A Memory of Solferino

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book non-fiction book war memoir

A Memory of Solferino is a seminal 1862 book by Henry Dunant that vividly recounts the horrors of the Battle of Solferino and inspired the creation of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the modern humanitarian movement.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
A Memory of Solferino canonical	4
"A Memory of Solferino"	1
Un souvenir de Solférino	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T380758 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: A Memory of Solferino
Context triple: [Henry Dunant, notableWork, A Memory of Solferino]

A. Field of Mars
The Field of Mars is a large historic square and park in central Saint Petersburg, Russia, known for its military parades, revolutionary gatherings, and memorial to the victims of the Revolution.
B. Les Cent-Jours
Les Cent-Jours refers to the brief 1815 period when Napoleon Bonaparte returned from exile, regained power in France, and ultimately fell after the Battle of Waterloo.
C. Lion of Belfort
The Lion of Belfort is a monumental sandstone sculpture in Belfort, France, symbolizing French resistance during the Franco-Prussian War and created by Statue of Liberty sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi.
D. Seven Lives for the Country
"Seven Lives for the Country" was a fervent patriotic slogan of the Imperial Japanese Army expressing the ideal of sacrificing oneself repeatedly for the nation and emperor.
E. The Arts of War
The Arts of War is a pair of monumental equestrian bronze sculptures by Leo Friedlander that symbolize martial valor and sacrifice, installed at the Washington, D.C. entrance to Arlington Memorial Bridge.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: A Memory of Solferino
Target entity description: A Memory of Solferino is a seminal 1862 book by Henry Dunant that vividly recounts the horrors of the Battle of Solferino and inspired the creation of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the modern humanitarian movement.

A. Field of Mars
The Field of Mars is a large historic square and park in central Saint Petersburg, Russia, known for its military parades, revolutionary gatherings, and memorial to the victims of the Revolution.
B. Les Cent-Jours
Les Cent-Jours refers to the brief 1815 period when Napoleon Bonaparte returned from exile, regained power in France, and ultimately fell after the Battle of Waterloo.
C. Lion of Belfort
The Lion of Belfort is a monumental sandstone sculpture in Belfort, France, symbolizing French resistance during the Franco-Prussian War and created by Statue of Liberty sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi.
D. Seven Lives for the Country
"Seven Lives for the Country" was a fervent patriotic slogan of the Imperial Japanese Army expressing the ideal of sacrificing oneself repeatedly for the nation and emperor.
E. The Arts of War
The Arts of War is a pair of monumental equestrian bronze sculptures by Leo Friedlander that symbolize martial valor and sacrifice, installed at the Washington, D.C. entrance to Arlington Memorial Bridge.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ war memoir ⓘ
author	Henry Dunant ⓘ
circulation	initially self-financed and privately distributed ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Switzerland ⓘ
depicts	lack of medical care on the battlefield ⓘ suffering of wounded soldiers ⓘ
describesEvent	Battle of Solferino ⓘ
firstPartSubject	narrative of the Battle of Solferino ⓘ
genre	humanitarian literature ⓘ war literature ⓘ
historicalSignificance	foundational text of the Red Cross movement ⓘ key work in the history of humanitarianism ⓘ
impact	catalyzed formation of national Red Cross societies ⓘ mobilized European public opinion on war victims ⓘ
influenced	First Geneva Convention ⓘ linked to: First Geneva Convention of 1864
inspired	development of international humanitarian law ⓘ modern humanitarian movement ⓘ
inspiredCreationOf	International Committee of the Red Cross ⓘ Red Cross movement ⓘ linked to: International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
mainSubject	Battle of Solferino ⓘ humanitarian aid ⓘ war atrocities ⓘ
moralTheme	humanitarian responsibility in war ⓘ neutral and impartial aid to the wounded ⓘ
notableQuote	Tutti fratelli (We are all brothers) ⓘ
numberOfPages	115 ⓘ
originalLanguage	French ⓘ
originalTitle	Un souvenir de Solférino ⓘ linked to: A Memory of Solferino
placeOfPublication	Geneva ⓘ
proposes	creation of voluntary relief societies ⓘ international treaty to protect wounded soldiers ⓘ
publicationDate	1862 ⓘ
publisher	Imprimerie Jules-Guillaume Fick ⓘ
secondPartSubject	analysis of the need for relief societies ⓘ
settingOfDescribedEvent	Solferino, Lombardy ⓘ
structure	three parts ⓘ
thirdPartSubject	proposal for international agreements on wounded soldiers ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed	Second Italian War of Independence ⓘ
yearOfEventDescribed	1859 ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry Dunant → notableWork → A Memory of Solferino ⓘ

A Memory of Solferino → originalTitle → Un souvenir de Solférino ⓘ

linked to: A Memory of Solferino

Battle of Solferino → inspiredWork → A Memory of Solferino ⓘ

Jean Henri Dunant → notableWork → A Memory of Solferino ⓘ

subject linked to: Jean

Jean Henri Dunant → describedIn → A Memory of Solferino ⓘ