Records, 1946-1952.

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Records, 1946-1952.

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Records consist primarily of ca. 2,800 numbered case files concerning the tracing and resettlement of refugees, 1945-1952. Files contain correspondence between the International Refugee Organization (IRO), its predecessor, the Inter-Governmental Committee on Refugees, families of refugees and displaced persons, refugees and displaced persons, and various benevolent organizations concerned with their welfare. These include the Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society, American Christian Aid for Refugees, the American Friends Service Committee, and other organizations, many of them Jewish, in the United States and Canada. Included are forms, such as "Claims for expenses of stateless refugees," that refugees were required to file with the IRO. Also included are alphabetical name indexes of resettlement and tracing cases, and miscellaneous reports and printed documents including IRO telephone directory, 1951; IRO staff list, n.d.; IRO personnel regulations, 1951; an extract from the history of the IRO; and "Preparatory documents concerning the adoption of an identity and travel document for refugees coming within the mandate of the Inter-Governmental Committee on Refugees", 1946.

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Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees

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International Refugee Organization. Washington, D.C., Office.

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The International Refugee Organization (IRO) was a non-permanent United Nations specialized agency established in 1948 to deal with the protection, transportation, repatriation, resettlement, and other needs of refugees and displaced persons of World War II. The IRO closed in 1952, and liquidation was completed in 1953. From the description of Records, 1946-1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155486262 ...

American Christian Aid for Refugees.

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American friends service committee

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Quaker organization formed to promote peace and reconciliation through its social service and relief programs. From the description of American Friends Service Committee records, 1933-1988 (bulk 1933-1938). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983753 The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) was organized in June 1917 as an outgrowth of and coordination point for the anti-war and relief activities of various bodies of the Religious Society of Friends in the United States. A ...

Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America

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International Refugee Organization.

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The International Refugee Organisation (IRO) was a non-permanent specialised agency of the United Nations. It came into being on 20 Aug 1948. Its functions were previously carried out by a Preparatory Commission (PCIRO), which assumed on 1 Jul 1947 functions formerly exercised by its predecessor organisations: The League of Nations; the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees; the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration and the allied armies. The IRO was ...