Relief Committee for Greeks of Asia Minor

The Relief Committee for Greeks of Asia Minor, short- Greek Relief Committee (english Relief Committee for Greeks of Asia Minor or Greek Relief Committee ), was a charity that was established in response to the expulsion of the Greeks of Asia Minor in the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. It consisted 1917-1921 and had its headquarters in New York.

Executive Board

  • Chairman: Frank W. Jackson
  • Honorary Chairman: Jacob Gould Schurman
  • Vice - Chairman: D. Basile Dugundji
  • Secretary: John P. Xenides
  • Treasurer: Abraham E. Kazan (until November 1917), Rollin P. Grant

Activities

The Greek Relief Committee worked with a network of foreign consuls, aid workers, humanitarian agencies and missionaries who were working in various locations in the Ottoman Empire. Thus, their working methods were similar to those of the Committee for Armenian and Syrian help ( ACASR ), which was also active in the First World War. It also cooperated with American diplomatic institutions in Athens and Thessaloniki to help refugees who came from Turkey.

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