He was raised to the rank of a General of the French Army. the youngest Frenchman ever to attain that rank. At the end of the war. Pierre Jacobsen joined the International Refugee Organization serving first in Germany and then in Geneva. Switzerland. His great heart and his enlightened humanitarianism was placed at the disposal of the suffering masses of people known to the world as displaced persons. When we created the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration in Brussels. Belgium. in 1951. we were fortunate indeed to obtain the services of Pierre Jacobsen. The 27 nations which are now banded together in the ICEM mourn the death of their great servant and the refugees and migrants of the whole world realize well what a terrible loss they have suffered. We. the Members of Congress who have been associated with the international migration movements realize that we have lost not only a wonderful friend and a great international official. but also a human being whose departure will deprive the world of a man who knew what international cooperation is and what are its responsibilities. I wish to express my deepest sympathy to the bereaved family of Pierre. and to France and Denmark alike. two countries which have lost a son and an adopted son. respectively. a son who has added to the glory of both countries.
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