Records of the Harvard Committee to Aid German Student Refugees, 1938-1940, 1990-1991

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Records of the Harvard Committee to Aid German Student Refugees, 1938-1940, 1990-1991

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The Harvard Committee to Aid German Student Refugees was established in November 1938 by Harvard students to aid Jewish students suffering from Nazi persecution in Germany. The records are organized in three series: General information, Fiftieth anniversary material from Irving London, History of the Committee written by Robert E. Lane and source material.

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Harvard Committee to Aid German Student Refugees

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The Harvard Committee to Aid German Student Refugees was established in November 1938 to aid Jewish students suffering from Nazi persecution in Germany. The purpose of the Committee was to help secure scholarships for student refugees and to help "relieve the intolerable condition in which persons of religious belief, of races, or of opinions which vary with those favored by the Nazi government now find themselves." The Harvard Corporation responded to an appeal from the Committee by agreeing...