title: Christian charity: the Unitarian Service Committee's relief activities on behalf of refugees from Nazism, 1940-5.
abstract: The Unitanan Service Committee (USC) was one of a number of American Christian organizations which aided refugees, mostly Christians, during the Nazi period. Although modelled somewhat after the Quakers' American Friends Service Committee, the USC differed from this group in its opposition to neutrality and openly expressed support for the Allied cause Despite its late start (1940) in overseas work, the USC was very energetic and creative in aiding refugees. The Committee was also the only relief agency in Lisbon specializing in care for illegal refugees. This case study points to how much might have been accomplished had there been greater determination on the part of more people to aid the innocents endangered by the Nazis.
authors.affiliation: Bar llan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: GENIZI
mesh_terms: D002608:Charities / Q000191:economics / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005653:Fund Raising / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005858:Germany / Q000208:ethnology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D007391:International Cooperation / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D028683:National Socialism / Q000266:history; D012036:Refugees / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D012066:Relief Work / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012067:Religion / Q000266:history; D012924:Social Conditions / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012934:Social Isolation / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States / Q000208:ethnology; D014838:Volunteers / Q000193:education / Q000266:history / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology; D047789:World War II