Winnipeg Free Press Save to Read Later The Mennonite Central Committee has initiated research into its work in Europe following the Second World War in light of recently published research into its involvement in sheltering Nazis. The Mennonite Central Committee has initiated research into its work in Europe following the Second World War in light of recently published research into its involvement in sheltering Nazis. The organization, which is the relief and development arm of North American Mennonites, has invited 11 historians from five countries to explore its work after the war when it was resettling Mennonite refugees from the Soviet Union.