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| − | The [[Emergency Rescue Committee]] was formed in 1940 to help political refugees from Nazism who had fled to Vichy France during the German invasion of that country. It was supported by a number of prominent progressives in the United States. It merged into the [[International Rescue Committee]] in | + | The [[Emergency Rescue Committee]] was formed in 1940 to help political refugees from Nazism who had fled to Vichy France during the German invasion of that country. It was supported by a number of prominent progressives in the United States. It merged into the [[International Rescue Committee]] in 1942.<ref>Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.248.</ref> |
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*[[Reinhold Niebuhr]]<ref>Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.245.</ref> | *[[Reinhold Niebuhr]]<ref>Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.245.</ref> | ||
*[[Harold Oram]]<ref>Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.14.</ref> | *[[Harold Oram]]<ref>Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.14.</ref> | ||
| − | *[[Varian Fry]] - European | + | *[[Varian Fry]] - European representative.<ref>Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.15.</ref> |
| + | *[[David Seiferheld]]<ref>Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.18.</ref> | ||
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| + | ==External Resources== | ||
| + | *Mary Jayne Gold, [http://www.varianfry.org/gold_cm_book_en.htm Crossroads Marseille 1940], 1980, Varian Fry institute. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Latest revision as of 18:03, 7 July 2012
The Emergency Rescue Committee was formed in 1940 to help political refugees from Nazism who had fled to Vichy France during the German invasion of that country. It was supported by a number of prominent progressives in the United States. It merged into the International Rescue Committee in 1942.[1]
People
- Frank Kingdon - chair.
- Karl Frank[2]
- Joseph Buttinger[3]
- Reinhold Niebuhr[4]
- Harold Oram[5]
- Varian Fry - European representative.[6]
- David Seiferheld[7]
External Resources
- Mary Jayne Gold, Crossroads Marseille 1940, 1980, Varian Fry institute.
Notes
- ↑ Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.248.
- ↑ Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.243.
- ↑ Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.241.
- ↑ Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.245.
- ↑ Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.14.
- ↑ Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.15.
- ↑ Eric Thomas Chester, Covert Network: Progressives, the International Rescue Committee and the CIA, M.E. Sharpe, 1995, p.18.
