“ In 1979, the overthrow of the Shah in Iran precipitated a slow
however regular stream of Jews escaping the theocracy of that country, residence to one of many
world's oldest Jewish communities. HIAS operations set up for DP work
in Germany and Austria at the top of 1945 have been the
biggest within the history of the group in any one nation, and they kept rising with
the flood of refugees streaming out of Poland and Romania.
After Germany invaded and conquered France in mid-1940, HICEM closed
its Paris places of work. By the point World Conflict II broke out in September
1939, HICEM had places of work all through Europe, South and Central America, and the Far East.
Obtaining paperwork required for emigration was troublesome as throughout the war folks had fled from one place to a different, escaped from
focus camps to cover in villages and forests,
then reappeared beneath assumed names. In the wake of
World Conflict II, HIAS assumed its most large job to this point - aiding with the emigration wants of the
roughly 300,000 Jewish displaced individuals all through the
former warfare zone. When all authorized emigration of Jews from France ceased, HICEM started to
function clandestinely from the city of Brive la Gaillarde. ”