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The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is an organization associated with the Society of Friends (Quakers) that works to encourage peace and social justice matters around the world. The AFSC was founded in 1917 in response to the major humanitarian crises related to World War I. Throughout the 1920s the AFSC sought to relieve suffering by operating child feeding programs across Europe, most ...

“American Friends Service Committee.” “Views of some of the activities in and around Marseille May 1942.” “France May 1940.” Flames engulf various buildings, with billowing black smoke. Various collapsed buildings. Civilians leave the city en masse, loaded into trucks or walking. People are carried on stretchers. Large crowds of people sleep in a large, crowded room. CU of various children sleeping, ...

Bij Duinkerken gewonde soldaat wordt verliefd op een gewetensbezwaarde Quaker in een militair hospitaal in Frankrijk.

Consists of photographs, documents, and correspondence relating to the experiences of the Blumenstein family in Vienna, Austria, on board the MS St. Louis, in hiding in Holland, and their efforts to flee Nazi-occupied Europe. Includes a photograph of the donor's father in Sosua, Dominican Republic and a photograph taken in a Quaker camp for refugees in Havana, Cuba.

Kartei und Unterlagen des Forschungsprojekts "Pädagogisch-Politische Emigration 1933-45 (PPE)", darin unter anderem Unterlagen zu: Quäker-Schulen, Recco-Schule, Pestalozzi-Schulen, Kinderheimen, Landschulheim Florenz; Sammlungen zu unterschiedlichen Projekten, Ausstellungen und Veröffentlichungen, zum Beispiel zu: Schulen im Exil, Landeserziehungsheimen, Stockbridge School (USA), jüdisches Kinder- ...

Consists of one manuscript entitled, "See you soon Caroline!" by Bernard Wilson. The manuscript is a fictionalized account of a family researching the history of a grandfather, who was born at Rivesaltes and later adopted. The manuscript highlights the work of the American Friends Service Committee in southern France, particularly the work of Irish Quaker Mary Elmes (referred to in the manuscript as ...

<p>This collection contains the personal papers of the Sturmthal and Löwenstein families from Bad Pyrmont and Steinheim respectively, Germany, who fled to England with the help of the Quakers in 1939.</p>Family papers including birth, marriage and death certificates, German passports (1754/1-3), Dina Löwenstein's certificate of naturalisation and correspondence from Steinheim Town Council regarding ...

The conflict between duty and conscience is explored in this World War II drama. Alan Ladd stars as Naval gunnery officer Alec Austin, a Quaker whose sincere pacifist sentiments do not sit well with his crew members. One of the caracters is a junior officer roaming the ship in search of homosexual adventures.

Contains photocopies of a personal narrative by Hugh Jenkins describing his experiences in Bergen-Belsen as well as British Red Cross and British military documents relating to the camp after liberation. Also contains photocopies of two photographs depicting the burning of structures at Bergen-Belsen.