The Fondation pour une entraide intellectuelle européenne (Foundation for the Support of European Intellectuals, FEIE) was set up in 1966 in Geneva to help morally and financially non-conformist intellectuals in East European communist countries, as well as Spain and Portugal. The idea of its establishment came from members of the Congress for Cultural Freedom, an advocayc group formed in the 1950s to fight the influence of communism. The Foundation awarded grants and scholarships only to intellectuals who, after having spent their study or research period in Germany, France, and the United Kingdom intended to continue their activities in their native countries. FEIE also aided them by sending books and publications that were inaccessible, and by organizing conferences and publishing book reviews for them. In the 25 years of its activities, FEIE supported over 3,000 intellectuals and sent them around 15,000 books. The Foundation was awarded the Bruno Kreisky Prize for its efforts to protect human rights in 1991, the same year when it was closed down and its records were deposited with the European Institute by Anette Laborey and Timothy Garton Ash.
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