A Memory of Solferino

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book non-fiction book war memoir

A Memory of Solferino is a seminal 1862 book by Henry Dunant that vividly recounts the horrors of the Battle of Solferino and inspired the creation of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the modern humanitarian movement.

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Label	Occurrences
A Memory of Solferino canonical	4
"A Memory of Solferino"	1
Un souvenir de Solférino	1

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ war memoir ⓘ
author	Henry Dunant ⓘ
circulation	initially self-financed and privately distributed ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Switzerland ⓘ
depicts	lack of medical care on the battlefield ⓘ suffering of wounded soldiers ⓘ
describesEvent	Battle of Solferino ⓘ
firstPartSubject	narrative of the Battle of Solferino ⓘ
genre	humanitarian literature ⓘ war literature ⓘ
historicalSignificance	foundational text of the Red Cross movement ⓘ key work in the history of humanitarianism ⓘ
impact	catalyzed formation of national Red Cross societies ⓘ mobilized European public opinion on war victims ⓘ
influenced	First Geneva Convention of 1864 ⓘ surface form: First Geneva Convention
inspired	development of international humanitarian law ⓘ modern humanitarian movement ⓘ
inspiredCreationOf	International Committee of the Red Cross ⓘ International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement ⓘ surface form: Red Cross movement
mainSubject	Battle of Solferino ⓘ humanitarian aid ⓘ war atrocities ⓘ
moralTheme	humanitarian responsibility in war ⓘ neutral and impartial aid to the wounded ⓘ
notableQuote	Tutti fratelli (We are all brothers) ⓘ
numberOfPages	115 ⓘ
originalLanguage	French ⓘ
originalTitle	A Memory of Solferino self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Un souvenir de Solférino
placeOfPublication	Geneva ⓘ
proposes	creation of voluntary relief societies ⓘ international treaty to protect wounded soldiers ⓘ
publicationDate	1862 ⓘ
publisher	Imprimerie Jules-Guillaume Fick ⓘ
secondPartSubject	analysis of the need for relief societies ⓘ
settingOfDescribedEvent	Solferino, Lombardy ⓘ
structure	three parts ⓘ
thirdPartSubject	proposal for international agreements on wounded soldiers ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed	Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
yearOfEventDescribed	1859 ⓘ

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Henry Dunant → notableWork → A Memory of Solferino ⓘ

A Memory of Solferino → originalTitle → A Memory of Solferino self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Un souvenir de Solférino

Battle of Solferino → inspiredWork → A Memory of Solferino ⓘ

Jean → notableWork → A Memory of Solferino ⓘ

subject surface form: Jean Henri Dunant

Jean → describedIn → A Memory of Solferino ⓘ

subject surface form: Jean Henri Dunant

Imprimerie Jules-Guillaume Fick → printedWork → A Memory of Solferino ⓘ

this entity surface form: "A Memory of Solferino"