Československý červený kříž, Londýn

Československý červený kříž, Londýn 

After the forced dissolution of the Czechoslovak Red Cross on 5th of August 1940 by the German occupiers, the Czechoslovak government-in-exile under Edvard Beneš in London founded the Czechoslovak Red Cross with a branch in Leamington Spa and delegations in Egypt, Iran, Italy, Palestine, USA. After the liberation of Czechoslovakia, the London office moved to Prague. During the war the main task of the Czechoslovak Red Cross was to provide medical care for the military. Added to this was the medical care of Czechoslovak refugees and of Czechoslovak citizens in the sphere of Nazi Germany, but also in the free world, end especially in Palestine. 

Československý červený kříž, Londýn