. . and as a Jew have no possibility whatsoever to earn my living in this country, in which I have lived since childhood” (“Franz Goldberger”). Many of the letters amounted to nothing, but one letter reached Hazel Hostetter. She lived in Des Moines and worked as a teacher, so she was unable to provide financial assistance, but she did give the letter to a friend, Helen Roseland (“Franz Goldberger”). As an assistant postmaster in Eagle Grove, Iowa, Roseland did not have the finances to help a lot, but she had the will. She was unmarried with 160 acres of land to her name and knew that she could find a way to help or even save Goldberger (“Franz Goldberger”). There was a hostel named Scattergood in West Branch, Iowa, where Roseland went for assistance (“Franz Goldberger”). This hostel is part of the AFSC, the American Friends Service Committee. It was a Quaker organization dedicated to assisting refugees to escape persecution by the Nazis (“The American Friends”). This was the largest organization of non-Jews attempting to help with this issue. The AFSC dates to 1917, when it started aiding humanitarian efforts in Europe during WWI (“The American
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