According to UNHCR in 2015 there were approximately 65 million forcibly displaced people, including 21 million refugees. Comparisons are made between the present refugee crisis and the Jewish refugee crisis precipitated by the Nazi rise to power. This article will examine the refugee crisis of the 1930s and 1940s with an eye to providing contextt Describes the efforts of nongovernmental organizations, in particular Jewish relief organizations to support Jewish refugees before, during and after the Second World War.