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German Red Cross

Red Cross responds to flash floods in central Europe

Flash floods triggered by heavy rains in central Europe – including Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland and Lithuania – have led many Red Cross National Societies to ...

World Cup in Germany - Red Cross prepared for the task of a lifetime

World Cup in Germany - Red Cross prepared for the task of a lifetime

The German Red Cross (GRC) has undertaken the largest operation in its history, with the mobilization of thousands of staff and personnel, to attend to medical ...

German Red Cross sends emergency teams to plane crash site

The German Red Cross immediately mobilized its emergency teams after a German cargo plane and a Russian Tupolev passenger plane collided at 13,000 metres over the ...

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Address:

Generalsekretariat
Carstennstrasse 58
D - 12205 Berlin

Postal Address:

Contact Information:

Tel: (49) (30) 85404-0
Fax: (49) (30) 85404470
E-mail: drk@drk.de
Web: http://www.drk.de/

Language of correspondence: English

People:

  • President: Rudolf SEITERS
  • Vice-President: Donata SCHENCK ZU SCHWEINSBERG
  • Vice-President: Volkmar SCHÖN
  • Chief Executive Officer: Bernd SCHMITZ
  • Secretary General : Clemens Graf VON WALDBURG-ZEIL
  • Deputy Director Internastional Cooperation/National Relief: Heike SPIEKER
  • Director International Cooperation/National Relief: Johannes RICHERT
  • Head International Operations and Programmes: Martin HAHN

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