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The emblem for the German Red Cross became a swastika-adorned German Eagle with a red cross clutched in its talons.<\/p>\n<p>During the Holocaust, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was based in Switzerland. The racial persecution of the Nazis was viewed as a German internal matter. The ICRC considered prisoners of war from countries that signed the 1929 Geneva Convention as their primary focus. Civilians were not included in the Geneva Convention. The ICRC did provide small scale support where they could for civilians from the beginning of the war in 1939.\u00a0 In 1942, the ICRC attempted to send supplies to Theresienstadt but was denied by the German Red Cross, claiming that there was sufficient food and supplies at Theresienstadt. The Reich Security Main Office authorized a visit of Theresienstadt for representatives of the ICRC and the Danish Red Cross for June 1944. Before their visit, Theresienstadt received a \u201cbeautification\u201d. 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