Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)
Copyright Holder: Nationaal Archief (Netherlands)
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Records of the Dutch Delegation of the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees relating to various aspects of migration and relief work for the period 1947-1957. It concerns documents on the status of Jewish, Hungarian, Polish and other refugees and displaced persons; the reception of refugees in the Netherlands; assistance; restoration of rights and legal status; emigration facilities in South America, Canada and New Zealand; the arrangements regarding refugees in the various German occupation zones; guidelines for the compensation of Nazi followers; correspondence and reports from charitable institutions (including the Red Cross, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society and the Palestine Pioneers). There are also data about the organization: meeting documents, monthly reports, information and news bulletins, statistical reports concerning the reception for refugees and records relating to ship passages (transports). The archive also contains a manuscript study on twenty-five years of refugee work in the Netherlands.
International Refugee Organization Internationale Vluchtelingen Organisatie