Group    From 1933 

Jewish Refugees Committee / German Jewish Aid Committee / World Jewish Relief

Categories: Social Welfare

The Jewish Refugees Committee, later the German Jewish Aid Committee, was founded in the early months of 1933 by Otto Schiff under the aegis of the Central British Fund for the Relief of German Jewry (CBF). Schiff was founder and director. In 1995 the CBF was renamed as World Jewish Relief.

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Jewish Refugees Committee / German Jewish Aid Committee / World Jewish Relief

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Otto Schiff

Otto Schiff, CBE, 1875 - 1952, founder and director of the Jewish Refugees Co...

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