The International Rescue Committee is a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development nongovernmental organization. It was founded in 1933 as the International Relief Association, at the request of
The headquarters of the IRC are located within the Chanin Building in New York
Foreign Secretary William Hague and UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie at Nzolo displacement camp, near Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, 25 March 2013, meeting refugees and the International Rescue Committee
Yazidi refugees from Iraq receive aid from the IRC at Newroz camp, Syria, 13 August 2014
An IRC doctor conducting a check-up on a young Syrian refugee, Ramtha, Jordan, 28 August 2013
Varian Fry
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Varian Mackey Fry was an American journalist. Fry ran a rescue network in Vichy France from August 1940 to September 1941 that helped 2,000 anti-Nazi and Jewish refugees, mostly artists and intellectu
International Rescue Committee
…founded in 1933 as the International Relief Association, at the request of Albert Einstein, and changed its name in 1942 after merging with the similar Emergency Rescue Committee. Today, the IRC provides emergency aid and long-term assistance to refugees and those displaced by war, persecution, or natural disaster in more than…
Fry as a child
Fry and Miriam Davenport, c. 1940
Varian Fry Street, Berlin
Place Varian Fry in Marseille