The National Coordinating Committee for Aid to Refugees and Emigrants Coming from Germany (NCC) was founded in New York City circa 1936 as a result of Nazi persecution of European Jews. Its aim was to expedite the immigration process of European Jews into the United States, to provide financial support for the refugees, to find them employment and provide for their retraining, and to resettle refugees arriving in New York to other parts of the United States.
The Wisconsin Coordinating Committee (WCC) was formed pursuant to a resolution adopted at a Milwaukee conference of citizens of twenty Wisconsin Jewish communities on October 23, 1938. Ben Z. Glass of Milwaukee was designated chairman. Its purposes were to consider the problems of Jewish emigrés and to coordinate plans for resettlement throughout Wisconsin.
The Manitowoc Coordinating Committee (MCC) was formed on October 29, 1938 by ten members of the Manitowoc Jewish community. Dr. Nathan Schneck was appointed chairman and chosen to represent Manitowoc on the WCC. Other members of the MCC were presidents of various Manitowoc Jewish community organizations. The purposes of the local organization were to sign affidavits, to assist in the immigration process, and to raise funds for the support of particular immigrants and of the WCC. The MCC functioned until 1941 when it probably combined with a regional organization located in Chicago.
