WRB
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WRB is the acronym for the War Refugee Board, a U.S. government agency established during World War II to aid civilian victims of the Nazis.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| WRB canonical | 3 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States government agency
ⓘ
World War II-era organization ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
United States government
ⓘ
surface form:
United States federal government
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| createdBy | Executive Order 9417 ⓘ |
| creator |
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
ⓘ
surface form:
Franklin D. Roosevelt
|
| describedBySource |
National Archives and Records Administration
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Archives
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ⓘ |
| dissolved | 1945 ⓘ |
| employer |
John Pehle
ⓘ
Josiah E. DuBois Jr. ⓘ staff of the War Refugee Board ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
humanitarian aid
ⓘ
refugee protection ⓘ war relief ⓘ |
| follows | earlier limited U.S. refugee relief efforts ⓘ |
| hasAcronym | WRB self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| hasActivity |
disseminating information about Nazi atrocities
ⓘ
financing rescue operations ⓘ negotiating with neutral countries to accept refugees ⓘ pressuring foreign governments to stop deportations ⓘ supporting underground rescue networks ⓘ |
| hasChairperson | Henry Morgenthau Jr. ⓘ |
| hasKeyPerson |
John Pehle
ⓘ
Josiah E. DuBois Jr. ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasLegalBasis | Executive Order of the President of the United States ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
aid civilian victims of the Nazis
ⓘ
coordinate U.S. government and private relief efforts ⓘ rescue and relief of Jews and other persecuted groups in Europe ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Holocaust ⓘ |
| inception | 1944 ⓘ |
| legalForm | federal agency ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | District of Columbia ⓘ |
| mainOpponent | Nazi regime ⓘ |
| namedAfter | war refugees ⓘ |
| notableWork |
advocacy for safe havens for refugees
ⓘ
funding and supporting rescue networks in Nazi-occupied Europe ⓘ support for Raoul Wallenberg’s rescue mission in Budapest ⓘ |
| operatingPeriod | World War II ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| partOf | United States war effort during World War II ⓘ |
| replacedBy | postwar refugee and relief agencies ⓘ |
| shortName | WRB self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
U.S. government response to the Holocaust
ⓘ
rescue operations for European Jews ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Executive Office of the President of the United States ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
War Refugee Board