Emblems of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in armed conflicts, a denotation which is derived from and defined in the Geneva Conventions. This is called the "protective use" of the symbols. On the other hand, these symbols are used as distinctive logos by those organizations which are part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. This is the "indicative use" of the emblems, a meaning which is defined in the statutes of the International Movement and partly in the third Additional Protocol. As a protection symbol, they are used in armed conflicts to mark persons and objects (buildings, vehicles, etc.) which are working in compliance
Theresienstadt concentration camp and the Red Cross Theresienstadt concentration camp and the Red Cross Theresienstadt was used by the Schutzstaffel (SS) as a "show camp" for fooling Red Cross representatives about the ongoing Holocaust and the Nazi plan to murder all Jews. The Nazified German Red Cross visited the camp in 1943 and filed the only accurate report on the camp, describing overcrowding and undernourishment. In 1944, the camp was "beautified" in preparation for a delegation from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Danish government. The delegation visited on 23 June; ICRC delegate Maurice Rossel wrote a favorable report on the camp and