Commission for Relief in Belgium records, 1939-1947.

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Commission for Relief in Belgium records, 1939-1947.

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and photographs, relating to efforts to provide civilian relief to Belgium and Luxembourg during World War II. Also available on microfilm (17 reels).

17 ms. boxes, 1 oversize box, 8 envelopes.

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Commission for relief in Belgium

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Private organization for provision of relief to Belgium during World War I. From the description of Commission for Relief in Belgium records, 1914-1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868092 Private American relief organization; affiliate of the National Committee on Food for the Small Democracies. From the description of Commission for Relief in Belgium records, 1939-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867226 Historic...

National Committee on Food for the Small Democracies.

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Historical Note The presidential election over, we determined that the only way relief could be brought to the women, children, and destitute in the small democracies was to awaken public opinion in the neutral countries to the inconsequential dangers from our proposals. Both the British and Germans were sensitive to neutral opinions. They needed actual support from the neutrals, or at least the continued neutrality of these nations. ...