Emergency Rescue Committee

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The Emergency Rescue Committee was founded in New York City in 1940 to save European intellectuals from Nazi persecution.

From the description of Emergency Rescue Committee records, 1936-1957. (University at Albany). WorldCat record id: 81322881

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creatorOf Emergency Rescue Committee. Emergency Rescue Committee records, 1936-1957. University at Albany, University Libraries
referencedIn Oram, Harold L. The Harold L. Oram papers and records of the Oram Group, Inc., 1939-1991. Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, IUPUI
creatorOf Emergency Rescue Committee. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1940-1941. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn The Nation, records, 1879-1974 (inclusive), 1920-1955 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Adams, Mildred, 1894-1980. Mildred Adams Kenyon papers, 1939-1976, (bulk 1939-1942). University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
creatorOf Kingdon, Frank, 1894-1972. Letter, 1940, to Lewis Mumford. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955. Thomas Mann manuscript material : 1 item, 1940 New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Emergency Rescue Committee. Letter, 1940, to Lewis Mumford. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Thomas Mann manuscript material : 1 item, 1940 The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.
referencedIn Józef Wittlin correspondence and compositions, 1940-1976. Houghton Library
referencedIn Varian Fry Papers, [ca. 1940]-1967 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Varian Fry Papers, [ca. 1940]-1967 Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Leopold Schwarzschild Collection, 1940-1955 Leo Baeck Institute.
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associatedWith Adams, Mildred, 1894-1980. person
associatedWith Fry, Varian, 1907-1967. person
associatedWith Kingdon, Frank, 1894-1972. person
associatedWith Lerner, Edna Albers, 1913- person
associatedWith Loeb, Lotta. person
associatedWith Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955. person
associatedWith Nation (New York, N.Y. : 1865). corporateBody
associatedWith Oram, Harold L. person
associatedWith Schwarzschild, Leo, 1891-1950 person
associatedWith Wittlin, Józef, 1896- person
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World War, 1939-1945
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Active 1940

Active 1941

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