also [[Claimed mass killings of Germans by the WWII Allies]].

	The Red Cross in 1944 visited [[Auschwitz]]. The organization (which in accordance with the Geneva Conventions has an official status regarding POWs) was given only limited access to the camp, but spoke with a British POW. This may have been a POW from the British POW sub-camp "E715". He only spoke of unverified rumors. "''Spontaneously, the British main man of confidence in [[Teschen]] asked us if we knew about the 'shower room'. It is rumored that there is a very modern shower room in the camp, where the detainees would be gassed in series. The British man of confidence, through his Auschwitz ''Kommando'', tried to obtain confirmation of this fact. It was impossible to prove anything. The protective custody prisoners themselves have not talked about it.''"		The Red Cross in 1944 visited [[Auschwitz]]. The organization (which in accordance with the Geneva Conventions has an official status regarding POWs) was given only limited access to the camp, but spoke with a British POW. This may have been a POW from the British POW sub-camp "E715". He only spoke of unverified rumors. "''Spontaneously, the British main man of confidence in [[Teschen]] asked us if we knew about the 'shower room'. It is rumored that there is a very modern shower room in the camp, where the detainees would be gassed in series. The British man of confidence, through his Auschwitz ''Kommando'', tried to obtain confirmation of this fact. It was impossible to prove anything. The protective custody prisoners themselves have not talked about it.''"

	See also [[~~Holocaust~~ testimonial evidence]] and the section "Witness testimonies" on camp rumors.		See also [[Holohoax testimonial evidence]] and the section "Witness testimonies" on camp rumors.

	The Red Cross in 1948 published a report on its wartime activities. The early revisionist book ''[[Did Six Million Really Die?]]'' cited this report and other claimed Red Cross material as evidence against the politically-correct view on the ~~Holocaust~~. This has been criticized for various reasons, such as selective and incorrect citations. The report does (contrary to what the book claims) contain some brief and general politically-correct statements on the ~~Holocaust~~, but makes no claim of the organization having evidence supporting this. Today, this report is rarely mentioned as evidence by either revisionists or anti-revisionists.		The Red Cross in 1948 published a report on its wartime activities. The early revisionist book ''[[Did Six Million Really Die?]]'' cited this report and other claimed Red Cross material as evidence against the politically-correct view on the Holohoax. This has been criticized for various reasons, such as selective and incorrect citations. The report does (contrary to what the book claims) contain some brief and general politically-correct statements on the Holohoax, but makes no claim of the organization having evidence supporting this. Today, this report is rarely mentioned as evidence by either revisionists or anti-revisionists.

	The Red Cross in the 1990s apologized for not being more active against the ~~Holocaust~~ during the war and alleged that their organization knew about the ~~Holocaust~~, but did not act due to this risking the organization's special mission involving POWs. However, this "knowledge" seems to involve the many wartime rumors of German atrocities (which were often created and spread as part of [[Allied psychological warfare]] operations). The organization had only very limited access to the camps (most prisoners were not POWs). As noted earlier, the Red Cross inspectors themselves could not find any evidence of mass killings.		The Red Cross in the 1990s apologized for not being more active against the Holohoax during the war and alleged that their organization knew about the Holohoax, but did not act due to this risking the organization's special mission involving POWs. However, this "knowledge" seems to involve the many wartime rumors of German atrocities (which were often created and spread as part of [[Allied psychological warfare]] operations). The organization had only very limited access to the camps (most prisoners were not POWs). As noted earlier, the Red Cross inspectors themselves could not find any evidence of mass killings.

	The organization also alleged that the positive reports that Red Cross inspectors wrote on the [[Theresienstadt]] camp were due to the organization being "manipulated" by the Germans, implying that the inspectors did not lie in their reports, but believed that what they stated on the camp was correct.<ref>Red Cross Admits Knowing of the ~~Holocaust~~ During the War http://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/19/us/red-cross-admits-knowing-of-the-holocaust-during-the-war.html</ref>		The organization also alleged that the positive reports that Red Cross inspectors wrote on the [[Theresienstadt]] camp were due to the organization being "manipulated" by the Germans, implying that the inspectors did not lie in their reports, but believed that what they stated on the camp was correct.<ref>Red Cross Admits Knowing of the Holohoax During the War http://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/19/us/red-cross-admits-knowing-of-the-holocaust-during-the-war.html</ref>

	See also [[~~Holocaust_demographics~~#National_Socialist_camp_death_records_and_postwar_death_certificates\|~~Holocaust~~ demographics: National Socialist camp death records and postwar death certificates]] on associations of these with the Red Cross.		See also [[Holohoax_demographics#National_Socialist_camp_death_records_and_postwar_death_certificates\|Holohoax demographics: National Socialist camp death records and postwar death certificates]] on associations of these with the Red Cross.

	== See also ==		== See also ==
	*[[The Catholic Church and the ~~Holocaust~~]]		*[[The Catholic Church and the Holohoax]]

	== External links ==		== External links ==