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Posted by The.IRC on March 14th, 2012
A wise suggestion from Albert Einstein, the great scientist and humanitarian at whose suggestion the IRC was founded in 1933. Today would have been Einstein's 133rd birthday. more »
Posted in Research, IRC Worldwide | Tags: Albert Einstein, IRC history, humanitarian aid, research |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on December 5th, 2011
On International Volunteer Day, a brilliant thought from Albert Einstein and a word of thanks -- plus ways to get involved with the IRC. more »
Posted in Volunteering | Tags: refugees, Albert Einstein, IRC history, volunteer, International Volunteer Day |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on August 6th, 2010
It was 70 years ago this week — August 4, 1940 — that the IRC’s Varian Fry boarded a transatlantic flight from LaGuardia Airport in New York on his way to German-occupied France on a mission to rescue 200 leading artists and intellectuals who were on the Nazis’ most-wanted list. more »
Posted in War, Europe | Tags: refugees, Nazis, rescue, WWII, IRC history, Varian Fry, France |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on February 12th, 2008
In 1940, shortly after the world watched the appalling spectacle of Nazi troops goose-stepping down the Champs-Élysées in Paris, a 32-year old American editor by the name of Varian Fry arrived in France to rescue some of Europe’s most famous artists, writers, and intellectuals. more »
Posted in War, Europe | Tags: refugees, Holocaust, humanitarian, Nazis, World War II, IRC history |
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