Fascinating story. I do not have access to the full text of this piece, but it seems a good starting place:
“We Are Standing By”: Rescue Operations of the United States Committee for the Care of European Children Michal Ostrovsky Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Volume 29, Issue 2, Fall 2015, Pages 230–250, https://doi.org/10.1093/hgs/dcv028 Published: 05 August 2015 Abstract This article explores the activities of the United States Committee for the Care of European Children (USCOM), a non-sectarian rescue organization that operated throughout World War II. USCOM managed to bring to the US a total of approximately 1,300 children—both Jewish and non-Jewish—in two separate operations: the first from Britain in 1940, and the second from concentration camps in southern France between 1941 and 1944. In its effort to find suitable host families for the children in the United States, the committee cooperated mainly with Jewish organizations. HOWEVER: There was also this similar organization with very similar name: The United States Committee for the Care of European Children Getting Children to Safety | Americans and the Holocaust https://exhibitions.ushmm.org/americans-and-the-holocaust/personal-story/united-states-committee-for-the-care-of-european-children This Wikipedia entry (mentioning Serpa Pinto in 1942) suggests that it is actually the above--USCOM--you are thinking of, rather than the organization you mention: RMS Ebro - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Ebro#:~:text=Serpa%20Pinto's%20crossed%20from,Germans%2C%20and%2013%20were%20Poles. At any rate, lots of references to pursue their, and perhaps eventually, after doing that research, you should contact USHMM. Good luck in your quest Jim On 5/26/24 21:24, Anita Brush wrote: > My mother, Esther Steren Greenbaum, born in Lipcani, but lived in > Czernowitz from 1921-28 was in Marseille in 1941-42 waiting for an > American Visa. She was finally granted a Visa in April 1942. She > eventually got a position escorting endangered children living in > France from Marseille to New York on the SS Serpa Pinto in June 1942. > The organization sponsoring the children was the US Committee to > Rescue European Children. If anyone has any information about that > committee and how such jobs were obtained, I would love to learn about > it. I have the names and pictures of six of the children she > escorted. I would love to find their descendants. > > On Sun, May 26, 2024 at 4:17 PM Mark <markwiznit...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Your welcome. I believe it may be his self-portrait. > > On Sun, May 26, 2024 at 1:02 PM Véronique Gebuhrer > <veronique.gebuh...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks for thé painting :) > > Envoyé à partir de Outlook pour iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *De :* bounce-128228792-95686...@list.cornell.edu > <bounce-128228792-95686...@list.cornell.edu> de la part de > Mark <markwiznit...@gmail.com> > *Envoyé :* Sunday, May 26, 2024 5:54:59 PM > *À :* CZERNOWITZ-L <czernowit...@cornell.edu>; Edgar Hauster > <bconc...@hotmail.com> > *Objet :* Re: [czernowitz-l] Joie de Vivre and Survival in > Marseille (3,040 km) > For those who are not familiar, here is a small painting by > Brauner I saw at the Jewish Museum in Amsterdam’s exhibit of > Jewish Surrealist artists. > > https://imgur.com/a/qqO8dWo > > > On Sun, May 26, 2024 at 10:47 AM Edgar Hauster > <bconc...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Yes, dear Mark, you are absolutely right, Victor Brauner > is one of those who were supported by the ERC, as the > Wikipedia article on Varian Fry confirms. There is also an > interesting article on Paul Schmierer, code name "Cantor": > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varian_Fry > https://maitron.fr/spip.php?article130732 > > Marseille is not only, but also in this respect a > fascinating city. > > Edgar Hauster [iPad] > >> Am 26.05.2024 um 14:34 schrieb Mark >> <markwiznit...@gmail.com>: >> >> >> The Romanian surrealist Victor Brauner was also in >> Marseilles during the war and I believe was mentioned in >> Transatlantic, although I am not sure he was extricated >> by the ERC. >> >> On Sun, May 26, 2024 at 5:16 AM Edgar Hauster >> <bconc...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> Czernowitzers… >> >> >> Parisians with a metropolitan attitude probably don't >> care that their city was European Capital of Culture >> in 1989. Different in Marseille, where the citizens >> have seen a visible upturn in their city since its >> nomination in 2013. Of course, the poverty rate, the >> proportion of migrants and the crime rate are very >> high in Marseille. Nevertheless, the catamaran in the >> harbor is called "joie de vivre" and the joie de >> vivre in the city is palpable. This also applies to >> my niece Isabelle and her husband Christophe, who >> invited me into their beautiful house at the foot of >> Notre-Dame de la Garde, the city's landmark, with >> such a great hospitality. Isabelle is the >> great-great-great-great-granddaughter of the butcher >> Abraham Fleischer from Tarnobrzeg in Poland. >> >> <IMG_1151.jpeg> >> Joie de Vivre and Survival in Marseille (3,040 km) >> >> <https://hauster.blogspot.com/2024/05/joie-de-vivre-and-survival-in-marseille.html> >> hauster.blogspot.com >> >> <https://hauster.blogspot.com/2024/05/joie-de-vivre-and-survival-in-marseille.html> >> >> >> <https://hauster.blogspot.com/2024/05/joie-de-vivre-and-survival-in-marseille.html> >> >> In the 1940s, it was less about enjoying life and >> more about bare survival. In August 1940, the >> Emergency Rescue Committee (ERC) commissioned the US >> journalist Varian Fry to travel to Marseille to set >> up a rescue network. He was originally supposed to >> rescue 200 anti-fascist intellectuals, but by the end >> of his mission there were around 2,000 people, >> including Hannah Arendt, Marc Chagall, Lion >> Feuchtwanger and numerous others. Many people know >> the series "Marseille" with Gérard Depardieu in the >> leading role, but only a few know the series >> "Transatlantic", also produced by Netflix; it is >> about the ERC and Varian Fry. The US consulate stands >> on a square named after him and a memorial plaque in >> front of the consulate commemorates him. But Varian >> Fry was not alone, he had fellow fighters at his >> side, including the doctor and staunch communist Paul >> Schmierer. And where did Paul Schmierer come from? >> Right, you guessed it - from Czernowitz! The same >> Czernowitz in Bukovina where Isabelle's >> great-great-grandfather and my great-grandfather >> Mechel Fleischer ran a men's outfitting salon on >> Herrengasse. What‘s about your ancestors? >> >> Edgar Hauster [iPad] >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> This moderated discussion group is for information >> exchange on the subject of >> Czernowitz and Sadagora Jewish History and >> Genealogy. The opinions expressed >> in these posts are the opinions of the original >> poster only and not necessarily >> the opinions of the List Owner, the Webmaster or any >> other members >> or entities connected with this mailing list. The >> Czernowitz-L list has >> an associated web site at >> http://czernowitz.ehpes.com that includes a >> searchable archive of all messages posted to this >> list. 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