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III.3 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
These records are reproduced on the 70 rolls of National Archives Microfilm
Publication M1284. A descriptive pamphlet is available. M1284 includes
State Department decimal file 840.48 (Refugees). Documentation on the War
Refugee Board’s (WRB) direct relief shipments by truck to the Mauthausen
complex and early evacuation operations from the main camp in April 1945
is included on roll 56. A small amount of material on the fourth and final
evacuation convoy from Mauthausen, arriving in Switzerland on April 30,
1945, and food relief to liberated inmates is included on roll 57.
III.4 Related State Department Records
Other segments of the decimal file that may include information on the
WRB relief and evacuation efforts include the following:
740.00116EW Illegal and Inhumane Warfare
8**.4016 Race Problems
8**.48 Calamities, Disasters
8**.48 Refugees Refugees
840.50 Recovery European Recovery, Marshall Plan
840.50 UNRRA United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation
Administration
The ** should be replaced by the appropriate country number.
Other State Department records included in RG 59 that may contain
related information are those files maintained by the different offices and
officials of the State Department, referred to as “Lot Files.” Lot files pertain­
ing to World War II refugees are identified as follows:
Lot File 52 D 408 Records Relating to the Intergovernmental Com ­
mittee on Refugees, Entries 1406–1415, location:
250/49/28/07–250/49/29/06
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