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2021 International Archives Week – The importance of archives to ICRC’s work

2021 International Archives Week – The importance of archives to ICRC’s work

9 June 2021, Archives / Interviews / Library
Giulia Carlini and Charlotte Mohr, ICRC Library

To mark the 2021 International Archives Week, we wanted to celebrate the successful collaboration between the ICRC archives and library teams and other ...

The ICRC’s filmography turns 100. Timeline 1921-2021

The ICRC’s filmography turns 100. Timeline 1921-2021

9 June 2021, Archives / Audiovisual Archives / Film/video
Samuele Capovilla and Marina Meier, film archives

This year, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) celebrates the 100th anniversary of its first film. As you scroll through this ...

The ICRC filmography is 100 years old. What the films of 1921 were about?

The ICRC filmography is 100 years old. What the films of 1921 were about?

6 June 2021, Archives / Audiovisual Archives / Film/video
Marina Meier, film archives

At the beginning of 1921, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) produces four films which it presents to the public for ...

Marguerite Gautier-Van Berchem – an emblematic figure

Marguerite Gautier-Van Berchem – an emblematic figure

3 May 2021, Portraits / Tracing Archives
Marie 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

Searching for Renato

27 April 2021, Archives / Tracing Archives
Marie 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 ...

Theatre in Third Reich prisoner of war camps

Theatre in Third Reich prisoner of war camps

26 April 2021, Archives / Audiovisual Archives / Photo
Farah Hocine, photographic archives

History and photography are undeniably intertwined; historians often lament, unsurprisingly, that photography was not invented earlier.[1] Visitors to the ICRC’s online audiovisual archive ...

<i>Prisonnier de guerre…</i>: when fiction staked its place in the ICRC’s filmography

Prisonnier de guerre…: when fiction staked its place in the ICRC’s filmography

14 April 2021, Archives / Articles / Audiovisual Archives / Film/video
Pauline Juvet, film archives

In the course of the Second World War, the International Committee of the Red Cross ...

The ICRC filmography is 100 years old. Journey into the past

The ICRC filmography is 100 years old. Journey into the past

28 January 2021, Archives / Audiovisual Archives / Film/video
Marina Meier, film archives

1921-2021: the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is celebrating this year the 100th anniversary of its first film. This is an ...

A gift that keeps giving

A gift that keeps giving

18 December 2020, Archives / Articles / Tracing Archives
Marie 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’s film archives from yesterday to nowadays

The ICRC’s film archives from yesterday to nowadays

8 December 2020, Archives / Audiovisual Archives / Film/video
Marina Meier, film archives

For a century, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been producing films to document and publicize its work to protect ...