Correspondence with Franz Werfel, 1943-1945.

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Correspondence with Franz Werfel, 1943-1945.

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Concerns Werfel's continuing support for the work of the Committee; Kingdon's last letter of 1945 announces his own resignation as chair and the publication of Varian Fry's book Surrender on Demand, about Fry's work in France as representative of the Emergency Rescue Committee.

4 items (4 leaves).

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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International Rescue and Relief Committee

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The International Rescue and Relief Committee, based in New York City, was a successor organization incorporating the Emergency Rescue Committee (whose representative Varian Fry had assisted Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel in their escape from Vichy France and emigration to the U.S. in 1940) and the International Relief Association. Frank Kingdon, a Methodist minister and president of the University of Newark, was chair of the Committee from 1940 to 1945. From the description of Corresp...

Kingdon, Frank, 1894-1972

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