Resulting from the German-Austrian Anschluss in 1938 , thousands of new refugees in Austria looked to emigrate . Due to the volume of need for refugees , the Council for German Jewry , represented by Norman Bentwich , attended the Évian Conference in France to push world leaders for less restrictive immigration policies , but they were largely ignored . The advent of Kristallnacht later in that year exacerbated the refugee crisis , leaving the JDC overwhelmed in both financial and human resource capacity . The Council for German Jewry was eventually able to persuade the UK Home Office to admit Jews regardless of financial backing , and consequently 68,000 Jews registered before the start of war . For its part , CBF worked with the NGO Save the Children to establish the Inter-Aid Committee , which helped 471 Jewish and Christian children go to boarding schools in Britain
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
World Jewish Relief