Unitarian Universalist Service Committee

The Unitarian Service Committee (USC ) was an American relief organization for refugees from Eastern Europe during the Second World War.

The USC was founded in 1939 in Boston. The first director and managing director was Charles Rhind Joy ( 1895-1978 ). The task of the committee was to offer Unitarians and Jews who had fled the Nazi regime, support and help.

In Europe, the USC was conducted from 1941 to 1944 on the location of Lisbon under the direction of Robert Cloutman Dexter ( 1887-1955 ). From 1942 Dexter also worked for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS ).

1942, the seat of the leadership offices were moved to Geneva, where the USC was led by Noel Haviland Field. The symbol of the USC, a chalice with a burning flame was created in 1941 by the Austrian artist Hans German.

The successor of the USC with a pass remit has now assumed the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee ( UUSC ).

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• Humanitarian aid organization
• Established in 1939
• Organization ( Geneva )
• U.S. organization