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German Red Cross

The German Red Cross (GRC) (German: Deutsches Rotes Kreuz [ˈdɔʏtʃəs ˈʁoːtəs ˈkʁɔʏts] ; DRK) is the national Red Cross Society in Germany.

Formation

January 25, 1921 (1921-01-25)

Joachim von Winterfeldt

Bamberg

NGO

charity

Humanitarian aid

Berlin

2,785,112

German

Christian Reuter

Gerda Hasselfeldt

193,773

443,334

www.drk.de

With 4 million members,[1] it is the third largest Red Cross society in the world. The German Red Cross offers a wide range of services within and outside Germany. GRC provides 52 hospitals, elderly care (over 500 nursing homes and a mobile nursing care network of covering the entire country), care for children and youth (i.e. 1.300 kindergartens, a full range of social services for children). GRC also provides 75% of the blood supply and 60% of the emergency medical services in Germany, as well as first aid training. GRC headquarters provides international humanitarian aid (disaster management and development assistance) to over 50 countries across the world.[2]

(disaster relief units, about 170,000 volunteers)

Bereitschaften

(welfare work, about 40,000 volunteers)

Wohlfahrts- & Sozialarbeit

(Red Cross Youth, about 140,000 members)

Jugendrotkreuz

(mountain rescue service, about 12,000 volunteers)

Bergwacht

(lifeguard service, about 140,000 volunteers)

Wasserwacht

The majority of active voluntary Red Cross members are part of the five voluntary societies of the German Red Cross.

1887–1903: Dr. Otto Liebner

1903–1920: Prof. Ludwig Kimmle

1920–1921: Dr. Thode

1921–1924: Paul Drauth

1924–1934:

Wolfram Freiherr von Rotenhan

1935–1945: "Acting president"

Ernst-Robert Grawitz

DRK until the end of World War II:[20]

Morgenbrod, Birgitt; Merkenich, Stephanie (2008). Das Deutsche Rote Kreuz unter der NS-Diktatur 1933–1945 (in German). Paderborn: Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh.  978-3506765291.

ISBN

German Red Cross

German Red Cross Youth

GRC lifeguard service