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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 August 26th, 2008
Posted in Humanitarian Aid, Balkans, Europe | Tags: refugees, Bosnia, Croatia, humanitarian, Kosovo, Sarajevo, Serbia |
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on June 12th, 2008
Posted in Europe, United States, US - Atlanta, GA | Tags: refugees, World Refugee Day, humanitarian |
Posted by George.Rupp on March 25th, 2008
In the fall of 1956, a cable was sent from Vienna to IRC headquarters in New York: Best we can do to demonstrate solidarity with Hungarian liberation forces… is to rush at once massive quantities relief supplies … we are preparing for tragic possibility soviet recapture control of Hungary, when countless escapees will flood into austria and must be ready with resources. more »
Posted in Europe | Tags: refugees, Angier Biddle Duke, Austria, George Rupp, humanitarian, Hungarian Revolution, Hungary, Leo Cherne, Soviet Union, the IRC | 2 Comments
Posted by Kate Sands Adams on February 15th, 2008
Posted in Women, Africa, Europe, United States | Tags: refugees, Gertrude Garway, humanitarian, michael kocher, Sarah Mosely, WWII | 1 Comments
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 |
Posted by George.Rupp on January 31st, 2008
Posted in War, Europe, United States | Tags: refugees, Adolf Hitler, Albert Einstein, George Rupp, Germany, Holocaust, humanitarian, John Dewey, Reinhold Niebuhr | 3 Comments
Posted by The.IRC on December 11th, 2007
Posted in Women, Africa, Europe, D.R. Congo | Tags: refugees, humanitarian |
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