1930-1950

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From 1930 Until 1950, NCJW…

• Rescues Jewish children from Germany and places them with American families through the German-Jewish Children’s Aid Society.
• Reunites thousands of displaced persons with family members through the Port and Dock Department.
• Opens group homes in Athens and Paris for single Jewish women who survived the Holocaust.
• Creates the Ship-a-Box program, sending toys, books, and educational materials to young Holocaust survivors and generations of Israeli children for the next 50 years.
• Funds the department of education at Hebrew University in Israel for the training of teachers.
• Works in displaced persons camps in Germany, Belgium, and Holland.
• Establishes a US fellowship program to train social workers and educators for work with Holocaust survivors.
• Organizes the first nationwide Council on Aging Collaboration for senior citizens, providing recreation and friendship opportunities.
• Forms the German-Jewish Children’s Aid with coalition partners, rescuing children from Nazi oppression and placing them in private homes in America.