The Uni­tar­i­an Ser­vice Com­mit­tee (USC) was among the few Amer­i­can orga­ni­za­tions— the Quak­ers were anoth­er — com­mit­ted to help­ing refugees dur­ing World War II. When author Susan Eliz­a­beth Sub­ak found out that mem­bers of the Uni­tar­i­an Church had helped her Jew­ish father immi­grate to the Unit­ed States, she delved into its World War II his­to­ry and pro­duced a fas­ci­nat­ing book, Res­cue and Flight: Amer­i­can Relief Work­ers Who Defied the Nazis, that describes the remark­able indi­vid­u­als who made it hap­pen. The staff that ran the USC assist­ed those endan­gered by the Nazi regime, from famous writ­ers and artists to aver­age cit­i­zens. They helped nego­ti­ate the offi­cial and legal chan­nels of escape, and when those meth­ods failed, they helped facil­i­tate the more com­plex under­ground chan­nels. From their offices in Por­tu­gal and south­ern France, they cre­at­ed escape routes through Europe to the Unit­ed States, South Amer­i­ca, and Eng­land; and res­cued thou­sands — often at great per­son­al risk. In this true-life tale of intrigue, dan­ger, courage, and ded­i­ca­tion the read­er will encounter the names of many emi­nent peo­ple whose lives were saved by the USC. The After­word by William F. Schulz about geno­cides that have occurred since World War II is also valu­able read­ing. Bib­li­og­ra­phy, index.