John Sturge Stephens

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title: John Sturge Stephens
text: John Sturge Stephens was born into a prominent family of Quakers in Cornwall. During the First World War, he was a pacifist and conscientious objector and between the wars travelled extensively throughout Europe, on behalf of the Society of Friends, with a view to creating a peaceful future for the continent. In 1938 he helped numerous Austrian Jewish refugees to escape from Nazi persecution, and accommodated several of them at his homes in England.
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description: Conscientious objector, historian
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