Rescuing the World: The Life and Times of Leo Cherne

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Rescuing theWorld Rescuing theWorld The Life andTimes of Leo Cherne ANDREW F. SMITH Foreword by Henry A. Kissinger State University of NewYork Press Published by State University of NewYork Press, Albany© 2002 State University of NewYork All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. No part of this book may be stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means including electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission in writing of the publisher. For information, address State University of NewYork Press, 90 State Street, Suite 700, Albany, NY 12207 Production by Judith Block Marketing by Michael Campochiaro Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Smith, Andrew F., 1946Rescuing the world: the life and times of Leo Cherne / Andrew F. Smith; foreword by Henry A. Kissinger. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7914-5379-0 (alk. paper) -- ISBN 0-7914-5380-4 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Refugees--Services for. 2. International Rescue Committee-History . 3. Cherne, Leo, 1912- 4. Human rights workers-Biography . 5. Human services personnel--biography. I.Title. HV640 .S64 2002 362.87'526'092--dc21 [B] 2001049419 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This is dedicated to the hard-working and devoted staffs of refugee organizations, particularly that of the International Rescue Committee; and to Leo Cherne’s friends who helped with this book, especially Lionel Olmer, John Richardson, Liv Ullmann and Marie Gomez. And this is dedicated to the Kling Family, Alexander andVera, Russians torn from their native land byWorldWar II, and their two daughters, Alla, born in Austria, andTatianna, born in Germany, who learned English in the NewYork Public Schools and became teachers of children of refugees in the same system. My favorite displaced person,Tatiana Kling, my wife, has enriched my life with love, affection, joy, support and inspiration. Without her constant encouragement, this book would not have been written. ...