The German Red Cross (German: Deutsches Rotes Kreuz) is the national Red Cross Society in Germany.

With over 4.5 million members, it is the third largest Red Cross society in the world. It has been critized for being indifferent to the plight of all Nazi-persecuted peoples during the Second World War and for disputedly contributing funds towards the construction of Labour Camps.

Voluntary societies of the German Red Cross

• Bereitschaften (medical service units)
• Bergwacht (mountain rescue service)
• Wasserwacht (lifeguard service)
• Sozialarbeit (welfare work)
• Jugendrotkreuz (Red Cross Youth)

Presidents of the German Red Cross

• 1921 - 1933: Joachim von Winterfeldt-Menkin
• 1933 - 1945: Carl-Eduard Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha
• 1950 - 1952: Dr. Otto Gessler
• 1952 - 1961: Dr. Heinrich Weitz
• 1961 - 1967: Hans Ritter von Lex
• 1967 - 1982: Walter Bargatzky
• 1982 - 1994: Botho Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein
• 1994 - 2003: Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Knut Ipsen
• since 2003: Federal minister (retired) Rudolf Seiters

External links

• German Red Cross
• German Red Cross Youth
• GRC lifeguard service

Red Cross | Organisations based in Germany

Deutsches Rotes Kreuz | Tysk Røde Kors | Niemiecki Czerwony Krzyż