A perilous journey across the Atlantic, part 2 23 February 2023, Archives / Tracing ArchivesMarie Allemann Second part of the story A perilous journey across the Atlantic. Find here the first part. The third passenger on the SS Afric ...
A perilous journey across the Atlantic, part 1 23 June 2022, Archives / Tracing ArchivesMarie Allemann, Agency Archives In time of war, a single decision can change the course of a life forever. In early 1941, Frank Evans and his wife, ...
The Drancy file 11 January 2022, Archives / Tracing ArchivesMarie Allemann, Archives Agence In 2022, the ICRC archives with the support of the Arolsen Archives launched an effort to digitize the Drancy file, with the aim ...
Marguerite Gautier-Van Berchem – an emblematic figure 3 May 2021, Portraits / Tracing ArchivesMarie Allemann, Archives Agence Very early on, the ICRC set up information agencies in order to restore contact between family members separated by conflict and ease the ...
Searching for Renato 27 April 2021, Archives / Tracing ArchivesMarie Allemann, Archives Agence A family finds its roots When Clare Collins sent a message to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Agency Archives on ...
A gift that keeps giving 18 December 2020, Archives / Articles / Tracing ArchivesMarie Allemann, Archives Agence My tale of an unusual research in the Tracing Archives In the summer of 2020, Wolfgang Maass and his wife Renate received an ...
The ICRC: A history of restoring family links 1 December 2020, Archives / Articles / Tracing ArchivesMarie Allemann, Archives Agence 150 years ago, the ICRC began its action to restore family links for people separated by conflict. Since 1870, the activities of the ...
The long journey of an Italian prisoner of war 30 April 2020, Archives / Portraits / Tracing ArchivesMarie Allemann, Archives Agence Find out the long journey of an Italian prisoner of war during the Second World War. The Italian prisoners of war captured by ...
Hugo Pratt and ICRC in Ethiopia 16 April 2020, Archives / Portraits / Tracing ArchivesMarie Allemann, Archives Agence Hugo Pratt, author of the comic book series “Corto Maltese”, is one of the celebrities registered in the archives of the Central Prisoners ...
Artistic expression in Prisoner of War Camps (1) 26 March 2018, Archives / Crosswise / Tracing ArchivesMarie Allemann, Archives Agence This is the first in a series of articles on artistic expression in detention. Starting in 1940, millions of soldiers from the Allied ...
