UNRRA, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration was set up in Washington in November 1943, before the end of the Second World War.Its aim was to provide assistance to war victims in the occupied countries and to ensure effective relief and rehabilitation. The organisation was staffed by an international civil service. Lilian Robinson, who had been a secretary in Bradford, was recruited to work for UNRRA in early 1946 and was sent to Poland in May of that year
From the guide to the Materials relating to work in Poland in 1946-7 under the auspices of UNRRA and of a further visit in 1960, by Lilian Robinson of Bradford, West Yorkshire, ca.1925-1975, (GB 206 Leeds University Library)
Lilian Robinson collected Russian-related study material in the course of learning Russian
From the guide to the Lilian Robinson collection, 1960-1969, (GB 206 Leeds University Library)
