German Red Cross

The German Red Cross (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.

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