02038nam 2200433 450 991016410230332120230810002115.00-19-101498-20-19-101497-4(CKB)3710000001056815(MiAaPQ)EBC4803058(EXLCZ)99371000000105681520170223h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierHumanitarians at war the Red Cross in the shadow of the Holocaust /Gerald SteinacherFirst edition.New York, New York :Oxford University Press,2017.©20171 online resource (345 pages) illustrations0-19-870493-3 Includes bibliographical references and index."Under fire for its failure to speak out against the Holocaust or to extend substantial assistance to Jews trapped in Nazi camps across Europe, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was desperatel to salvage its reputation. ... The organization emerged from the world war with a new commitment to protecting civilians caught in the crossfire of conflict. But it did so while defending former Nazis at the Nuremberg Trials and issuing travel papers to many of Hitler's former henchmen. ... In spite all of this, by the end of the decade, the ICRC had emerged triumphant from its moment of existential crisis, navigating the new global order to reaffirm its leadership in world humanitarian affairs..."-- Book jacket.Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)World War, 1939-1945War workRed CrossHolocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)World War, 1939-1945War workRed Cross.361.77Steinacher Gerald559941MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910164102303321Humanitarians at war2657515UNINA