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1946 (In the year) An Egyptian Bahá'í, a Dr Ahmad, moved to Edinburgh in order to study medicine and to fulfill one of the goals of the Six Year Plan, He invited travel teacher to speak in Edinburgh and was soon joined by Jean Court from Canada. He returned to Egypt prior to the formation of the local spiritual assembly two years later. [from The Bahá'í Community in Edinburgh, 1946-1950 by Ismail Valesco in SBBH Vol 14 p275] Dr Ahman; Jean Court; Edinburgh, Scotland; Scotland
1946 (In the year) The first Bahá'í summer school in Argentina was held in Ezeiza. [BW11:45] Summer schools; First summer and winter schools; Ezeiza, Argentina; Argentina first Bahá’í summer school in Argentina
1946 (In the year) The publication of Abdul Baha's Questioned Will and Testament by Ruth White. The book contains the report of Dr C Ainsworth Mitchell, the handwriting expert for the British Museum. Ruth White; Covenant-breakers; `Abdu'l-Bahá, Will and Testament of; Beverly Hills, CA; California, USA
1946 (In the year) The first issue of the News Exchange was published by the International Bahá'í Bureau in Geneva. The last issue was published in December of 1956. It was published in English, French and German. [CBN No 89 June 1957 p5] International Bahá'í Bureau; Bahá'í International Community; - Newsletters; * Publications; News Exchange; Anne Lynch; Geneva, Switzerland; Switzerland
1946 (In the year) The restoration of the House of Bahá'u'lláh in Tihrán was completed. House of Bahá'u'lláh (Tihran); Restoration; Tehran, Iran; Iran
1946 (In the year) In the second Seven Year Plan from 1946 to 1952, the American Bahá'í community was given the responsibility of working for the establishment of bahá'í communities in several european countries. A European Teaching Committee, which was responsible to the North American National Spiritual Assembly, was set up in Geneva in 1946. Its task was to coordinate the pioneer activities in ten European goal countries; Denmark, Norway, Sweden, The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Italy, Spain and Portugal. [SBBR14p239]
  • The Committee was chaired by Edna True. [SBBR14p241]
  • Of the pioneers that arrived during this period, Dagmar Dole (stayed 1947 to 1951)) and Eleanor Hollibaugh (stayed May 1947 to October 1948 and March 1950 to October 1950) had the most influence on the growth of the community. [SBBR14p239-243]
  • As of 1946 Geresina Campani of Florence was the only known Bahá'í in Italy. In her letter, published in part in Bahá'í News she wrote of the hardship due to the devastation caused by the Allied bombing. [SYH232]
    		•  European Teaching Committee; Edna True; Geresina Campani; Denmark; Norway; Sweden; Netherlands; Belgium; Luxembourg; Geneva, Switzerland; Switzerland; Italy; Spain; Portugal
    1946 - 1963 The end of the First Epoch and the beginning of The Second Epoch of the Formative Age. [Message from the Universal House of Justice dated 5 February 1986; Mess63-86 p710-716]
  • See the attachment for the above-referenced message entitled The Epochs of the Formative Age prepared by the Research Department of the Universal House of Justice.
  • It began with the launching of the second Seven Year Plan and the adoption of similar plans by other national communities throughout the Bahá'i world and ended with the conclusion of the Ten Year Crusade and the election of the Universal House of Justice. [Mess86-01p815]
    		•  Ages and Epochs; Formative Age

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