Quaker pamphlets, 1944-1959.

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Quaker pamphlets, 1944-1959.

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"In Prison--Yet Free," by Eva Hermann, about experiences in Nazi prison, 1947; "Meditations Around the World," by Leonard Kenworthy, 1959; and "The Quakers Take Stock," 1944.

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Kenworthy, Leonard Stout, 1912-....

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In 1940-41, Leonard Kenworthy was director of the Quaker International Center in Berlin, Germany run by the American Friends Service Committee. He worked with German Quakers to assist Jews who had no religious affiliation but were defined as Jews by the Nazis to leave Germany. From the description of Quaker Berlin diary [manuscript] / L.S. Kenworthy. 1940-41. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 301753914 ...

Hermann, Eva-Maria

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Society of Friends

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The Society of Friends (or 'Quakers') was formed by George Fox (1624-1691), a shoemaker from Nottingham. In the 1640s Fox travelled throughout England delivering sermons in which he argued that individuals could have direct access to God without the need for churches, priests or other aspects of the established Church. Fox's followers became known as the 'Friends of Truth' and later the 'Society of Friends'. Fox developed rules for the management of meetings, which were printed as 'Friends Fello...