This is an alphabetical list of religious organizations that rescued Jews and other refugees during the Holocaust. Within these organizations, individuals are listed alphabetically. The leaders of the organizations and senior officials are listed at the top.
For some of the larger entries e. These countries include Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, and the United States, among others. Within the denomination and country, religious organizations, churches, orders, etc. Abegg Rescue Network , Berlin, Germany Gutman, ; Gutman, , p. Reverend Adler was denounced by an associate and was arrested and executed by German authorities. Johanna, his wife, continued rescue activities after his death. It is estimated that they saved between and Jews.
ACCR , New York, NY, USA, established Refugee Scholar Fund Freudenberg; Lazare, , p. New York, Romanofsky, Social Service Organizations , pp. American Friends Service Committee Archive, Philadelphia, PA; JDC Archives, NYC; HIAS-HICEM Archives, YIVO, NYC; United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, Washington, DC; Bauer, , pp. Philadelphia, Romanofsky, Social Service Organizations, pp.
Wyman, Paper Walls. The American Friends Service Committee was instrumental in providing food, clothing and shelter for many thousands of refugees in the Vichy zone. The AFSC had offices in Paris, Marseilles, Perpignan, Toulouse, Auch and Moutauban. The AFSC concentrated its activities on helping to supply food to populations in the unoccupied zone of France. Fifty percent of the AFSC aid was given to French citizens. Much of the food relief came from the United States until March AFSC also supplied aid to internees in French concentration camps.
The AFSC also aided Jewish refugees in leaving the Vichy zone. They supplied food, medicine, clothing and other material to the needy refugees. They set up libraries and schools for refugee children.
