War Refugee Board

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United States government agency World War II-era organization

The War Refugee Board was a U.S. government agency established during World War II to aid and rescue Jews and other persecuted groups threatened by Nazi Germany.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
War Refugee Board canonical 7
Leadership of the War Refugee Board 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States government agency ⓘ
World War II-era organization ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government

areas under Nazi and Axis control ⓘ
boardMember Cordell Hull ⓘ
Edward R. Stettinius Jr. ⓘ
Henry Morgenthau Jr. ⓘ
John J. McCloy ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdBy 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 ⓘ
director John Pehle ⓘ
dissolved 1945-09 ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfPeopleSaved tens of thousands of Jews ⓘ
facetOf Holocaust remembrance ⓘ
surface form: United States response to the Holocaust
foundedBy President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
hasHistoricalRole Holocaust rescue organization ⓘ
U.S. civilian relief and rescue agency during World War II ⓘ
hasPurpose aid to other persecuted groups under Nazi control ⓘ
relief and rescue of victims of enemy oppression ⓘ
rescue of Jews threatened by Nazi Germany ⓘ
hasShortName WRB ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception 1944-01-22 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalBasis Executive Order 9417 ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity District of Columbia ⓘ
mainOpponent Nazi Germany ⓘ
namedAfter war refugees ⓘ
notableEmployee Ira Hirschmann ⓘ
John Pehle ⓘ
Josiah E. DuBois Jr. ⓘ
Raoul Wallenberg ⓘ
notableWork financing of safe houses and protective papers for Jews in Hungary ⓘ
support for Raoul Wallenberg’s rescue mission in Budapest ⓘ
support for refugee evacuation and relief operations in Europe ⓘ
operatingPeriod 1944-1945 ⓘ
oversightBy United States Department of State ⓘ
United States Department of War ⓘ
United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ
parentOrganization United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
partOf Executive Office of the President of the United States ⓘ
workLocation Hungary ⓘ
Romania ⓘ
Sweden ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Office for Emergency Management → hasPart → War Refugee Board ⓘ
Executive Order 9417 → created → War Refugee Board ⓘ
Executive Order 9417 → implementedBy → War Refugee Board ⓘ
Executive Order 9417 → relatedTo → War Refugee Board ⓘ
John Pehle → notableWork → War Refugee Board ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leadership of the War Refugee Board
John Pehle → memberOf → War Refugee Board ⓘ
John Pehle → affiliation → War Refugee Board ⓘ
Report to the Secretary on the Acquiescence of This Government in the Murder of the Jews → relatedTo → War Refugee Board ⓘ