The history of the Red Cross in the territory of Yugoslavia began in 1876 with the establishment of the Srpsko društvo Crvenog krsta (Serbian Red Cross Society) in Serbia. Since Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Slovenia were part of Austria-Hungary until 1918, they belonged to the Austrian or Hungarian Red Cross. Territories that were part of the Ottoman Empire were affiliated with the Red Crescent.
As the states evolved over the course of the 20th century, the name of the Red Cross changed accordingly. Thus, from 1921, in the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, it was known as Društvo Crvenog krsta Kraljevine Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca. With the establishment of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1929 under the royal dictatorship, it became Društvo Crvenog krsta Kraljevine Jugoslavije.
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Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Red Cross Society Building