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Summary of the current situation of displaced persons in Allied assembly centres in Germany (7 February 1947)
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Summary of the current situation of displaced persons in Allied assembly centres in Germany (7 February 1947)

In February 1947, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) paints a bleak picture of the situation of displaced persons accommodated in assembly centres in the British, American and French occupation zones in Germany.

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Title Summary of the current situation of displaced persons in Allied assembly centres in Germany (7 February 1947)
Document type Table of text
Source Archives Nationales du Luxembourg, Luxembourg. Ministère des Affaires étrangères. Relations internationales. UNRRA, AE 8089.
Keywords refugee, Second World War, UNRRA
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Caption In February 1947, the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) paints a bleak picture of the situation of displaced persons accommodated in assembly centres in the British, American and French occupation zones in Germany.
Location in the digital library HISTORICAL EVENTS >> 1945–1949 The pioneering phase >> Europe in ruins in the aftermath of the Second World War >> The human consequences
Document extract Nationality On Hand in Military and UNRRA Centres Repatriation since Sit. Rep. No.40, 16-29 Jan. 47 Total Repatriation to date American 910  1    2,471 Belgian & Luxbg. 219 76 310,668 Czechoslovak                            1,032  1 140,502 Dutch 750  47 308,483 French 534  4            1,556,233 Polish                     262,579                                   827     (a) 719,024 Russian                     (...) Read more in ENA
See also Agreement Concerning the Care and Repatriation of Displaced Persons (February 1945)
Report by the United States War Department on the situation of displaced persons (5 July 1945)
UNRRA
Distribution of food under the UNRRA aid programme (Belgium, 1 January 1946)
UNRRA food resolution (London, 3_6 April 1946)
Cartoon by Low on UNRRA’s difficult mission (16 January 1946)
Cartoon by Szewczuk on the difficult situation of German refugees (28 February 1946)
Press conference held by Herbert H. Lehman (Washington, 26 February 1945)
Agreement on relations between UNRRA and SHAEF (November 1944)
Cartoon by Low on the refugee problem in Berlin (21 August 1945)
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