within UNRRA. It is said that Rajchman had serious hesitations about collaborating with this government, but in the end he was won over by the desire to help his country which he did in fact very effectively through UNRRA. When UNRRA announced at a UN meeting in Geneva that it would be putting an end to its relief efforts, Rajchman stood up before the assembly and called for the creation of a Fund dedicated to helping children throughout the world. His proposal was accepted and by the beginning of 1947, UNICEF was already helping children, notably in nutrition and immunization. Rajchman remained chairman of the board at UNICEF until 1950 and refused to be paid for his work. In the context of the nascent cold war and Stalinism in Soviet block countries, Rajchman was subpoenaed in the McCarthy period: he abruptly left for France and never returned to the United States. At the same time, the Polish communist authorities withdrew his Polish passport and he was not reissued one until the post-Stalinist period began in 1956. From then on Rajchman went fairly often to Poland, notably to visit his sister who had been dismissed by the authorities from her academic functions. His last visit was to Warsaw in 1963, to visit the public health institute he had founded in 1918. Rajchman died in 1965 due to complications of Parkinson's Disease. See also Michel Balinski, a grandson of Rajchman Timeline of young people's rights in the United Kingdom UNRRA References Further reading External links pasteur.Fr 1881 births 1965 deaths Physicians from Warsaw Polish people of Jewish descent Polish microbiologists Chairmen and Presidents of UNICEF Polish public health doctors Polish officials of the United Nations