Word: kestenberg
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...captive Jews in Poland’s capital attempted a revolt. As German forces marched through Europe and then attempted to exterminate the continent’s Jews, student pressure here at Harvard eventually caused the University to sponsor the full undergraduate educations of 14 refugees by 1944. Rahel Kestenberg, who fled from Prague, was the first Jewish refugee to enroll in Radcliffe, The Crimson reported in February 1939. Kurt M. Hertzfeld ’41 was also sponsored by Harvard. Then an 18-year-old refugee, Hertzfeld traveled from Austria in 1937 to avoid military conscription. Alone with...
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