print email comment close International Rescue Committee (IRC) URL: http://www.theirc.org/ Description: This nonprofit organization "helps people fleeing racial, religious and ethnic persecution, as well as those uprooted by war and violence." IRC was "founded at the suggestion of Albert Einstein to assist Germans suffering under Hitler," and now works in more than 30 countries. Site includes information about the organization's humanitarian and relief activities, country programs, and U.S. resettlement efforts. Features listings of reports, books, and online resources about refugees and relief work. Searchable. Publisher: International Rescue Committee Library of Congress Subject Headings: Human rights International relief International Rescue Committee Refugees LII Database Information: Record 13172 created by Douglas Smith on 06/26/2003 Last modification on 07/17/2003 Published: 06/26/2003   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/13172