Records of the Department of State relating to the problems of relief and refugees in Europe arising from World War II and its aftermath, 1938-1949.

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):

United States. Deparment of State.

United States.

Political refugees--Europe--Sources.

Political refugees.

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

World War, 1939-1945.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (2,988 manuscripts)

Place of Publication:

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

Summary:

Records from this collection address two difficult problems facing the United States from 1938 to 1949: the first of these was how to handle relief measures in a Europe in the throes of political conflict and war; the second concerned how to deal with refugees displaced by persecution and fighting and unable to return home in the war's aftermath. The State Department's interest and involvement with relief efforts represented in this collection began before the outbreak of war in Europe in September 1939 and continued after the war ended in May 1945. Researchers will find nearly 18,000 pages of State Department records documenting the general problem of calamities, disasters, and relief activities in Europe. Major topics covered in those files include State Department assistance to the American Red Cross in shipping drugs, medical supplies and equipment, and other relief supplies to Europe; wartime relief efforts for the civilians of occupied countries; post-war relief activities of the Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations, the President's War Relief Control Board, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), and C.A.R.E. (Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe, Inc.); former President Herbert Hoover's visit to Europe and Asia in March and April 1946 as chairman of the President's Famine Committee; and overall relief aspects of European reconstruction, better known as the Marshall Plan.

Notes:

Date range of documents: 1938-1949.

Reproduction of the originals from the National Archives (United States).

OCLC:

1151149628

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.