Disambiguation evidence for WRB via surface form

"War Refugee Board"


As subject (48)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "War Refugee Board".

Predicate Object
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
describedBySource United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
dissolved 1945
employer John Pehle
employer Josiah E. DuBois Jr.
employer staff of the War Refugee Board
fieldOfWork humanitarian aid
fieldOfWork refugee protection
fieldOfWork war relief
follows earlier limited U.S. refugee relief efforts
hasAcronym WRB self-linksurface differs
hasActivity disseminating information about Nazi atrocities
hasActivity financing rescue operations
hasActivity negotiating with neutral countries to accept refugees
hasActivity pressuring foreign governments to stop deportations
hasActivity supporting underground rescue networks
hasChairperson Henry Morgenthau Jr.
hasKeyPerson John Pehle
hasKeyPerson Josiah E. DuBois Jr.
hasLanguage English
hasLegalBasis Executive Order of the President of the United States
hasPurpose aid civilian victims of the Nazis
hasPurpose coordinate U.S. government and private relief efforts
hasPurpose rescue and relief of Jews and other persecuted groups in Europe
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C.
historicalPeriod Holocaust
inception 1944
instanceOf United States government agency
instanceOf World War II-era organization
legalForm federal agency
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity District of Columbia
mainOpponent Nazi regime
namedAfter war refugees
notableWork advocacy for safe havens for refugees
notableWork funding and supporting rescue networks in Nazi-occupied Europe
notableWork 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
significantEvent rescue operations for European Jews
subordinateTo Executive Office of the President of the United States