Comments on: 1956: Fight for Freedom in Hungary [IRC at 75] http://blog.theirc.org/2008/03/25/1956-fight-for-freedom-in-hungary-irc-at-75/ International Rescue Committee (IRC) Refugee, Staff & Volunteer Blog Wed, 14 May 2008 12:46:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Louis Lazar III http://blog.theirc.org/2008/03/25/1956-fight-for-freedom-in-hungary-irc-at-75/#comment-3406 Louis Lazar III Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:41:48 +0000 http://theirc.wordpress.com/?p=579#comment-3406 Thank you IRC. I am one of your countless beneficiaries. IRC became my official "sponsor", in Vienna in November 1956 (where I met Mr. Faust and his staff), guaranteeing to the US Government that I would never go on the public dole. Help continued during my New York City stay in December. IRC took on risk with me, but after 2 weeks in NYC in an IRC-paid hotel (room and board), I was off the rolls, gone to an English language course and then on to a great college. But those first few weeks were crucial to my survival. IRC fed me, housed me; its sponsorship enabled me to enter the US and to put both feet on the ground in the New World. Many of my fellow refugees and friends were also sponsored by IRC in late '56 and in 1957, with similar results. Thanks IRC and happy birthday. May your invaluable work continue in the future. Thank you IRC. I am one of your countless beneficiaries. IRC became my official “sponsor”, in Vienna in November 1956 (where I met Mr. Faust and his staff), guaranteeing to the US Government that I would never go on the public dole. Help continued during my New York City stay in December. IRC took on risk with me, but after 2 weeks in NYC in an IRC-paid hotel (room and board), I was off the rolls, gone to an English language course and then on to a great college.

But those first few weeks were crucial to my survival. IRC fed me, housed me; its sponsorship enabled me to enter the US and to put both feet on the ground in the New World.

Many of my fellow refugees and friends were also sponsored by IRC in late ‘56 and in 1957, with similar results.

Thanks IRC and happy birthday. May your invaluable work continue in the future.

]]> By: Michael Andersson http://blog.theirc.org/2008/03/25/1956-fight-for-freedom-in-hungary-irc-at-75/#comment-3383 Michael Andersson Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:49:38 +0000 http://theirc.wordpress.com/?p=579#comment-3383 Thank you for sharing such a rich piece of history. . . Thank you for sharing such a rich piece of history. . .

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