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Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee

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Spanish War Children (restored)
Spanish War Children (restored)

Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee (JAFRC) was a nonprofit organization to provide humanitarian aid to refugees of the Spanish Civil War.

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