Refugee records from the general correspondence files of the political departments of the Foreign Office, record group 371, 1938-1950.

Format:

Book

Series:

Refugees, Relief and Resettlement : Forced Migration and World War II.

Refugees, Relief and Resettlement : Forced Migration and World War II

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Foreign Office.

Great Britain.

Refugees--Europe--History--20th century--Sources.

Refugees.

World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Sources.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (9,872 manuscripts)

Place of Publication:

Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020.

Summary:

This collection provides a broad swath of English-language material that maps refugee situations before, during, and shortly after World War II. Files from series 371 of the Foreign Office feature particularly strong coverage of Europe, but also allow scholars to understand the global scale of the refugee crisis. The content addresses the plight of Albanian, Arab, Armenian, Assyrian, Austrian, Baltic, Belgian, British, Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, Ethiopian, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Jewish, Latvian, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian, and Yugoslavian refugees, among others. Records also cover the situation of displaced populations fleeing from or being resettled in Austria, Belgium, Brazil, British Guyana, Central and Eastern Europe, China, Cyprus, Denmark, East, North, and Southwest Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, India, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Mauritius, North Africa, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Rhodesia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tanganyika, the Middle East, the United Kingdom, Turkey, and Yugoslavia. In this collection, researchers will find content on the establishment of temporary displaced person camps, the relocation of prisoners of war, the repatriation of populations to their home territories, the displacement of local populations who served colonial administrations, and much more, all reflecting the exigencies of war.

Notes:

Date range of documents: 1938-1950.

Reproduction of the originals from the National Archives (Kew, United Kingdom).

OCLC:

1151151551

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.