League of nations: papers re refugees

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This microfilm collection of documentation deals with the role of the League of Nations, in particular with regard to the problem of Jewish refugees in Nazi Germany, c1938-1939. The papers include minutes, agenda, reports and memoranda of the Refugees Committee of the League of Nations.

Documentation on the role of the League of Nations Refugee Committee with particular regard to the fate of Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany including the following.

Memorandum re treatment of refugees in Great Britain, 3 May 1938, frames 2-7

Correspondence of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, 1938, frames 8-18

Memorandum of the "Comité National Tchecoslovaque pour les refugiés provenant d'Allemagne" for the conference of the High Commissioner for German Refugees, to take place on 6 July 1936 at Geneva, frames 19-30

League of Nations publication No. C.75 M.30, 1938, XII convention concerning the status of refugees coming from Germany, 10 Feb 1938, frames 31-53

League of Nations publication No. A.27. 1938 XII International Assistance to Refugees, frames 54-63

Memorandum: Treatment of refugees in the UK, 3 May 1938, frames 66-72


League of Nations report no C.188, 1938 XII: International assistance to refugees, 13 May 1938, frames 73-75

League of Nations report no C.189, 1938 XII, 13 May 1938, frames 76-79

Evian conference report, July 1938, frames 80-90

League of Nations memorandum to UK delegates of the Intergovernmental Commission on Refugees, Evian July1938, frames 92-99

Correspondence, frames 100-111

Memorandum re refugees in Czechoslovakia, 13 Oct 1938, frames 112-115

League of Nations refugee committee: agenda, minutes, correspondence and papers, frames 116-209

Liaison committee of High Commission for Refugees under the protection of the League of Nations, papers, frames 210-232

League of Nations refugee committee: minutes, correspondence and papers, frames 233-266