Overview
- Description
- Selected documents from two major record groups in the holdings of the Library of the United Nations Office at Geneva: the High Commissioner for German Refugees, Autonomous Period (1933-1936) and the Intergovernmental Committee Conference at Evian (1938-1939). These records relate to the Evian Conference as well as to Jewish refugees seeking to flee from Nazi persecution. Includes records pertaining to the British Mandate of Palestine, situation reports on various countries in Europe, and correspondence with Jewish communities in Europe and refugee organizations worldwide such as the Jewish Colonization Organization, the Jewish Agency for Palestine, and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
- Date
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inclusive:
1921-1945
- Collection Creator
- League of Nations. High Commissioner for German Refugees
Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees - Biography
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Founded in the wake of the First World War, the League of Nations was established in order to provide the world with relief from armed conflict. The Covenant of the League of Nations forms the first part of the Versailles peace treaties of 1919 and 1920. The formal life of this organisation began on January 10, 1920 and its inauguration occurred on January16, 1920 with the first session of its Council in Paris. The Covenant outlined the goals, organs, procedures and commitments of the League, which headquarters was set up in Geneva. As an essentially political organisation, the League was entrusted with keeping peace through international law, arms control, conference diplomacy, and the idea of collective security. The League of Nations was officially dissolved on April 18, 1946 and its assets were transferred to the newly established United Nations. Source: Wikipedia
The Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees (IGCR) was organized in London in August 1938 as a result of the Evian Conference of July 1938, which had been called by President Roosevelt to consider the problem of racial, religious, and political refugees from central Europe.
- Reference
- http://biblio-archive.unog.ch/detail.aspx?ID=256
Guide to the archives of the League of Nations, 1919-1946. Geneva, Switzerland: United Nations Office Geneva. Library, 1999.
Walters, F. P. A History of the League of Nations. London : Oxford University Press, 1952 [http://libraryresources.unog.ch/ld.php?content_id=31457235]
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Circulars. Correspondence. Registers. Reports.
- Extent
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52, 818 digital images : JPEG.
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged in three series: 1. Refugees from countries invited by Germany. Refugees Mixed Archival Group (Nansen Fonds) (1919-1947). Registry files (1920-1947). League of Nations External Fonds (1920-1937); 2. Refugees from Germany and Austria, 1933-1945; 3. Legal, Mandate and Political Sections, 1933-1941 (Installation of refugees on African territories; situation in Romania, Austria, Germany, and Hungary)
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- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. No other access restrictions apply to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Commercial use requires a written permission from the source archive, the Library of the United Nations Office at Geneva.
- Copyright Holder
- United Nations Office at Geneva. Library
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees. World War, 1939-1945--Diplomatic history. Refugees--Legal status, laws, etc.--Europe--History--20th century. Refugees, Jewish--Europe--History--20th century. Jews--Persecutions--Germany--History--20th century. Jews--Europe--History--20th century. Displaced persons--Europe. Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Europe. Refugee -- Humanitarian assistance -- Associations, institutions, etc. Humanitartian assistance. Refugees--International cooperation
- Geographic Name
- Africa--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. Europe--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. Germany--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. Palestine--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century. Switzerland--Politics and government--20th century. Belgium.
- Personal Name
- Nansen, Fridtjof, 1861-1930.
- Corporate Name
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Canadian Jewish Congress HIAS (Agency) High Commission for Refugees (Jewish and Other) Coming from Germany Jewish Agency for Palestine Jewish Colonization Association League of Nations Red Cross and Red Crescent Friends General Conference (U.S.) National Board of the Young Men’s Christian Associations
- Meeting Name
- Evian Conference (1938 : Evian-les-Bains, France)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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United Nations Office at Geneva. Library
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the United Nations Office at Geneva. Library, Switzerland. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in December 2017.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-01-05 13:33:55
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