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6. Foldafi!!8. i~ ,the oldest camp with 3700 irnnatcs. Our mentor there is a teacher. In this camp arc 8 kibutzim and a considerable number of camp-inmates expressed t.hc acsirc to emigrate to Palestine.

7. Dc_ggen~orf is a camp with 1200 inmates. It is the only crunp with a big pcrccnta.gc or"' German and Austrian Jews who were freed in the concentra­tion c:--mip of Tero zin and decUned to be repa tria tcd to their· previous homes, but dcc.:i.dc.;d to stay in a DP camp until their further emigi:·ati.on. } .. 1a:ny of them arc D ,cd people, ·whose only de s :i.rc is to join their children. .J056 of them wish to cr .. i gra te to Pales t i ne., 50% will join their children in US, t :.1e uni tc(: Kingdom am other countries. It is interc d:i.ng that moE.t of the people who have children in Palestine as y-c,11 as in other counti·ics prefer to go to Palestine.

8. Streich0r-Fa.rm is an agricultural training centre vii th :i20 young people who arc trained for tooir future life in Pale 0 tinc.

9. Ncu-•Freima.nn:.~~~~-.u!?~ is a centre near :Munich with 1500 inmates, most of them fa'll.i.lics w.i. th ch~J..drcn. Th0rc aro no exnct fi .sures availa-ole on the emigration dcnirc of the ~0ople in that sottlemont, as all Zionist activi. tics are prohibi tcd and even the registration for certificates could not be perfonned up to this clato, but it wcms that a large pcrcenta60 -.1f the camp-inmates desire to go tc. Palestine.

10. Pockin~ is a new camp existing only a fe,f days m-1d tl"..crc Arc no records yet at II\Y dd.sposal.

11. Sumrria."!:'izing t hese records from tbc c8.I!!ps and similar obscrva tions I could make in the camps of Zcilsheim mar Frankfurt, vii th about 4000 . inmate.a , and St. Ottilicn wi1;h about 800., it seems to me that 7o-fJo% cf all Jewish <.:amp-inmates desire to emigrate to Palestine. Whether this percc:utago is as ·largc among . the Jews.living in towns of communities as in the ,camps, I cannot s'tate 1 as ,ve had no opportunity yet for continuous work amung t~ese

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r c,oun_try li:jce Palestine, and that all of -chcrp. strongy- oppose ta any tempor­ary ·i. ::.t•:cation until the gate::: of Palestine will be open to t::10m •.

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American Jewish Conference

Horace Harston

Jewish Displaced Persons Assembly Centers in U.S. Third and Seventh Army Area, Germany

. INTRODUCTION After thorough discussions of .problems concerning the general we:.. ~f·~ re of Jewtsh DP' s with UNAAA officials and rerr •:Re:nt.!">~ 'iv~ of coope1· ~ting voluntary agencies, t ;;;e l vt! ,Jewish Assembly Centers w,) r c 7J s.."lt~d . . Most of these canters are located in the US Third A.I·J!J.J Area~ The visits occurred between January 1 and January 25. Not less than one full d'ay, and often more, was spent at eve ... 1 s one of the major c,....,!1' '3 .

. . The followiii,g observations and recommendations are based :.on a number of as , nmpt;lons: .

. .. ' ... 1. The only real solution of t ' . \3 DP p:r-oblem .lies,

of course, in the much-awaited d ec i.:d.on as to the final , j

destination and disposition of Displ 2c ed Per e:~ ens . The . ·. continuance, many months after liberation, of u.ncertai.riy · as to their ultimate fate leaves a noticeably harmful imprint on their psychological t:·tr.·~e, and causes bitterness and · frustration. . ·

. 2 . . I~- spite dt the recognized desirability :to obtain an immediate and definite solution as ·to final disposition. of Jewish DP's - particularly the burning _ _probleJ,ll·-Of ·fre·e immigration ,into Palestine - there . aype_ars the likelihood tha~ DP Operatipns will. have to be .continued· for sQ!Ile time to come. Plans tnerefore filUSt be made with an ' eye toward continuance of DP UP.nters and toward perfection of DP care.

3. The iDlJ1"1ediate physical needs, food and shelter, are b~ ing provided adGquat ely at Assembly Centers and at Transient Cawps. New Centers have been ··opened through.out the last two months and still others are being planned to f1i1 the needs of persecutecs Nho continue to arrive in the US ·Zone.

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4. Consjdering the indescribable experiences of DP's and persecutees during the last years, fulfillment of physical needs alone is inadequate if not ample recognition is r iven to the mental, moral and psychological needs of these unfortunate pe0ple. From now on, therefore, the main emphasis of all plans and operations should be placed on the rehabilitatio~1 aspects of the DP· program.

5. If the rehabilitation program is to ~c successful, it must be founded on thorough understanding of the psycholo­gical impediments of the DP 1 s. The reasons why s~me DP's act the way they do must be vit::,it::d. in :the light of the occurrances of the :t.ctst · years, they must be v iev,ed with sympathy and good will. The obstacles which some DP's present to their own re­habilitation, the fact t:rnt work has become deg:r.::iding. to some, that certain menial tasks are not carried out willingly, · the frustration and the abs8nce of meaningful exist <:rn.c8 rriust be fully understood. It is to the credit of the Jewish DP that they have had the fortitude to survive at all, and more so that the overwhelming majority is eagerly e•ri ::::; ; : t-:!1f a return to normal and healthly life. That majority is willingly abiding by all laws and has set a high moral standard for itself, All the more does it become n2cessary to take care of the psych9-logical needs of those who, with some· :effort, must be brought back to an appreciation of life itself and the concomitants of normal living in a normal society.

• The following observations and suggestions are set forth to facilitate the necessary process of rehabilitation:

Education ·

There still exists a great dearth pf trained teachers, of school books and even the simplest implem_ets, such as r,a-per and pencils. Al though in some camps admirable. efforts have been made toward the creation of a . camp school system, · there does not seem to exist an overall plan, and the existence and execution of educati0nal plans are left in the hands, and depend upon tl~e i-nrncginatio::1 of, the i:ridi -:··tdual CRIDP com.mi ttee and/or the ed-u.cator attached to the UNRRA team.

There must be established immediately a coordinated overall plan to fill the educational needs of young DP's on public and high school levels.

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Speci al Tr aini~~

An important part of t he educ at i o:-1.GJ. :p-r-0?;ram i s the training of young DP' s f'or spe ~~i.e:1 sktJ ls -.:r: > ·•i; n ,d~ir··. Creation of trade schools and workshops has ,: ) .s · - ti~.,--: r:. • l eft J.s 2gely to the initiative of the individual --~aL }_:'• ,_. ··:~:- ,·j ~teG. ~ s.--:1q. UNI{RA teams; no coordinated effo:rt is notice21; J ,: _ to _create equal facilities for all camps accord ing _t o plcn~ ··· · ·

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preparation for succassful s e ttlement, par t icula~ly in -~ Pal es·t ine, is still whole l y insufficient. In ~pi te of t he 1

exis t.:..,ncc of some very e:cce l lent farm sites, which were o"? t eined with the help of t h e 1'.Ii l i tary Government, t l:ere are s till Assembly Centers for wh i 8h su0h agricul tural t raining facili­ties must be made avail a ·- l e. It is noi'l. ce :::ble, in some . in­stances, that r~.i.J.2 tsr_y u0 1t0_-::.L:lent ha s ... ~he , 11 1

.. r".-t 8TJT'e ars to be excessive ar,.xiety for 11th8 equilibrium 11 of German e conomy, and has been r eluctant. or unvvilling to make farm si:iies avall­_able. The un~peakable _ cruel t t es and injustices which were he a ired ·· oii.' · th~ ·unfortunate -~ c•1~'s of ~urone, and ·#hich 9an n~ver be repaired, s ~ould c9nst~ntly t a r ~metiliered as t he gui di rig principle for a vi ~or ous ·and uns t inting program of rehabilita­tion of the few who _have survived:

Health

The United States Army and ·uim~)..A . C ~Hl '_ poin~ ·:With. : \', justified pride to the fact that unlik e tb.e.. -,wa,ke· of,-,t)'.le .·: 1~st war, there have been no eptd emic s s j_nce VE Day. The occurrences of new diseases in t he cnntps has beGn c onfined to a minimum. It shouln be pointed out, however, t hat the ravages of the last years have left a serious mark on the health of a large number of DP's. As an essential part of a medical rehabi­litation program, .therefore, should be the provision of vita­mins and vitamin rich ·foods for the many who will still suffer the consequences of long undernourishment, particularly children and adolescents, most of whom are anaemj_ c , many tuber­cular and almost all of whom are susceptible to dis~ase. Of special concern must be the great number of expected births. Ample preparations, which are not, as yet, noticeable, must be madA for the care of babies and infants. In most camps there wera no layett es , di apers, pablum etc. available.

Criticism, in s o~e cases justified, has beSh levelled against administration ar,d camp commit -L ees for apparent • uncleanliness i.:l :J.J insT,.-i'ic .i. 2nt ~ani tary care , It: rnust be poin­ted out tha c t 1~e lack of cleanliness -frequently is t.i:1e result of lack of sanitary facilities and that alrnos_t without .. exception there appeared a dearth of Lysol, brooms and otner sanit ation necessities; plumbing w~s found to be i:padequate 'throughout .

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Clothing

The i ~ dd iate clot~ing needs seem to have been met. But here, too, it must be pointed out that for a program of rehabilitation more than a warm coat is necessary. It was noticed in almost all camps, that no underwear had been _issued, that supplies of socks and stockings were either non-existent, or totally insufficient. Eoth,men and women, in many cases, _ found it impossible to keep themselves clean for lack of the necessary pieces of underclothing, shirts etc. The impardon­able ~istake to issue gloves to DP's made of the blue-gray striped cloth of their concentration camp garb must never recur. Part of total rehabilitation of DPJs will be the issuance of clothing that will restore their self respect.

Food

There can be no doubt that the caloric content of the food which DP's are given is sufficiently high to regain and maintain an appearance of physical strength. The Camp diet, however, is exceedingly monotonous and very poorly balanced in that it contains a consid er able prepondernnce of st~rchy foods. As a result of the diet of bread, potatoes, peas and beans, many people have taken on we ight in excess of what is conside­red healthly. In all C8mps there was strong dissatisfaction with the Army directive of 1st 1-rovember, according to which Red Cross parcels are to be counted as part of the total caloric content of food distributed. Prior to that date Red Cros 3 parcels were the only items which brought some vari~tion into the exceedingly monotonous diet and provided some extra calories. In addition, canned stew, which is used in great quantity, is regarded as meat, whereas the actual meat content per can is no mo~e th8n 2 0 per cent, t he r e st being mostly potatoes.

In the matter of fresh food supplies there also appears to be excessive reluctRnce on the part of Military Government to requisit i on fresh food from GermRn farmers, for the benefit of those who have been the victims of German agression and who are sorely in need of physical rehabilitation.

Mail and Tracing

A serious impediment to the restoration of a feeling of normalcy is t~e inexplicable delay to open the use of the mails to DP' s free of hampering r estrictions·. ,7hereas Germans ... can correspond freely throughout Germany, the Jewish DP's, whose few remaining r elatives ar e scattered 211 over the world, is subjugated to a rigid postal control. The only offici al route of regular communic2tion open at present is with the United States. Thr.oughout the DP Cnmps there is bitterness and inability to understRnd why such me~sures of discrimination, as f ar as use of the mails is concerned , be permitted to con­tinue nine months after liberation.

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Ay,0-4-r .., .. ,,._ ..... -;_,-, · '"' 1 •-+;acle to r ent,:il pnd psychological rehabili tatio_.L is the continued inquietude of DP'..., .. l~o cannot .make their existence known to relatives and friends of whose address or whereabouts they are uncertain. Observations seem to indicate that coordinated tracing activities are lagging far behind existing needR.

Case Work

The Jewish DP's and persecuteec1 who have srent the last years hiding in the woods, fighti r ~ as partisans, in the ghettos erected by Nazi conque rc:,.::- s, o:r, ,.,R l""'C'st of them did, in the concentration camps facing death daily, s~ill are not living under normal conditions in the Assembly Centers. Abnormal living habits have b2c or:ie part of the make-up of many; such habits present serious problems.

A rehabilitation progrRc which envisages a readjust­ment and return to normal habits and attitudes necessities efforts of trained personnel to take care of the mass of case work problems, which, under prevailing conditions, no 'liTelfare Officer in a ca~np is able to handle. If rrr,1-qRJ. is unable to provide an able staff of t 1·ain ed case workers, the vohmtary agencies must be urged to provide such people.

Recreation

Admira½le ef forts have been made ir most camps to provide a measure of recre ~ti o~ . Theater grou ps, choirs, sports organizations, h o- ~ been creat Pd. Yet there remains the need for c om·- -m rc 0 J , '!here yo11n pe oule can spend their evenings, v.i.c ~ .rr.8n and v'✓ i!'e, Nho often live ;.s e 1.: "'" +'°' lY in dormitories, cnn meet . The establishment of common rooms would contribute in good meqsure to raise and maintain a high moral standard among the DP's. ·

The immediate creation of libraries i s an absolute necessity. ~hile cooperating agencies have announced their Preparedness to provide bo r~ s for libraries, at the time of the survey no library set-up was founi in existence in any of the camps which were visited.

Employment

The most import·c=P1t phcise of the Jewish DP rehabili­tation program is a far-reaching ellipl~yment program. The necessity for people to do work is a foregone conclusion. In the case of the DP's work can fill not only economic and productive needs, but in equal measure can provide one of the most successful methods of therapy, as well as preparation for a useful life in the future. It will serve to restore self-

fi respect, p~iQc in work itself, and last, but not l_-st, ,_,:.-e skills which have been lost and not yet recovered. But work alone is not tne l:mswer to the question of the g:::-:12L ... l sense of frustrat~ -n and pauperization of the D.P., most of 1Nhom have lost (...L1. 1t,o.·~0r.i2l pcssessions., The few who are working privat~ly are bGin~ pniJ~ They are fearful, nowever, th~t in accepting work outside the confines of the camp they might lose thsir 5.J(::L.tit;y as D.::-.s and become s11b­merged in the German community. They :::."e also afra::i.d that they iu:i.ght lose their chance for consideration in emigrati&:u. plans anu arrangementsn

The many who are working within the camps receive little or no incentive .. B~rdly any of them feel that they are doing constructive work. Everyvne knons that he is not part of a ncrnal economy.

It is herewith suggested that rnost serious and imr.nedi­ate consideration be given to the establishment of regular production centers within or without the camps, at abadoned factory sites etc. , anJ_ that normal produGti vc work be organized. Such productiun schemes might be undertaken as co::iperative ventures. Th2y sh.:uld. be m8.de to serve the great need for goods of the D~'s themselves. UNRRA should not only be in charge of the plar..s ~f producti~n but nnght also become the rt.1·c:~ LS8r Jf the pi·vu..1cts, The number cf i terns v.-l1.i81:J could be easily and profitably manufactured are toe numerous to warrant specific iLent: :1.

It rrn.Jt Le cl8e.rly t..:._lers t osd Lhe..t P:. _ cnrdi tions under whiGh t11G Jewish DP is to work can onJ.y be ::.,...1.0.:1 as will help him to appreciate and like work. All semblances of forced labGr must be caref~lly avoj_ded, no:r can Jewish DP' s blJ e2:pected to work ei the1.· with Ge:rmans ncr for the benefit of German eccnomy.

It will be necessary also that methods be devised 1'Vhercby payments to th\., i:..,.d:i.v..i..dli.al worke:.: be made in currency which would be bankable. The esta'.blisLJ.ent of Sle~h a banking system we. uld rest.:. re a heo.lthl~· a~ti t·:;,do tovvards gainful employment, providing that the DP bu &ss11:-·r:J. t:,~,~ l½.j s S8.vings can be turned into currency of the resp1.,ctiv~ country to which he will eventually cmigrat ~. Obj cctions prcvj_ously raised by th._ AllJcd C nt:;.· ...,1 Coi:rr~issi::.n to transfe:: of currency by DP' s ,)he uld be re-exrunincd. A vrc..y must be found to ta.ckl .. succGsf'f-,Jlly the m-:.ist urgent and c.:ssc.mtial part of the. DP rchabiJiteti,n program - lest DP catc bo negated and confindd tv the barest necessities cf physical survival.

In order tv f~restall pvssible unlawful monetary manipulaticns ·, a m'-netary ex ntre-1 system such as is used by the US Army cvuld easily be initiated.

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Workmen's Compensnti.n

Furthermor~, a syst -.., n of ,·:r ::: '··1011 \ s Compensation, preferably with non-Germc..I1 Insur.::mc'-- Cor.1pm1.ius, ..,mst be worked out immediately for those who already are working in the Camps ...

Jewish D.P.s Outside of gam:e~

It appears absolutely necessary that the responsibility for D.Pos living in conu;;unities be cle:::.rly defined,. Current Army regulations establish responsibilities only for D.P.s at official centers as far o.s supplies and medical care are concernedo ~iith hardly an exception, the D-P~ in the com­munity is left to shift for himself~ In most cases his al­loco.tion of food rations is one grade higher than th~t of the [1.Vero.ge Germano With the exception of that one advantage he ::: ccei ve s no other C[1.rc?.,, ( In a few localities UNRn..-1. k1f; been enabled. to make o.ddj_ tionnl services availnble) ~ A way must be found to irmD.edi .':'. t Jly cl~rify UNRRA I s responsibility for D.P.s in the communltyo

cm~CLlJSh.ES,. In the light of the foregoing, ther2 o.prJears the inescnp-nble fact tho.t the rehabilitation program which is designated to restore the physical, mental and moral fibre of the D.Po, and w1~_::.ch will prepare him for a useful life ns o. content o.nd lc.w -abj_dirg cj_tizen of tbe country of his ultimate settlement, must be plo.nued with couro.ge, vision and imagino.tic,n... 1

The full development of such o. irogram can be achieved only if a basis fu:r full underst 2:,ding is established between all of the participating organizationso It is h cre~ith suggested that a permanent orgo.nization be created for the establishment of continued liajson between the U~So Army, UNRRA, the voluntary cuc~crating agencies and the various ccntro.l committees of libc:rnted Jews or other dcc:tocratically elected reprcsentctives of D. P.s~

(Signed) Horace Marston

February 1 .. 1946

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B n I T I S H ZONE

JAI':UA.:.>lY 1946

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DISTRIBUTIOE OF SUPPLIES Ji.NUARY 1946

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Baby Powder

Nails & Scrcvs

NCI Powder Cigarettes Sports Gear

Stretchers Tools & iictal

Typeuriters

Medical Supplie Cigarettes & Chewi11[; GuM

Food Parcels

Clothing

Clothing

Type,a-i ters

Razor Blades Loor,1 Cord Chalk Tooth Paste

Handicraft Materials

Clothing

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II QuJJ.l'r_I_TY_'_...,_ __ FR_O_i1_· ____ ....;.T;...;.o __ ---1-__ D_I_ST __ RI--=B-'-U=TI...;..o __ N __

6000 lbs. Hannu Bielefeld Corps Districts !

13 tons 100 pkts

500 Ctns J 510,000 I

200 cases!

200 45 cuts

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15 cwts

25½ tons J

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30 tons

122 tons

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398 tons

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& Hanau British

Red Cross

Hnnau J . C • .R. 1 ••

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Bfolcfcld

Vlotho

Bielefeld

SpenGe

Stcinhude Spen~e

Sweden

IntoRcd X I Vlotho I

ERO Londo~ Hope !

ERO London Hope I

26 A. B.Depot i.iuns ter I Spengc

"'.rolscn

krolsen

U8A to .h.nt\rerp (In port)

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Cor-2s Districts

Cor-_ps Districts Short Teni. ·Storuge

Corps Districts

Cor-::,s Districts

Cor;>s Districts

Austrfo.

Austria(Salzbur[,

ill'TP.?..11. Use

Corps Districts

Belsen and Fo.llingbostal

Corps Districts

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CONFERi:::IJCE ON LO CA:1I ON A'JD DO CUTIEN7A':' I ON OF UNI TED N_',.J~'I OlJS' CHILDR~,N I N GERMAN

FAr.ULIES AND I NSTI T~T IONS • _li_Q]yHST, GERIIA.ff.f - .JANUARY 29, 1946.

Mr~ H".rold G. Wilson 1 Chi ef ~olf".r o Off ic er • UNR1A Ccntr::. l H.Q.

1i ". i s on Off ic ers. Lt• Gulp ,:m Cn.pt.Hoybrook -Cnpt.Hjorth-Ni clson­Col~ Lebon Col. Mc.lhommo ~ Lt. Jl'ridl ond or Col. Pol .:; zinn. Mr. j. Ri eg er

Milit".ry Government.

Mn.j • Miss Col. Lt.

Gn.rnott Bilkin Stott Scmichon

Belgium. Ncthcrln.nds. Dcnmnrk. Frnnc c . Pol ".nd. Yugoslc..Vi ". , Yugosl 8.vi n . Cz echoslov1.ki c .•

D.P.Division. USFET. Public Uolf".r o Br~nch. USFET. Diroctor,So,.,rch Burenu.BAOR. P.D.R., French Zone .

Ccntr ". l Tr ".cing Policy Bo~rd> B~rlin.

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c~ntr ·~ l Tr~_cing Burc'"'.u.

Coli. Brookm::-..n. Miss Li cbcskind . Niss Hungerford.

Centr '"' l HQ,. Brig . G:mor ~.1 I.Icy er-

Mr. I1hrtini. Miss Poll '.:'. k Dr. Simon Miss Av e s -Mr, v7ilson -Hiss Br::.dfo r d ... Miss Bl c.ckoy rir. do Ilo.o r ol Mr. L~gc rs tr.d t

UNRRA Li Qison Ofr ic er,Alli od Control Co uncil, Berlin.

Dir0ctor of Reli ef Servic es. Dop.Dir,of RJ li of Services. L,.,g-:1 Advis 0r. Child C~r o Consult ".nt. ERO. Chi ef, Wolf ~rc Section. Chi ef; Volunt 1.ry Ag enci e s • Child Wolf1.r o Se ction~ Rop~tri ntion Assist ~nc c Section. Alli ed Li ~ison Se ction,

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Fl.LILIES AND I NSTI'.I1UTIONS. HOECHS'l1, G:::RI ·IANY - JANUARY 29, 1946.

List of Rcpr:sc nt ~tivcs '"'.ttonding contd:-

Zonas.

Mr. Bro..-nbridgc

Mr. Schm."..l tz

Mis s Richm.'"'.n

Y.'liss H:::isc

Miss Foltz Y..Ii ss Dcspcignc T

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Chi e f ITclf'"'.rc Offi cer.British Zonc.

Child ~clf'"'.rc Sp~ci~list. British Zone .

Director of Relief Servic es, U.S. Zone ~

Child Wc.lf'"'.rs::. S:p__,ci a.l ist. U.S. Zonc .

U.S.Zone Tr~cing Burc~u. Chi ef ~c lf'"'.r c Officer. -

Fr :: nch Zone .

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AND FAJULIES~ ________ H_O_E...,C_HS_T 1.,-___l:ANU .. ~RY 29 , 1946 ..

l, Purpose of the meeti~

Mr.Harold G.v"filson, Chief Helfare Officer, UNRRA Central Headquarters. chaired the'conference, The objectives of the meeting o.s outlined by Ilr,Uilson were: (1) the development of a co ... ordinated plan for the location of United Nations· chi..~dren who are in German.institutions and homess. (2) the identlfication and documenta~ion of such children and (3) planning for the~r care pending repatriation or ~ssisting in making them nvo.ilnble for resettlement. ·

Members .att.ending the conference represented the national governments having children in Germany, the occupying o.rmies of the British: Am~rican and Franch Zones, the Central Trncing Policy Board of Berlin and UNRRJ .. ! all of whom are co.rrying some degree of re~pansibility for these children~ The primory pur­pose of t.he conference rms to b:ring these interested groups to­gether for a co-ordinated conside::::-o.tion or'· ti.1.e problem with a view to meet\ng it more speedily and more ndequntely~

II ~Presentation of Rroblem o.nd rrhat __ has been _o.c complished to date.

A summary of the problem wo.s presented by r1iss Eileen Blackey~ Welfare Branch, Central Headqucrtersn The first effort to lcxmate unaccompanied chilrT'?·,1 wc.1.2 J12,".ie ~.n Jun8~ 1945 when n CDPX di rec ti ve was senc to alJ_ assr:rn;b.1 ~- ce: __ ,i;res asking for a report on the una.c comi: a.n.ied c>LLu.1 PD .n ev: 11 cen ere by age o.nd nationo.lityo In August of' 19+.15. GDP . . j ss1wd another directive instructing the b11rger~ne j_sters ·clnon,~.(.1cut "t.;he ·c.t1ree zones to register all disrlaced parsons o~·tsi~o asse~b~y centres~ in-cluding children,, In order ·:;o foJ.:i.or: ·c.p o:i t.be chtldren located through these t7o sou~ces. a plaL was e·volvea by the welfare stnffs for con~aet ing ·1.nd do:rnme11.tL1g ,:ill such children reported. This 9lan .'1Cl3 beun cor~cinuou3ly iri 01Jcrntion since tho.t time,. \7e lfo.rs Officers inte::i.0 v iow th.J children nncl any adults qho have information concerning them. Individual cnse records a.re compiled ·on o.11 children found tmd copies of these records nre sent i~nediately to the Centra l Trncing Bur3au uhera enquiries concerning parents and relo.tives nre initi cted ~ ·

Through this process, practico.lly nll unnccompnniod .children living in assembly centres have been located o.nd documented nnd, in addition, a large number of such children, who have been living in German nurseries~ orphGno.ges or hospit~ls, hnve nlso been found. 7hc problem of United Nations' children living in German families ho.snot yet been touched, chiefly because of the la ck. of information c:.v~ilo.ble, nnd the shortage of str~ff •

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The children uho a.re found mo.y be to.ken co.re of in the o.ssembly centres where they were originally located, in special children's centres, set up primarily for the care of children who a.re found in German communities, or they mo.y ~o.ve to remain where they are in the Germo.n communities, until decision is mo.de uith regnrd to their no.tion~liiy status.

Up to the present time, 6,600 uno.ccoIT~o.ni8d children have been located~ . Of these,i some 4,900 a.re in th.J Americdn Zone, 1,500 in the British Zone. o.nd ~00 in the . French Zone. These children have been found portly throu~h the returns ori.the two directives mentioned o.nd J.):l~tly through cluas uncoverod by staff through their contacts in the communities: Tho directive instructing burgermeisters to raiis~9r nll displaced people outside assembly centres i7as quite incomplete in its returns. It has been recognised . for gome ti~d thnt, . in order ·to ha.ve n more complete count of children nho o.re · in German ins'ti tut ions and fo.milies, a. ne~ and more complete raouest for informition flill ne.Jd to be formulo.ted. ·

III. Sources of information in the locntion of children.

Re:po'rts from nafiono.l governments, 1::,rho ·ho.ve ch:i,.ldren in Germany, w:is thought to be one of tho most vnlunble . ·sources of . information. Any estimc.te o.t thG _::-iresent time o.s to the numbers of such children in G'CrrmC"tny is entirely guessuork. If possible, we need to knor; from nr:-tiono.l govo.r:q.: Jnts hon m~ny of their children ·a.re missing, nho thay .· o.ro,. 1.efher :.. they co.mo f'rom, '.lnd 1~1h0re they might be in Germany. . .

Represento.ti ve.s of th::: governmonts present stn.ted th2.t their governments W'ou.ld be o.b .18 to provide some . information on this problem. . No c·omplete reports will be nvr1 ilo.blo., ho•.-Jovc'r, since tho kidno.pping of children wns diffi cu 7 t . to ]:.oc:p tro.clc of in the home countries.

Miss Liebeskind of the Child Trncing Section. of tho Centr~l Tracing Buranu explained thnt CTB ho.s comnunicnted .ith nll No.tiono.l Tra.cing Bureaux, asking them to report on the number o.nd nges of chil•drcn who a.re missing from thoir countries·. This roquest on the po.rt of CTB 1.7ns not kno 7n to the lin.ison officers. It uns suggested tha.t copies of tho enquiry sent to their countries should be made o.vnila.ble for their information. . . . '.

A directive on tho 11 Conduct of Sec.~ches by Germnn Authorities in Connection ~ith UnitDd Nntions 1 Citizens" which h~s been re­cently issued by tho Allied Control Council wns·discussed ns a primary source of ndditionnl informntion on these children.

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s_p3 cified. information on all Uni tad Nations' persons, nho have ent .:;red ai\y of , the · z.o_nes .o.~ter Sc,_pt oiµbcr·. · 2 • 1939, or uho were

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residing therein on and nftor thnt dnte. Children up to and • including fifteen years of ngc o.ro to be specifically indicated.

This information must be submitted -ri thin sixty days. In addition~ the directive requests th~t copies of all.pertinent records, including judicial, employment, nnd honlth records, be filed TTith tho proper military nuthorities nithin tho coming six months period.

Sever~l members of the group r ni sod the question as to ·rh'e tho:r this diroctiv3 cnlled for o.11 tho information nocessnry to carry out an effective sonrch for chi~dron. Major Gnrnctt of tho Displncod Persons Brnnch, USFET, explained th~t this is tho goncr~l st~tomcnt issued to nll four zones. Tho zones in turn rrill implomont it in uh::i..tovor 1.-;ny they fo Jl necessary, nnd ~dditionnl or more specific information mny bo requested if mili t C:.ry nuthori tics C ("', n bo convinced of th3 nc:Jd fo_r it.

Colonel Stott, Director of the British Search Buron, ~nd roprosont ~tive of tho Centrtl Tracing ~olicy Eonrd in B~rlin, indicc.tod th"..t tho CTPB ho.d a.lrondy drc.rrn up .'.l res8lution to th0 affect th;-, t mili t.'.:'.ry :i.uthori tics be requested to provide specific informntion on unnccompa.nicd children, including the co..togorios of thos o rrho nro illegi timo.to, unidentified., or o.doptod. In viou of the directive rolco.sed by ACC, Colonel Stott ms c.skod uh.:ither the proposed dir-Jcti vo of CTPB r!ould be pu?sucd . He feels thnt tho informQtion cnlled for in the ACC directive is not specific enough in rclntion to unaccom­pnniod children, nnd that, in nll probability, they uould follon it up ,-_.1th Cl diracti ve of thoi:r orm. M.::i.jor Go.rnett pointed out that frequently recurring demands on German officio.Is for this type of information creC1.tes confusion nnd duplico.tion, o.nd th~t it 0.-rould be moro desirc..ble to attempt to implement -tho ACC directive to the desired extent at the Lander level of opor~tions.

The child rro lf1.ro reprcsontntivos present nlso spoke to the point th,'7.t the ACC directive r.·ill ne .:; d to be implemented con .. sidornbly• if it is to bo of mnximum offoctiv9ness. Tho nge limit proscribed by tho diractivo , for instnncc, is 16-yeo.rs, ~herons tho plnn for tho location of children has nlunys oper­ated in r3l:-'..tion to children up to 18- yenrs of ng0. M:~,jor G'"'.rnctt recommended th:-i.t· UNRRA put in r.rri ting ii1h'7.t addi tionctl inform;"'.tion is noodod, ~.nd pr.Jsont tho request to the npproprin.tc militnry nuthoriti0s for considor~tion.

Other sources of informo.tion rroro discussed ns follo-:;s:

The Nuremberg tri~ls hnve for some tima been considered a source of informntion uith r cg~rd to children hidden in Gormnny. Miss Liabeskind r eported th~t tho CTB ho.d sent rcprosontntivos to tho trinls in o.n cf:ort to uncov.Jr records on displa.cod porsons, both ndults C1.nd children, nnd to discover any other clues a.s to the 1:.rhorJ'lbouts of these chi.ldron. The judges

• hnvo c,gro0d to m2.kc nv2ilnble to UNRRA any information ri.rhich mny comG to light on this problem. They hnve o.lso nslrnd tho.t UNRRA shnr0 uith them o.ny lists or records which may bG of help in in­to~rogating tho officials on trial 4 Miss Heise~ Child Welfare Spocic.list s; U, S. Zon0 1 r .:;port od the. t the VJo. r Crimes Cammi ssion in th~t zono has ngrood to c. l e rt all the ir investigo. tors to the importr.tnce of rGporting o.11 clues rol.:1.ting to children,

Gc:rmo.n ue lfnrG agencies, churches, schools nnd institutions often provide vary fruitful sources in the locc.tion of children, M::rty children h c..vo bean found by uc lf0..ro stc.ffs through tnpping tho k:no •-rlodgo of Gormo.n ~.gcncics on this mc.tter. The local Jugcnd~mts have been pnrticulnrly helpful in this respect,

As YJclf8.ro r.'Orkors or rrclfnrc t0r;,ms go into nrcc.s to com­pile informc.tion on childron already located> they invnrinbly lonrn of other children nho nro in the vininity, This is pc..rticulo.rly true of the childr.:)n who nore brought into Germo.ny o.a school groups ',7 i th their instructors o.nd '!ho. arc still li v­ing in Gorm2.n communities, ns groups, Miss H3isc montionod tho clues which tho vrnlfc.rc officers o.ro C1.ble to recognis8 v,rhen they c..ro f~milinr uith thG b~ak:ground of tho countries in-volved and knou tho lnnguc..gc . Sometimes the ~polling of n child's nr-.mo, or his use of n '.7ord from his nntivo lr_nguo.go, indicatos to the intorvic~er th~t he i~ probC'.bly a United Nntions' child, oven though he is cl.~mod to bo Gcrm['_n by the people 1~ho h~vc cihnrgc of him.

Dr.Simon mnde tho sugg.::·stion th"'..t .::.n 0ffort b3 mo.do to loco.to tho b :;.sic dormo.n documonts C'.nd edicts under rrhich tho orgo.nisod trr-.rnff0r of childron from other countries to Gcrmo_ny took plc'.ce. .Appo.r3ntly, mili t;\,ry govornment a.uthori ties in th.J individuo.1 ~ones c.ro exploring o.11 sources of records and NC1.zi lcgislc..tioti, but it rro..s r0commendod thC',t this pc.rticulnr problem bo prosontod to the Allied Control Council, since n ccntr['.lisod source of informr'-tion me:.y prove to be more comp1otc 1 Mnjor GC'.rnctt mention3d th~t, in the U.S.Zono, some 300,000 individunl records on imported sl2ve lnbourors h0d just b0on uncovorod. Al though o:rdcrs h·,d boon issued to r~crmCLn of ;icio.ls to destroy o.11 r ~cords oh people forcibly brought into GcrmC1.ny, ;:rppn1'orttly so mo of theta rofusod to obey th0 orders, c.. nd hr.we preserved tho informntion.

IV. Methods of identificntion nnd problems surrounding removn.l of childr-Jn.

In connection with tho process of loco.ting ~nd identifying those children. there uas discussion of tho unys in uhich tho informo.tion sJcurod throLlgh tho ACC directive nould bo put to use. It ~ns th3 conconsus of opinion th~t tho lists of per­sons o.nd the public records s0curod from Gcrmc.n officic.ls rdll b3 sont first to onch Zone trQcing buronu, in order to m~ko it

• possiblG for tho zones to ch0ck wh'nt nrca.$ arc hot reporting~ From the zone bureaux, tho information ' will bo fori:,70.. rdod to Centrnl Tracing Bureau. At CTB, the child tracing stnff nill. be responsible fo"r sorting out the list~ of unnccompa.niod children and raferring , t~om back to tho child TTolfarc ·staffs in tho zones for invostigntion.

With rogn.rd to tho documontr1.tton of th_cso chtldron~ the . same plc.n uhich ·has beori· ,in opornt~on ·sinqe··. 1-;i~t September rrill" continue, but ·tt wili bo noo,o ssn!'y 'to nugrn.ont '. it considor::.bly. Inter.vimrn •'liith German foster pa.rontsl· .Gdrm::i.h officio.ls• nnd vJi th the chil~ren t .ncmsel "lies t;ili. bo ·carried ·o·h ctrtd :recorded· by child uolfnto or nelfnro s~nff in th9 three zones~ Ohe of the mnjor problems vrill oome in identifyitlg the ohildr8n o.s belorlging ton po.rticular cbi.lhtryt :::i.nd ih determining -v1hothor or not they nro r3po.trio.blci. Thi$ .phdse -ric.s discussed · c.t length during .· the conferotlco, -c.nd ·tho follorr.i. ng points · · rrn rG m.'ldo~ .. ·

Miss Pollak stressed tha importo.nce of .UNRRA st nff having tho proper cirodehtinls issued by tho milit C'..ry. to permit them to enter Geiman institutions nnd homes for purposes of invosti- . c.tion. It Hill ' be nocossc,ry for oc..cb zone to tr1.ko this up ,. · vr i th th0ir ~Hin m~li to.ry nuthori ti~s, but it was;. r0comm.ohded tho.t UNRRA . define in ·rrri ting th0 purpose of tho proj oct o.nd oxo.ctly who.t it is tho.t UNRRA 17:J.nts by 1,70.y of n.uthoriso.tion. M~jor Gn~nett pointed out thnt such nuthorisntion v ill be · necossc,ry_, IJ2,Tticulc.rly in ca.sos \:'"hero Gorman .police officio.ls mo.y Jrn.v;o to b0 cnllcd upon to c.ssist settling n cnso ~

It is essential th~t thG Gormnn public be nwo.rc of TTho.t tho plnn is for tho loco.tion of those children, so thnt they Dill renlisc tho ~oriousness of failing to giyo · informatian or of refusing to relinquish tho childI'.Gn. Cnrpful inter- · proto.tion through ra.dio o.nd nowspe.por publicity ~Ji 11 help to fo.cilitnto the work of tho intorviouors~ '

Determining tho n~tiono.lity sto.tus of uno.ccompnni od children nill be 2. mnjor fo.ctqr in o.. n.y doct"s.ion to remove tho child from Gormnn cnrc. Somo of tho- chilaron found nill b,3 cqnsidor:;d by their . govorntnorits to be non ... ;rcpo.tria.blc for . vo.rious !'.Ca.sons.,- or, . in some co.sos, not ·· on:6~gh ,:i,nformo..t ion is o.vc.ilnblo . on tho child to identify him ns b_©long:j_ng to o.ny country. · It uns ng~oJ~ th~t; o.s sodn as possible, nntionnl govornmonts should mc.kQ o. cloc.r sto.tomcnt ·of · th0ir ' decisions 1,-ri th rogo.rd to nhnt c):lildrcn thoy tr ill considor to be . re- ; po.tri·o.blo1 · nnd· u hnt chiid_rc,iri tpoy n°tll no·f nccopt f .or re: ' pntrio.tion.. It no.s . ·pointed out th":t UNR·M. ContI'.01· Ho t'.dqur-,r tors is non 1.-rorking r.rith t.ho chief lio.ison offtcors in the prDparn-t ion of such st a. t e.mo nts 1 o.q.d· the:. t ·: ·thoy· u:ill '.bo nr. de o,vn.ilo.blo ,.to tho rrnrk'ors in. th3 field o.t th'.() o~,rli0st ·pos_siblo _;n.omont,

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The c, u os t i on of gun_rdi '1nship of uno. ccomp nni a d childron C'"'.mo u_p for dis cuss i on . This is :);'J'ticul CLrly import :-.nt in r e l C'. ti on to 'c h-: ch i ldr-: n ·-rho C'.. r .::. p·ot :::: nti nlly st r.. t c l oss, or ~ ho c ".nnot bo identi f ied b~ c ".u sa of l c. ck of informC'. tion.

-Dr.Simon oxp l'"'. inod thn. t ho h". s 1.lrcndy t '1kon this mo. t to r up ·,-, i th tho Log·-...1 Br 1.nch of USFET for ~ ruling. It u ns suggost od th". t p crhc ps tho Alli ed Control Co uncil in Borlin might · bo n.ppr o".chod from the st r..ndp oint of m'"'..king ':..n ovor 0.ll -d e cisicn for the thr jo zono s • .

Onc o Cl child hc. s boo n loc :::. t e d o.nd compL:, t o informn.t ion s c curod ~ out him, , th~r .:, coma s th0 problem of de ciding g h othor or not ho is r op ntri c.blo . . If ho is so dc sign1.t od by c lin ison offic e r of his co untry, _ tho opinion of tho li r.. ison offic ers c. tt on ding tho confor c nc c_ u o. s th ".t the child should bo r e move d irnmodi ,':.. t .'.; ly from G.:.. rm'l.n c ,.r o , :1.nd pl c.ced in c. children's c entre, or c.n n s s ombly contra undo;r UNRRA c :-. r c ,until it is possibl e for · him to r -c turn to his country, It 1.rr.s f 0l t by tho group thr.t this p eriod of int e rim c".rc ~ould ma ke it possible for the child to l o"..rn his O1.7n l :'..ngu1.g o once moro , c-,nd to bocomo fnmilinr '."J i th the b1.ckground of his country. I.t 1.:ci. s C'.. lso de cide d by tho confor onc o th~t, if, nft or scre e ning by tho li~ison officer, o. child ·.:ns de clc-...rod to bo non-.r opr..tri n.ble 1 or the r e \7o.s some doubt conc e rning his n n.t ionr..l i ty st '"',tus, he is to b e 1 oft '.7horo ho is until some docision c n.n b o mr.do ~s to his futur e .

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rnr.Schmn.1-tz, . Child Helf ".r o Sp ociC1.list, British Zone , point e d out t hn.t, in tho ~ritish Zone ~ n krgo pro~ortion of tho un-n.c comp r.ni od childre n thus f nr lo c'"'_t od, 'I.r e living in c..ss embly c ontr a s \: i th 1.dul ts of the ir o,m nntiono.li ty. As the s e contra s ..,_r e emp t i c d through r 0po,tri C'. t ion, some of tho s o childre n ·. •ill ac compnny tho n. dul ts, but, for thos e: u ho r omc.in, it Hill mDnn finding othvr f..,_ciliti os for thvir cc ro. Tho e~tromo short~gc of c h ild \:o lf:". r e p e rsonne l in n.11 zones h'l.s mn.d o it difficult to s ot up suffici ...; nt children's c cntros 1.r ith sp oci::il st'"tffs •.

In tho ·Amoric".n Zone , it r• ill be difficult to s e cure furth or C'. ccommod1. tion for .". ny childre n '.:ho c.. r :.:. brought in from Gc rmc.n institutions or homos, bo c ::'..us c of the pr e ssure of the Ge rma n r efugee problem in Ba vc.rio.~ nnd tho sudde n incrcns c in t he unnccomp"lni od childr on '•s problem, due to inf il troo mov e me nts.

·Empho.sis in tho futur o n ill hc.vo to b e on the oxp,.,nsion of a ssembly c ontro f nciliti os for th0 c c. re of thc so children. The six childre n's c ontra s nm-: in tho p.roc c ss of dovolopmont in tho u.s. Zone ::.ro filling up ro.pidly, ;--_nd it is doubtful T.7hothor c.ny c-.d d ition.'.J.l f o.cili ti c s c, r'"' nvo.il o.blo for this type of c '"l. r c ·.

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a.re primo.rily for Fronch child.ran, ,;:rho ha.vo bcon loca.t.Jd in tho..t Qro n. Tho r opresontntivcs from the Fr.Jnch Zone indicntod thr..t t h or.J o.r o probably bot\7oon 300 ,'.lnd 400 Uni tod Nations' children i. n Gormo.n fc.milies :i but thus fc.r thoy h a.vo not bc-Jn o..blo to se­c ur e t ho n ec e ssary informc.tion on them.

:t TTc.s the conclusion of tho conference thnt n.lthough rc­p~tr iatj_on of childr en ~ill lighten tho problem considerc..bly; ·sho co :i_ l oct j_o n of 1.. i l dron nt temporary points to o..u n.i t ro­pc.tri cJ.t'l. on or ultir,.:. tc plnns for rosottlemont u ill continue to proso nt n mn jor problem, both frpm the stnndpoint of f r.. cilitios ~nd st nff.

VI . !:S'..E_sq_!l .;.101 ne ;:; dod to cc.rry out plnn.

UNRRA cbild ,7olf,'J.re c.nd g onor r'. l uclfQrC p orsonncl co..nnot c: ::. :) n c mee t tho tn.sk of tho cont cmplntod oxpnnsion of this pro­J cc~: Volunt n.ry ngoncy p e rsonne l, nr.. tionn l li nison offic orsp c.nd cspo c in.l:,y s ol oct od displo.. cod p e rsons u ill h c.v c to c r..rry ~ c cas idor nb l c s hnr e of tho r e sponsibility for this job.

Mt ss Br2..df ord : C:1i c f of Voluntary Agencies Br .'.1.nch,. UNRRA Jic.-::d.nu..o.rtcrs, j:i__ ::; c 1 .... seor] tho mc..tt c r of tho use of voluntary :.,g ::nc:1 11 :J 1·sor-.r.:J 1 _, r:.~1d _pcl nt od ou t th·~.t c.. 'O of the ir mr:i..jor 1..at-:::cost;3 l1c.s c-,lr:C'_y s he;,:;:1 s cc-.rching for their ou n p e ople in Ga:;.~mc-.D~- , .Sho f oo l s thnt it 17ill be possible to s e cure more st:--.f .f' mc mte; rs turoug h this sourc e , nnd r:.:commend .:; d. th~.t the zonoa p,1t t h oir ~oquc sts in uriting, indicnting 'tho type and numbe r of o~ch c2t8gnry nao dod, tho lnngungos re quir ed, the equipment nnd tra n sport ne cc ss nry, f'.. nd tho fr nmouork in nhich th .:; y 1::-i l l be oxp o c"G c d to v-ork ~

T~a sugge stion rrns IDQde th~t those countri e s hnving largo rrnmllc :!:'s of chi.ldro n in Garma ny b o· cncourf'..g od to m'.J.k c more p or-s ~nno l av~j. l nblo t hrough the ir volunt a ry ngonci a s. Mn jor Ri cg or :- r:'zoch.-, fo cls his gov .: rnm-;:;nt is in o. position t 'o pro-v 1 do t oams consisting of ~ uc lfnre offic or, a doctor, a dri7or nnd ~ c ~r~ I t ur:. s point od out in this r ag ~rd thnt, in seimo instc.ric o s _ ~oc _Jis o..r c v .:; ry aff e ctive , but thnt, uh on chi ldren a r a s cctt ~r od over a lnrgo ['_ r on ~ it is mo~o he lpful :Lf team momt or o cc n be o.ssignod n s indi vi dun.ls in th.:; loc n.tion nn d c.lo o:.1.mo:c.t n t Lon ::if children~

Nat i onnl l! n~s on office rs vho h c v e bee n e ngag e d until r e cently in the m~ss r op c tri nt ion job nro noTT nvn.ila ~lo for n ssisting i.n i ndi v idua.l s erv i ce s to the ir n <'.. tionf'.. ls ~ l) nr-tic ul c..rly chi l dr en . Tho li n. ison off ic ers pros ont nnd Mr ... Ln.gcrst G.dt ~ All i e d Li c'. ison Se ction .• UNRRA, expl ::i. ine d tho.. t m"..ny of t h ose off i c ers :-1.r e n. t this point c'hnnging ove r from ono a s s i gnme nt to r..nothor :- or nr o prop nring to r e turn home . I -c ;_Jn. s u :cgc d thr. t tho zones c:. ct immodi C'. t c ly in r olntion to r oqu ~sting tho s orvic J s of t h .: li a ison officers ~ho might b e au : t ~blc nnd nvni lnblo for this u ork ~

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Th e Ca nt r ". l Tr '"'.. cing Buracu ".. nd the zona l trncing burc C'..UX :J. T J in c.. pos i t i on to ''.Ssist mr'. t or i o.lly in tho locn. tion of un .. n ccompc.nL::id ch i ldren. Colone l Stott of tho British So:-:rch Burocm sug.zo st J d th:--.t 'l. child Y.·olf ::--..r c '::orkor b o n. ssignod to the S o,..._rch Bur .:. "...u, .J i t h .J r r1. t h o.'."'. dqu r.rt ors, or n. t corps,. ·.;hich­cv or is r,10r o ".pprop ri r.. t c , to :1ct r. s co-ordin'l.tor b c t ,.-o ~n the tr".cing st "..ff 'l.nd the UNRRA 1:olf,,..,_ r ;:; st nff, '7ho n r o doing the invcs tig~tions in th0 fi e l d . Miss RichmQn of thJ U.S. Zone pointed out th ~t e~ch of th~ five districts in th".t zone no~ h :. s .... _ tr ~. cing buranu r op r os ::: nt :-: tiv.c, c:nd th'l. t it is p o.. rt of the ir ) l ,._n t o -:.t t ". Ch "· child 1 ·o lfc-. r o p -.:: rson to this s orvi c c in th ...:, districts, to s ervo in much the s nmo c ·'._P ". City c. s thc.. t described by Colone l Stott.

Thor a ~'l.s stre ss l 2id on tho f ". ct th".t tho ".ctur. l location of tho child C"'.nnot bo s o_p".r .'."'. t c d from :.:h,'l.t h,".pp c ns to him from th:-'.. t point on, ".nd th -·.t, for thi..s r 0,".son, it is import :.'.nt thn. t the initi".l cont'l.cts 1•ith tho child 'l.nd thJ r..dults r osconsiblo for him be m".do by 0.:,:; lf :.r -... st ~:ff, or undar the ir _sup arvisio.n.

Tho us e of disp l 'l. c od pe rsons tha ms clvos in tho loc '"'.. tion ",nd docum.:: nt ,..._ ti on of childran rro. s c: lso consid J r e d by the; con-f or enc o . Thor a :-;. r ..:: ".mong tho di spl n.c od p .::;r., ons, indi viduc.ls r: i th the: n ,.:;o dc d 1 ::-•.ngu n.ge r,_nd b".ckground kno'.:lc dgo, but co.re ~:r ill h n.v o to b ,:; cx orcis od in s a l a cting p eoplo ·.rho ·:.i 11 bo und orst...,_nding c'.Ild obj e cti vo in tho ir ::.ppro r:. ch to th .:: problom. It ·:-rr..s point od out th,._ t ffi!"_ ny of tho displnc ,:; d pa:irsons r!ho might b o e lig ible for this n ork r .:;pros ont a politicn.l point of vi ou ··rhich mi ght not bo ,.,_cc :;pt '"'.blo to the n '."'- tion::.l gov:;rnmonts ro­c .,:; i ving tho childr ,.., n. It Y: ".s r ocommond od th~t nny displncod p a rsons thought to b .,:; qur.lifi od for this '.:ork should bo cl.o".r od '.:i th th .:; li ,.,_ison offi c ,:; rs bc foro n. ssigning tho.m.

At th : close of this discussion, it uns suggostod th".t UNRRA Ccntr".l Hq. summr.ris o tho highlights of tho confor oncc in tho form of,..,_ propos od p l nn for tho oxt c: nsion of nativiti e s l on.ding to tho loo n. tion n.nd documont ".. tion of unnccomp nni od chil dr en, this pl c.n to be submitt e d to the: zonos for n.dnpt ~tion to thoir p nrticuln.r situ~tions.

VII. Sl!PJ!.!l~.ry of conclusions n. nd r:commc ndntions .

1. Li,..._ison offic ors .::-.nd n ,". tion~ l govornmonts , ·111 do ovcrything possible to provide sources of inform~tion as to the number s .'.'..nd 17h or or.b outs of those, childron. A dos-cripti vc st :1. t cmont from c:::. ch country, giving ,,.,_ll informn. tion thoy hnvc ·.r i t h r cg ~_rd to the circ u.mst ".. nc os und or ' .. -hich th -:; childr on F..: r ..: r omovod, · ·h .J n thJ y 1. ·.::,r.::; r ,:; movod, r:hor o the y 1·,·~mt, 8.nd, if poss iblo , n ·-,_m,:; s, ,.ga s ..... nd pl r'.. c o of birth, ·.: ould b -.; v ;:; ry d o sir...,_blc . Th .J li .ison offic ers ~g r o.:. d to furnish r.ny in-f ormnti on of this k ind, ~~ich th~y nr~ a bla to s J curo .

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Ccntr.'.:'.1 Tr::tcing Buro~u ,7ill c,:,,ntinu ::: ~nd :l.nt onsify its efforts tn the direction of loc~ting records~ or oth~r clues uhich might lend to tho uhcrc~bout~ of such childr~no

2. Linison offic~rs ~nd n['.tionnl govornmonts ~111. as soon ns poss1blo , pr~pnro ~Tittcn st~t~m~nts of th~ conditi ~as und0r uhich thoy uill ~ccopt childr~n for rcp~tri~tionc

3• All b!"'.sic edicts 1·rhich h~v.:,; b .:::: n issued :-.t V".rious ' timos by . tho Nnzi Pnrty ~ith r ag~rd to childron, should bo sought ~hrough tho Allied Control Council in_ B6rlin~

4. Tho pr::s -:.:::nt plnn for th:.::: loc--.tion. (tn:d documcnt~.tion of childr.:;n r_r ill -continue, but it '.'ill no·-::d.· ·to bo CXP['.ndod nnd intensified~ The ACC dir:.:::ctivc just rolo ~s cd ~111 bo us:.:::d · ns . th:.::: b~sic source of '"'.ddition~l inform~tion. Lists ~nd . rocords r:.:::sulting from this dir~ctivc ~ill be rout~d to tho zonq tr"-cing burccux nnd~ from thoro, to CTB. 4t th~t point, the child tr~_cing st ·"'.ff ·,111 p1·~p:"'.r-J lists or ehildrcn Fho -c.pl) cr'.r to f : 11 in th.: c '"'.tegory of ·1un...,_ccomp".niodh, or . "l'.'.doptcd 71

, '"'nd r e turn the lists to th ;:; zon:.:: s for invcstig--.tion by their ':;olf:.ro st .~ffs. ·· ·

5. When these child!cn r..r o found ~nd docume nt ed, . they ··.r ill bo clo"".rod immcdif'.t c l.i7 ·.:i th t h.:; li'"'..ison offic ::rs ,. If the ir nc,tion"lity is cL::...,_rly .:.st".blish.::d,. th.::.y i:-rill be ro­mo'vod from tho GJr.m.".n homo or institution, ".nd pl:cc d in :.n UNRRt inst~llr..tion, ponding r cp".triation~ If, nftcr docu~ m~ntation, th~r J is som.:. doubt as to tho ~uthentic n:.tion;'.lity stntus of tho child, ho is ·~o r -:.m::.in ~.-hor.:: hJ is until .,_ decision 15 mn.dc \Ii th rcg-~_rd to his st".tui:}:; 01 th.J r to·.- ...,_rd ropr..trir'.tion, or rcs ottlc:mc: n-~ o If, ho· ·.::::vor., childr:.::n in this category nr o not rccoiving ad~quato ~nd dec ent. cr..ro~ · they m2..y be r cmovod n.nd brou.0ht und ;; r "'UNRRA c·-i_ r c ~. ·

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6~ The mr..tt ~r · of lJg".l gu".rdinnship of fh ~s c childr.::n and custodicl responsibility for th~ir c,.,_r : , should bo pµr~ sued immcdi '"'.toly ~.-ri th th.:.) ::-.ppropri;'.t .:: mili t·-i_:ry ~uthori ti a s ·~

7. Pl~ns for obt:.ining idditionr'.l suit ".blo personnel through such sourc:.:::s as · volunt~ry ng:.:::ncics, li ~ison officors, Qnd displ['_c cd p ersons, should b.:. accclor:.tod.

-UNRRA

G/ ;ID.!AN OPERATIONS

-Subject: Employment Program: General Bullet in No. 29

2 January 1946 Policy on Employment of Germans

AdministrRtive Order Noo 18 of this Central Head.quarters, dated 24 November 1945; authorized the development of a comprehensive employment program designed to place the greatest number of displaced persons in jobs in the shortest time in order to facilitate repatriation or resettlement.

Of primary importance to the success of this program is the utilization of every possible job opportunity for the employment of displaced persons.

Plans which have been developed in the Zones should now be vigourously · . executed to achieve the ma:x:inu.m placement of DP' s in jobs.

(a) wi.th illicd Military Government and allied civilian agencies

(b) in the German clv:i.lian economy

(c) on work projects within Assembly Center~

(d) on training projects within Assembly Centers

( e) in all as])ects of administration in Ass~J~ly Centers and other UNRRl,. installations~ . .,.

In ~onnection with (c), (d) and (e) above it is essential to note that all UNRM .installations throughout Germany;; particularly Assembly Centers , present many job opportunities for DP's 0 To the extent that Germans are now employed in such UNRRA installations in skilled, semi-skilled, or un.skilled work:i DP's a.re denied these job opportunities.

Therefore, the following policy has been adopted, to be effective immediately: NO GERM.AN WILL DE EMPLOYED IN ANY UNRRA INSTALLATION ( includil'lg. Central . .'.' Zone . and Di strict Headq~art~rs, Staging Centers , Convoy Stopo1rcr Points :i :1.~;sembly Ci::il ters .~d Camps, etc,, ) UNLESS THERE ls NO QU.ALIF~ lJP J..VJJLiillLE PHYSICALLY CJJ?bDLE OF PERFOR!vtING THE WORK •

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Only the: few skilled and scr.1i:-skilled Gemans f.££_ ~~- rio qualified DP repla0emcnts are now availa1:.,lc r.iay be retained temporarily" There is no justific~ibn ·whatever fer the ;r:~ten.tion of unskilled G&rmans. Wherever it is now. nooc-ssary to retain sM.J.: .. ~ .Rr°',ff,;1:lfui.~j.._~J.ed Germans, qualified

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ATT.t .. CIDIENT 6

CENTRilL TRI .. CING BUREJ..U OPERATIONS FDR _JiJ'!TJh.RY 1946

The Llonth ,ms 1:1arked by e. m1Libcr of ad:..d.nistrative cha.rlces: the Chief of Records Division was ap-_pointed i..cting Deputy Director uhen the fon.1er incwJbent \las seriously injured; the 1:iail Intalrn Section and : .ail Des~1a.tch Unit '\7ere cor.ibined into a single Section; and the Reports and Organisation &oction inaugurated a new systc:o of statistical controls to enable an adequate study of CTB progress and PI'.Obler.1a. Progress wns rnade in in-service trainine, including general orientation of 58 new e1,tployoes, evening classes in English, Gen.k.m and typci.a-i ting for 80 persons, and special training for ucr.ibers of particulc.r sections. Three ncm uni ts were set up ,d. thin the Tracing Di vision~

a . The 11Spocial Section" is an inde.'cndcnt TrE'.cing Unit dealing with cases requiring individual and highly specialised tracing, such as requests for secret aeon ts uho vrorked for tho ~.:aquis or othe;r resisto.nce 1:10ve:.1ents; requests of an official nature ci.1anat:ing frofil eovcrn..,ents, or requests for persons of special il~1:)ortance. The Section r.mintains search through telephone cour,mnication, cables, or personal visits.

b. The "Local Section 11 ,ms sot u:;_) v,i thin the Correspondence Section for r-.11 enquiries containing on address specific enough to utilise the facilities of tho Reichspost.,

c. The "TrD.nscription Uni t 11 ,;as set up ,n. thin the Processing Section to facilit~te the vork in other sections by transcribing r.rultiplc enquiries on to separate forus, to transcribe illegible_ or highly couplicatcd enquiries, and to tro.nslate enquiries ,1ritten in loss fru.ri.liar languages.

A co:,iplete reo:i;-ganisation of the Records Division rv1:1.s inmtgUrated to provide for a uorc expeditious proccssin;.1 of records currently on hnnd, th9sc nov being collected on the zona.-1 level, and those to be collected in co:i..iplinnce with the l:Iili tm-y Govcrn..1ent Order of 8 Januax7 l ;,46.

. . Tn th<:;' Processing, Dee.th Rcco:rd.s, and Displo.ced Persons in Ger, iany Sections,

ap:proximately 700 i tci.lS have been registered, representing abont 3 wi.llion na;,1cs. The den.th records sent out to the r-rational '.rro.cing Buree.ux during tho past three uonths have contained 60,000 nancs. Flosscnburg. Dachau and Buchcnwo.ld dea.th records arc being dt1plicated1 th-e Belgian, Dutch, French, Greek, Ito.lian und Polish Govern.,1ents huving received li~ts of their natiopals.

During the :..1onth the voluL1e of enquiries received ,;as 31,541, m1 increase of 91181 over Dece:.1bcr. Of thes·c, the 31 818 received. fror,1 inside GcrrJv.1-zy- represent the function of the Central Trc.cine Bureau us a .National Tracing Bureau for dis­plc.ccd person~ in Genll'..ny. It is siznificant .-thut of the 27,723 ·enquiries fror.i outside Gerr.iany -22, ·285 vcrc received frou Jl!a.tional 'rra-cµ1g Bureaux. The d11indling m.11,iber of enquiries fro1:1 individue.ls (5,4-38) indicates , tho.t the National Tracing Burc~u.x nre nssUi:dng o.n iuportD..Ilt part in thv entire traoin& servioc and that non.ml cho.nn...lls arc be;in~ established. The "rc-..routing of 4 1 208 cnquir.ics to the Nation~~ l'rAcing Bureaux is likc,,~se signifiCCt.Ilt. These figures also indicate the role the Central Tracing Bureo.u is playing E>.s the coordinating agent betuc~n- the National Tracing Bureaux.

An analysis of the 14-,057 enquiries processed during the wonth reveals the foll01 ;ing infor .. 1£\.tion: 1,464 were re-enquiries for persons, a search for ,,hou wus already in process; o.nd 2,599 enquiries trD.nsfcrred to the iw.ss Tracing Section for broadcast by radio e.nd. publication in the press were those about ,,hlch inforr.i­o.tion 11c.s too scunt to inE>.ug,ur"-tc an individunl search or on which the field investigation on nn individual basis hcd proved unsuccessful.

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CENTRAL HEADQUARTERS FOR GERMANY APO 757 or BAOR

STATISTICAL TA B LES

l\fSR 1-2-3

FOR

UNRRA

::· ISPLACED PERSONS OPERATONS

PERIOD ENDING 1.5 February 1946

GE:Rl1f ANY

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Lieutenrm~ G~nern:1 Chief of Operatior...:x, GertrlBlllY

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Monthly Statistical Report on Displ.'..l.ced P.Jrsons Operations in Gurr,iany

UNRRA Form-MSR-1

Country Report for Period ended

c ~nu. c("

15 Fe.J.rt.1<·:: 1946_

----- --------------------------- ------------·- ·-··· ·-Infonnation as of 31 January 1946

D. PERSONNEL OF HISSION

1. Classification of :Emplo,vees on To.:yroll : I

4 , 886

2,893 (a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

( e)

(f)

TOTAL FOR OPERATION

Total Teai1l Personnel

Directors 254 Deputy Dir~ctors 251 Principal Welfare Offj_ccrs 216 Assistant Welfn.re Officers 249 1/iedical Officers 223 Nurses 31~8 Aili~inistrative Officers 31 Ad,ninistratiYc lissistants 107 Warehouse Officers 192 Supply Officers 267 ~.Iessing Officers 151 Transport Officers 18 Secretaries 85 Clerk-Typists 20 Drivers n.nd iiechanics 433 Cooks 26 Others o.nd Unclassified 22

Total Ntnnber at District Head­quarters including Field Supervisors

Total at Zone Headquarters

Traci.ng Bureau

Others Central Headquart ers

Staging Centers

557

4-31

85

387

Karlsruhe (Incl. 17 staff) 43

Haaren (Incl . 283 staff) 490

x Infonnation not complete for British of French Zone.

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xx Includes an cstim:i.ted 750 in the British Zone (mainly British o.nd Polish Red Cross) 175 in the u. s. Zone, 50 in French Zone> and 27 at Cvntral Headquarters . Brenkdovm by Zone and District is for u. s. Zone only •

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• liONTHLY ST:~TISTICl.L REPORT ON DISPL\.CED PERSONS OPERATIONS IN GERM.1\NY

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UNRRA Fom-1'.IBR-l

Country Ge:roany Report for Pericd ended 15 February 1946

Infor,:ia tion as of 31 J.'.llluary 1946

D. PERSONNEL OF l.IISSION.

2. Natiom.1.ity Breakdm·-m of Chss I Er.1ployees.

Nu-.1ber zf Nur,1ber ~

British 1395 28.55 New Zealand 13 . 26 French 923 18.89 S, African 11 • 23 U.S.A. 786 16.08 Unknown 1o .20 Belgiuo 606 12.40 Bal tics 9 .18 Netherlands 450 9.22 Yugoslavian 8 .16 Polish· 157 3.22 Greek 7 .14 Canadian 127 2.61 Collimbin.n 5 ,10 Danish 95 1.94 Venezmlian 4 .08 Czechoslovakian 73 1.50 pa.lestinian 2 .04 Norwegian 50 1.02 Peruvian 1 .02 .Australian 42 .87 Ecuadonian 1 .02 Luxeo.oourger 25 .52 Stateless l .02 Brazilian 19 .39 Spanish 1 .02 Swiss 18 .38 Costa Rica 1 .02 Irish 16 .32 Persian 1 .02 Cubo.n 14 .28 Russian 1 ,02 Mexi.c:ui 14 .28

GRA...'ND TOTAL 4886 lOc,fo

By Groupings Nuober ~

British 1395 28.55 French 923 18.89 U.S. A. 786 16.08 Belgi'lLl &

Luxembourger 631 12.92 Netherlanis 450 9.22 British Dor,1inions 193 3.95 Polish 157 3.22 §~vi.ans 145 2.96 Czechoslovakian 73 1.49 wtin ~'inerican 59 1.20 1Iiscellaneous 74 1.52

GRAND TOTAL 4886 100%

Pa2e 1 Semi~~ont~lv St2tist i c2l ~e9ort on Di spl2se~ Persons 0per:: tions in

UYRRA Fort11 i/SR- 2 Co1mtry

Report for Ieriod ended Ger;nenv

15 ?et . l S.'.;-5

REPA1-.rATICr FC~ -.- . s ., :: ·::II'IS"..T L:~D ?~:SNC\! :Z,CIC:3 ( a )

Information is as e f 31 Janue r 1 r F'46 .

A.l. Granc.. To t 2 l

Uni ted Natio~s Nat1ona ls .

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Repatria tion for Ieriod 1st Jen t •) 31 Janu& ry 1S46

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•• S6:U. - .Monthly Statistical Report on Displaced Persons Operations in Germany

UNRru. Country Gennany Fonn - :asR-2 R~port for Period ended 15 February 1946

TOTAL DISPL..\CED PERSONS IN CA. iPS I N COUNTRY (a)

Info:n.1ation for period ending 31 Jani.nry 1946

US Zone Tota l Western Eastern

District District

British Zone 1st 8th 30th French

· Corps Corps . . Corps Zone

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A 2. Grand Total 919,348 1,26,040 279,917~P1.t105,5-38 96,693 248,554 6$.,106 ,

Unit l;d Nations N3.tionals 83,887 97,658 '89,885 59, ·690 205,746 50,387

Belgium & Luxbg. 574 79 37 30 23 293 112 Czechoslovakia 2,956 151 1,468 57 110 899 271 Denmark 99 2 3 59 · 23 12 France 841+ 35 237 13 34 184 341 Greece 329 39 159 23 10 38 60 The Netherlands 2,206 48 102 520 52 1,167 317 Norway 102 13 17 5 51 8 8 Poland 551,977 81,919 Russia 7,512(c) 541+

86,533 84,.568 . 56,513 195,101 ~7,343 4,713 165 224 718 1,148

Yugosln.vin. 20,654 1,057 4,389 4,504 2,614 7,315 775

Italy

Undetennined.

208 .288 i 72 531

Nationality (d) 82,239 10,948\ _ 48,875: 3,519 2,491 11,813 4,593

Fori.1er Residents of Baltic countries .152,870

24,911 76,651 51,308

,20,665 · 50,090 9,818 34,017 22,560 5·, 120

Estonia Latvia Lithuania

Ex - Eneuy.

6,195 13,757 10,713

7,515 1,369 25,749 5,541 16,826 2,908

4,993 3,911 928 19,303 10,076 2,225

9,721 8,573 2·, 567

· . N::i. tiono.ls ( e) ~6 ,378,

84,633 11,558

IE. 83,006 2z316 486 8,363 1,875

Hungary Rur:mnin. · Bulgn.ria

( a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

( e )

168 77,243 1,214 224 4,506 152 5,757 1,096 261 3,717

187 12 6 ,6 1 140

Data compiled from statistics received fron military sources.

Includes all forn1er Hungarian and Roumanian POW' s who are in military operated car.1ps. ·

1,278 575

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Decrease in nur.1ber of Russians is du~ to approxil,18. tely 12,000 Ukranians being listed separa tcly under "Undcten_uned Nationality". Infon.1a tion is incomplete on the total nv,.1ber of Russians in the Zone,. for it is b~lieved that there are-a nurnbcr in military controlleq Cai,lpS in the 3rd US .Aruy area. They are not reported as DPs but rather as ex-rows.

This figure includes 3 categories: (~) tho/!ly w~o hcwe been classified as Stateless, althougll_ the

exn.ct ntli,1ber is as yet unkl1oiVI1; (2) disputed or undetcr.nined citizenship (3) i.1iscelb.neous nationals.

Figures include but ar e not limited to persons forced to leave "by action of the ene1i1y, because of race , religion or activities in fi~our of the United Natio.ns". '

Page j Secl. - Monthly Statistical_Report on Displac.edPerscna Operations in Germa.ey

UNRRA Country Ge_rrna._DY_.,.._ __ Repc,rt f f>r Period er.deal 15 Febniary 1946 FoI'Ll lIBR-2.

Infcmatinn as of 31 January 1946

Tr,ta1 us z.-.ne British Z('ne Fren< Western Eastern lat 3th 30th ~ District District CC-E£Ef Cc~s Co;:es

A }. DISPJ:ACED F£RSONS

IN UNRRA CAUPS

Grand Total 71,3.201 126.040 197178~ 82c2D8 82.t944 170,226 ~-;,• 641: ID£ied. ~attons

Natianals 48911£32 83r887 27,658 75r076 44,291 142,648 45,62).;

Belg. & Luxbg. 324- 79 37 9 14 85 100 Czechoslovakia 2,486 151 1,4,68 30 87 595 155 Denoa.rk 75 2 3 633 2 5 France 531 35 237 18 22 59 16c Gree.cz:e, 2.58 39 159 15 2 J+j The Netherla.r.d& 1.,,155 48 102 482 34- 323 166 N~rway 81 13 17 5 44 2 -Pnland 4,60,317 81,919 86,5j3· 71,037 · 42..,558 1~336 43,957 Russia · 6,600 :( a) · 544- 4,11.3 15 24.8 568 592 Yugoslavia. 17,275, 1;057 4r389 3,46,5 1,242 6,676 _w;_

Italy 68£l _gQ§. lQ§. .22. R -Undetermined ------ 82,J15 (b) ll1280 50a:263 ltZ08 3, 65J. Nationality u.3,73, 4,04C

Fe-mer Residents cf Baltic Countries

141,016 30,665 49,550 5r709 »Y,6~ lrii.U{-l },98r,

Estenia. 2},436 6,195 7,51S 630 5,538 2,.875, 68;: I.atvia 71~04J. 13,757 25,749 3,475 19,-778 6,507 1,:775 Lithuania. 462522 1oa112 161286 11604. 2~686 6.z2s le,222

(a) Does not include 12,000 Ukrainians now listed under Undetermined Natiomlities.

(b) Breakdown as follows:

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Am.enians 1608, .Albanians 15, Arabs 5, Austrians 978, Bulgarians 52.,, Chinese 10, Ero7J?tians 5, Finns 76 1 Geroa.n Jews 8.39, Hungarians 2946, Iranians 56,., Jewish 26,J5-5t Lib~se 6; ..PalJast'ii,c 61, R~nians 3046, Serbs 14, Spanish 277 Stateless""20,147 Swedes 31 Swiss 2:53, Turks 8301 Ukrainians (so called) 11,999, USA 778, Others & Undetermineill,139.>

+ sc oa e . Latin Al:.1ericans 535, UK 204. ( 11 d)

The ~7 ,194: J~w.s reported in the category of Urdetennined Nationals represent only those .who are not reported under specific nationalities.

Statistics on Jewish Population in Western Gert:Jal'zy'

InUNRRA~ Communities Total onv

. &nl, US Zone 33,373 17,274 50,647

British Zone 11,722 7,000 18,.722

French " 1,100 700 1,800

Berlin 7,800 7,800 TOTAL 46,195 32,774 78,,969 ----- ==== === --

• Semi - Monthly Statistical Report on Dispb.ced Persons Opcr :t t ions i n Gc::y:u.:ny

UNRRA Fonn MSR-2

Information for period ending 30 Jarnnry 1946

Total

Cm.mt:::-y Gcr .,201;-;r R0port l or PerioJ. enclc~ 15 Ft,G-~~::~-~ ~9-'-o

t S ZONE \Vestem ~stern 1st District District Corps

Bri tisl: ~ on-3 8t h . 3CJt!1 Corps Cc:c;,s 3on '-;

--- -·--··-·--·- -· .... - -.... .. _ A 4. Grand Total

Residing in Camps 713,201 126i04-0 197,759 82,588 82,944 170,226 53,644

1,Iales 14 & over 345,321

Fe1,1ales 14 & over 247,822

Children 6 to 14

Children under 6

Unspecified

A 5. Nuabers outside of

Ca.raps receiving UNRR\ assistance

5?,773

52,438

14,847

61,837

46,345

8,113

9,745

84,660 45,679 40,521

68,858 27,229 30,093

14,382 5,416 6,790

15,012 4,264 5,540

14,847

Not av::tib.ble

__ ...._ ------·--· ---·- -- ---- --- ·-·· .. ..

B, li.SSEd:3LY CB..T'ifTER :uL.INISTRATION

1- Total 11.sGembly Centers

a. J.drnini s tered by UNRRA

b. Adi;lini s tered by • .i:ili tary

(1) ~·~ssisted by UNRRA

(2) 11.ssisted by Vol. A • ~-.gencies

(3) Others

2. Total Number of Tear.is

a. UNRRli. Tea::is

b. Voluntary Society Toa.-:.-,s

354

257

97

45 49

313

268

cooperating with UNRR'. under o.gret11rnnts 45

59

59

59

59

87

77

10

1

9

77

77

1

66

35

31

7 24

42

35

7

_ ____.. _______________ _

16

16

5

24

19

5

84,931 27,693

56,253 19,044

14,303 .3,769

14,739 3,138

- --· ---- ··

90

50

40

24 16

74

50

24

20

16

8

8

36

28

8

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Seci - Monthly Statistical Report on Displaced Peraons Opemtiona: iin r.ermnl!G"

UNRRJ .. ~ Countley' gepmr;y Infomation as of 31 January 1946 Report f'or Pericd ende4. 15 February 4.6

c.. J. trs .zora llritifh ZoJlt

}rep.~ 1. fflnl'N'Umhero!tllfflRk.

Class I l?ersoimel 'total CHQ HQ wuo nm HQ lCpa 8Cpa

4-,806 962 ~, 819 9}1 171 u, ,05 6~ - 322

a. L.ssecbly Centres 2,891 611 7'JJ J6{b)259 619 (c) 250 b. District-.Hdqs. 557 ioa(ah,a 52 1+6 71 42 et. Zone Hdqs. 431 2JO '171 30 d. Central tracing 85 85 e,. Central Hdqs. 387 387 t.. Staging Cent-1-q

Xarlsruha lt-J ., Haaren 1+90 490

0. 2. 'total Nuober or Vo:I:unta!Z

Agenft fers..?nncl.<.ID1e.s'3 III

1,002 27 35 Eatir.lated lJ+.Q EatirJAt<d 750 50

e.. .ta.Sscmbly Contros b. District Hdqs. o. Zone Hdqs. 36 36 d.. Central Tracing 4 4 e. . Central Hdqs. 2.3 23 t. Staging Centre.a

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C. J. Total DPs Ecplo;cL:od

Total Total(d) ta UNRRA. 421 126 18 l4l 109 2, ·. l. Assccbly Ccntroa 2-35 101 109 25 2. Staging _Ccntrc.s 15, 15 3. Others 171 128 18 20 5

(,,.. . By othor Etlployol'$ Infom&.tion not- available .

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(b) InolU®a YT in M0bilo Utdt1 (aa. ~r ;s:r ~ 194,.5,)

( o) Includes 28 at Bolacn , " " 31 " . 1945)

(d) Inforr.1ation as of .}l DcoCl.lbor 1945

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Semi - }lionthly Statistical Report on Displaced Persons Operations in Germany

UNRRA hSR-2

Country Report for Period ended

Germany 15 February 194E

Information is as US Zone British Zone Frenc -Zone of 30 January 1946 Total Yfestern Eastern 1st 8th 30th

-D. · 1.

District District Corps Corps Corps

)

Number of unaccompanied Children in UNRRA

Camps 343 2.417 1,497

Breakdown of US Zone

Western Ea.stern District District

under 2 43 35

2 - 6 32 67

6- 12 40 454

13- 16 228 X 757

16- 18 572

18- 20 . 532

l~l \\ 2,417 b -----

x includes 84 listed as "over 1411'

a 11

b II

101 Je,vish Children

1.,500 Jewish Children

This estimated that there are approximately 2000 additional

children in the Zone who as yet are not categorized. They

a.re in Camps., German homes., German Institutions and every

effort is being ,made through Central Tracing Bureau records.

:..011 tn'LL.lA Pe:..·rJonnel,

u,r.J.;,~ Fo:..·n YSJ.~ J

.i.

b. c.

....

HUJ:1be:..· of te..ir.10 de: . .:u.·ted :m.1,.1be:..1 of incli vidu..J.,:: in -i:.ew·.o Nw:1be:i: of i:1di -.,idu...J.;; .::ent tl.,?

(lj (::) (J)

Je ..... J•r :.:o:..·, de· >l07i ;.;fi.TG "' .. ., . L1 ·t.:o.i:1in.., ot:1e;:o

(1) u.;;.. (~J m'-{3) DelJiw1 {4-) Dutch (.5,) lrencli ( 0) Noi ... ,:e __ ;i..:...1 ( 7 )_ lcL:;oell.meou::::

Nw:1e of :0..1.oe: Ifa . .:;:en 1 Holl.:...nd

ifo)or-i:. 1.ol· J:-•e:.:iod ended: 15 Feb.uu.ry/.c..0.

filJ.e:..· ) e1.·..ion:.1el 504

'207

.5 70 14 t;.9 4-j l.J 1 ')

2C7

-:. • Cl .... ,JviiieJ 1;,y :.. u."1-:;tion o:i.· 00:..·v-ioe

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(1) (2) ()) ( i:-) (5) (.)) (7) {C) (SJ

{10) (11) (12) (1))

·(14)

.0h1 ec '.:.o:..·,:; Ue:,u-::.·r Dh•,.:ctora

/el:.i;'c..1. ... ·c, O:.j.ice:..·o ,~ct lini,T::..i.1

.. ,::.i ve .,,J ,Ji ;_:t .. ~rb '!1:..·....t.110::;or-!:, OL.ice:..·a :Jle:..·!~,; - .;;ac:.:e"i:.~,.,:ie,J Coo!;:;:; .u:,:ivo:..·,.:: [; lJac}1.x.1ic ,J ,:il,(J)l;• O:i.::..ice:::o ./ ..... :ehou::;e O .. :'ii~e;..•,:: l.i:edic .tl o::.:.. i,:; e:.: .:i lTu:..·;:;eu i.e:J;Ji;:i_; O:.. •. ice1·0 Hl-.1.l"i'.!.:..Ci.Jt'

·L;. , Velliclea . '

Totol

, ..)

17 21,

l:J l

44 1

r_,n .. u

:::5 11 1.5 6

1.5 . 1

207

.d Statistics onch

eiv-ed: 6.3.4-6

y to: c. of .R. ·.V • of ll. & A.

1 ... c. of. •• OA Regi::;try (O.ll 10) fol'

.Nf..1.•. Aicki.n 1J.r. Cum. lings Mi.:io Craclmell Dr:.loitte, >lender ,., Grif it

♦

(1609) 23796/1381 2.050.000 8/40 JC&Sl.td

Gp644/229 (REG I MINT)

CODE 5-34-0

MINUTE SHEET. R eference ..... -··-··-·-··-

To: Chief, Department of Relief Services.

From: Division ef Operational Analysis.

Subject: Rep rt of D.P.Operations1 Gennan.y1 fer December, 194-5 .

The f•llffinc are the main p ints ef interest in the abeve rep rt:­

WELFARE.

The emphasis in all three Zenes has been on child welfare. New ohildrens• centres were epened in the U.S. Zone, which drew attention to the dearth f welfare officers, particularly child welfare censultants, in the Zene.

Miss Aves, ef E.R.O., visited the British Zone, and assisted in complet:lni their pre1ramme for Childrens' Services. The preblem ef unaccompanied children was studied: the ~estion of respensibility fer children in Gennan hGmes had not been cleared up. Plans were made, in consultation with a representative f J.R.C., for sendinc a number f Jewish children from Belsen te j in clee rel¢atives in nen~ropean countries, provided it could be established that the relatives were able to undertake their care. .

The arrivaJ ef 27 Danish welfare officers eased the personnel position in the British Zene.

The British and French Z nes reperted eff rts to provide Christmas parties and presents fr all children.

The French Zone report that certain Polish chaplains, many et whom had suf'f ~red years of internment and were somewhat unbalanced themselves, had net been al.tegether a I ed influence on the D.Ps.

HEAIJ.rH.

Surveys of camps, hespitals, etc: in the U.S. Z•ne were made in anticipation of the reversion of resp nsibility fer medical services to Arrtljf contrel.

Heal.th in the British Zone remained 1enerally cood - there was a certain ameunt f influenza but of a mild type. Imimmization of the "static p9PUlation" was virtually completed.

An epidemic ef diphtheria was reported in one camp in the French Zene.

NURSING.

Arrangements fer Nurs~ Aide Ceurses at three camps in the British Zene were completed.

The AIIX\Y is reported te have agreed te a II significant increase in employment opportunities ter D.Ps." in the U .s. Z ne. The fellewin& statement, witheut further elaberatien, appears under the head.in& ef "Outstani.ing pnblems" :-

"Danger ef USF.EJr to issue directives to the effect that D.Ps. either accept empleyment or lose D.P. status."

An Employment Section wu set up in the Relief Services Division in the British zene, and an "empleyment-traininc" pre1ramme drawn up. Worlcers in camp vocational shops ha.ve been included on camp pqrolls and outlets for production were bein& found.

Plans were also be~ worked out in the French Zone, but it was

/felt

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felt prop~and.a would be necessary to persuade D.Ps. to start w rk ~ain. '

REPATRIATION was virtually at a st&ndstill, due in large part t winter c nditions. The British Zone reported that efferts we beinc made te increase the number movin&.

KIP/EB. 13th March, 194-6.

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FR◊li:

SUBJECT:

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Chief of Operations., Gcnnn.ny., UNRRA Central HQ, Arolscn

Director, UNRRa HQ. , US Zone

~.Ionthly Report, Deccubcr.

1. attuchcd hereto ~re co_ics of the reports received froo the vnrious divisions of Zone HQ. for the r,1onth of :Jcce;r.,bcr.

2. It is regretted thc.t, orli.ng to the intervention of Christmc.s o.nd New YeD.X holida.ys nnd the subsequent move of Zone HQ. to :i.unich, it has not been found possible to prepare n more comprehensive report for last L10nth.

3. i.uey of the difficul tics nnd pro bl eras mentioned in our report of le.st month rcL?D.in substantially the srune, e.g.

o.) Personnel:

There is still considcrublo shortage of personnel in a.lmost nll cntegories v.rith the possible exception of Directors. It is hoped tho.t the flow of ne,v recruits mentioned in the Nev, Yeo.r r.1css~8c from ERO will coancncc ver:,· soon. Othc:rvr.ise, operations within the Zone w:ill be seriously ho.ndicnppcd. There is a special need {er trnincd Fin£.ncc personnel - dcto.ils and requirements ruwc already been supplied to Central HQ. and to the representative of the Director of Accounts & Audit, ERO.

b) Transport :

There is still an acute shortuee of suitable trnr.s~ort, including alr.lost every type of vehicle. It is understood th.2..t pnssunge:r vehicles v.rill soon be avail~ble fror:i the U.K.

c) iiornlc:

(i)

(ii)

Considerable dissRtisfaction has been expressed from all quarters of the field n.t the ERO 1:..dministrativc Order wlµch discontinues the living n.llowv.nce for cfuiployecs vii.th dcpend~ts ~s fr0li115 l'...pril 194-6. This diss~tis~action ha~ alrectdy been brought to the notice of Central HQ. , which is ho.ving thc'.t Df'cttcr rcvic·."led at the highest level- -.

The need for lo.-.vc centres on the continent, c.g, in Switzer­land, the Ba.v:,.rinn i..J.ps, or the Rh'icro., is b<..coi.i.ine incrc.:r.­singly nppn.rcnt, ns U'\l\Y field stn.ff n.rc feeling the str;-,.in of opcrntions. Trnvcl to o.nd frou Grcmt Britain is becor.:;iI16 increasingly difficult ru1d rJlll'>Y of the field sta.ff, pnrticulc"~r­ly those rccroitcd frou North l'.tld South iil..1cricn or froo f'urt:1cr a.field, vrould r.pprecintc the opportunity of boing n.blc to pnrticipnte in lenvc fncilitics on the continent. R<..prcscntn~ tions to USFET on this LJattcr hnvc failed to produce r..ny I'Cistllts o.nd. it is felt thc.t UI~ should <.nidcxwour to r.u.i.kc sa.tisfnc- ~ tory arrangerucnts of its ovm.

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Paybooks:

Very few paybooks have come to hand since the last monthly report, so toot there aro still rnaey personnel in the field for whom no paybooks have boon received.

e) ,· AEF° Pertnits: : .·

·Thc,rnn'.jority of the hEF pcnnits issued last year have expired• Lists of personnel requiring ncrr .1:.EF porraits and those who ·require extension of pcroits wcre·scnt through Central HQ. to Berlin scNerr.l rrecks ago. Enquiries o.t Central HQ. J USFET o.nd Berlin have failed to produce the new permits. This question is becoming acute , . and _µnlcss the penu.ts a.re forthcoming in the very nco.r future, r:iovcment outside of Gcnna.ey, whether on lcnvo or o.n ter.lporo.ry duty, will be seriously restricted.

4• 1'..s of ~ J anUJJ.ry, 194-6 , .· the reorganization of the US Zone, and the cs·ta.blishucnt of .5 District HQs to confon.1 with the changed military situation o.nd tho tro.nsfer of responsibility for DP operations froL1 ~ nGov. to J.i..n.ti.es ho.ve bocooo effective,

UNRRii. - US Zone Hq.

Pasing

1,ir. J. Y,bi ting, Director ~K • . R1ohr.1hnfelie$ Services

J .H. VlHITING Zone Directori

January 11, 1946

' . SUBJECT :Monthly Rt.port for· Dcccr.1bcI' j 194.5.

1. Conbining pf Relief Srovices of ELID and Wi;l) with Zone is planned for, Zone corisultfi.nts on EducationJ Child Welfare, &.1ployr.icnt und Rccrention a;r-e to retain responsibilities in tho new Zone Setup. Voluntc.ry . Liaison Officer from D:ID is to bccorac officer for Zone. Zone ffelfD.ro Officer position unfilled •. £ .. ssistant Director and Deputy for Roliof Services to be filled by ElvID staff, Specialized Consultimts from. Voluntary .,~encies . planned for through­out the vaM,ous divisions of Zone.

2. Personnel: ~ - urgent .requirements arc first for stenographic and typists staf~; USFET Liaison fro1!l. Relief Services, Zone ifolfE:.rc Officer. · .. ·

Disttjct Offices - Child Welfare consul tnnts; cmployi:1cnt Officers; t'fclford Officers. lJ.l Di.striqt offices hnvc soi::K

:' ... : : posi.tions fill,cr;l~

Teams - TeDJUs have less than two Welfare Officers aa an .average •

• ~ complete review and redistribution ·of team: personnel in the US Zone should be done now. , Recruiting fr6111· .Arnzy- and Civil.inn •agencies in Gennany ru-.s producc:d three \Vol fa.re staff so far, and they· have inferior qu..".lifications for the work. - Voluntary ii.gcncics so fnr have contribu-· tcd very few experienced sto.ff in .the Welfare field as such.

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,.;.pprox:L.mtcly 10·. of stC1.ff in the field for Bavaria (7th .Lilley" not avc.ilc.blc) h rc froci Voluntary .t~gcncics giving specialized services. The dcnrth of Child Jelforc p<.:rsonnel is becoming increasing evident a s nevi children "s centers arc opened.

3. Outstanding Probler.is\

a. fungor of USFE:T ·to :i,ssue directive to the effect that DPs either n.cccpt er.1ployQ.Cnt or- ],osc DP status.

b. To estnblish a policy thnt · will provide UNRRJ~ care for o.11 DPa., indico.tin13 .those that can _rcr.nin in conmunitics o.nd those who

· should be gro.upcd ~n e. ·r.iore liberol intcrpreto.tion of o.n o.ssembly ·• center.

c. ·Personnel requircnents as stntcd o.bove.

d •

e.

f.

g.

h.

j.

. . Office cquipocnt, m.inly ty:pcwri tcrs · and d.e sks as have been

. ordc..rcd.

Transporto.tion for Zone Relief Services st~ff and the delny or imbility to secure l..rr.w cut orders for personnel who must travel outside the US Zone, Gcnnany.

School books in a~l lan~ages.

Planning for infiltrces CI.S to staff and policies and to be relatcc to whn.t higher <.:chelons establish as UNRfu;,_ part in en.re of infiltrces.

To pla n to hD.ve a reserve of billets in en.ch ... ~ssembly Center so that newly arriving fanily cci-,1bcrs can be taken in and live reunited with the fer.lily ·or the Center.

The significant increase in employt1ent opJ>Qrtunities for the DPs now concurred in by ;.,.rmy, raust be :kipleoented by nction in the District offices and by the Tcm.is.

11 January 1946.

TO: i:ir. J .H.W~iting Zone Director

FROI.i: Health Division

SUBJECT: i'fonthly Progress Report for Dqcoobor ·1945.

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1. Tho consolidnt1.ori of Pis:trict's ti.nd . zone was initiated.

2. Negotiations were carried jointly ~t;h. the Supply and Transport " Division with Hilitar,y GoverntlCnt a.rrl the 3rd US ,~ in procuring t.>.tlbulaoocs _for services of DP Cc.~aps and Hospitals.

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The follovling surveys wer e initia t ed:

n.} Hospitals b ) DP Cru:.t--p s -c} Sn.ni.ta r-J f acilitie s in cnraps d) Cor::ir,ru.nica tions b et ween c r!.h!ps a nd hospite.ls e ) Sto.tistical survey of the oe;dice.l oper ations.

4. These surveys were initiated to aid the p l nns for r econverting our oper ntion ag?.in to J.~ra.y control.

5. Prel iminary conversc.tions were init i a ted vii.th the clffice of the SurgconJ 3rd US l ,r,~-ry-• .

6. Since t:ii s is a t rn.nsitional phase only r ou t ine dutie s wer e p c r foi::red;. but the fou.ndo.tions of p l ans for opc:mtio:n. uncl.cr .. ~1=f su:p0r v:i.l.½i.•)n \vere l o.id down and wero cor:iplcted prior t c, the turr.ovcr to ;.,.T'.::,.; •

.u.. Sn.ins de l a P en...,_ , : I. D • • ~cting Chief l.1odic:=i.l Off icer.

Monthly Report No.3 Honth e nded 31 Dcccubcr 1945

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l. The intervention of Christmas and New Year holidays corabincd rdth the move to Pasing_ seriously disorgnnized the work of the Division.

1-.. fuller report vd.11 be issued at the end of Jam.in.~.

2. There have been a number of developments -in connection mth the organization and policy of the Security Division. On 4- December the two S(;;nior Security Officers and Dr. Simon, Legal .i .. dvisor, attended a conference at USFET at ,1hich the Provost f l iiarshal General and staff officers of the ,various divisions were present. ·uany probleo~ were discussed., which roiscd issues affecting UNR&'.. policy generally. 1..ccordingly, tho Chief Security Officer ·was asked to visit London for a discussion o~ these matters. ·

3. J..s a. result- it was decided:

(a) that ci.litary coLlLlB.ndcrs in the Field should be reminded that ~ the responsibility for the nnintc:nnncc of law, order and security ineide ." UNRRt.. :mn,t · rcon.in with them; . ' .

(b) that in return UNR..T.LJ~ would set up a Preventive Service throughout its organization to be controlled froii ERO. . . ~ ' . . . .

4. It wns acknowledged tlia.t · the · sectirity Division in the US Zone .had successfully operated and that it should b e used as a basis for the new Preventive Service. The matter of the ruaalgamation of the Security Division i~to the UNRRA j?r(;ventivc Service is in hand.

5. The IlUDher of inquiries referred to Security Division. is _ingrcasing and more staff is urgently required. - ' · ··:: _.- ,. - -

E.C. ICTNG Chief Security Officer

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FROE:

Director US Zone

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i~.E. l:enk, ~-..ssistant Director FinD.ncc. & .'~ct.unistration, US Zone.

SUBJECT: I ~onthly Report, Dcce:·.:1.Jer 1945.

TO:

FROM:

1. There is little to include insofnr as Finance ~nd .. -~c1ninistre.tion is conccr:ned i n the ~.10nthly report to the ERO. The v£.rious· branches nre being integre.tcd -D.s betwecr_ the forwcr District Officq nnd tpe Zone Office, and sonc organizl".tione.l plnnning yet re:u.'\ins to be done. For oxaLtple, v1hilc the gcnerp.l lines l".ro cl.ce.r wit~ rep­poet to the proposed functions of Zone nnd Dis{ric.t offices respectively in thl, nclcu.niitre.tive Sc~ce·~ -and Reports & Statistics Br~nches, such is not the case with regard to either the PersonnelBrf'.nch or the .t .. ccounting Branch. I expect thnt the situation with respect to both Branches will bo sorted out ~nt:iin , the next few dr.ys. ,-..11 of these Li..".tters of course, cl'.n be eff'cctivcly deo.lt ·,vith here in the Zone.

Mr. J.H. Whiting, Director, UNRRA, U.S. Zone

11 January 1946

Mr. WilliP1ns Davis, Assistant Director Supply & Transport, U.S. Zone

SUBJECT: 11onthly Report to Central ijeadquarters for Month of December 194-5 ·

1. The Zone Supply-Transport Division has surv~yed the requirements and needs of the liNRRA. supply and trans­portation oper~tions in the American Zone with the express purpose· of producing a more efficient opera­tion which would secure a program enabling the success­ful accomplishment of its duties and responsibilities.

2. It has, therefore, set as its mission to secure ~nd ma.intuin effective liaison with highest levels of the military authorities und to direct, plan and supervise the over~ll operation of the entir~ supply and trans­portation system in the Americnn Zone.

3. This represents a major change in the functions and operations of the Zone Supply-Transport office. While the department had formerly concentrated its efforts towards directing the procurement and issue of UNRRA supplies (i.e. those goods purchased with UNRRA funds and imported into Germany), t?e present administration

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is coordinating and directing the UNBRA supply program plus voluntary agency supplies with the Military Government and u;s • .Arrrzy' progrrun • .

4. To accomplish this task the Di vision Director has re-organized the division and 1-w.s re-assigned personnel . to whom he has delegated responsible phases of the operations.

5 • . The attached organizational chart indicates the channels of COlllll'll'.nd as set up for this division.

6. Sum,l,Y 9:Eernti~ - A total of three liaison officers are as­signed to effect liaison with the top levels of the Ar:rifl' supply authorities; Ill.'.mely, 3rd u.s. A:rTey' n.nd Eastern Military Dis­trict Militnry Govermient, 7th u.s. Arn\Y o.nd Western Military Distrlot :hilitl'l.ry Government, and USFET. The Chief Zone Supply Officer is directly r~sponsible to the Division Chief to assist him in the plruming supervisin,g, and directing of the entire supply progrc.m. He further assists in cooroine1.ting and · · directing the activities of five District Supply Officers•

7• The Zone Distribution Officer is responsible for the alloca­tion, transport~tion, ·warehousing and distribution of UNRRA.

. impc.irted supplies, volunta):'y agencies and bu:)J<: ·Aney- materials turned over to UNRRA for team d.:j.stribution wi,thin the U~S. Zone; supervision of all personnel assigned to UNRRA Distri­bution Wnrehouses; developing and maintaining sta~ard operc..ting procedure for these supplies; nnd liaison .with

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a.· ·rn line with the Distriet level of operations, careful study a~ •JPll:'.nning is being Jlll:l.de in considemtion o·r plccirig .. 'the responsibility for operation of the UNRRA warehouses located in those districts upo~ the District Supply Officer.

9... District Supply Officers a.rd Directors have strongly urged release of the Zone vvt1.rc;b.ouses to them in a series of con­ferences with Zone personnel. FiM.l preparntions hc.ve been mo.de to effect this transfer. Mcnnwhile, Distribution Officers havo been inst:ructed to cooperate fully with .Districts, in­eluding the sending of copies of all reports to District Offices. .The XX Corps UNRRA Warehouse at Freising and r,,. Corps UNRRA W1'.rehouse at BDJUberg have been absorbed by the Munich c.nd. Nurnberg Zone Warehouses, climi'Mting duplication of f~cili ties. The UNRRA Warehouse at Straubing under XXII Corps District . Supply Officer has been .receiving UNRRA and

. yoluntn.ry ngeooy supplies, giving the, Zone one warehouse per ._. ... D-istriet~• ' .. :. · ·

lo. Tn-.nsµGft· 9Fe;-9;tions - The Chief Zone Trn!15port Officer i _s directly res~onsible·to the Division Chief ·to assist him ih the plo.nning, supervising and directing of all policy . ~la­tive to .. tho Ol)Crution of ~he UNRRA U.S. Zone transport· , ~stem. He is ,f\U'thermore responsible for effecting liaison with the top level.& of the J...rmy transportation authorities. t\l'ld he ass~sts the Divisio~ Chief in coordinnting and direct­ing the ~otivities of. tho.District · Trunsport Officers. · There is e:. very criti~'i.l· need -for o. largo number, of .capable and· officiant men to perform the Supply Officer• s job. :Maey tenms ar() · [).ttemptirig to operate without qualified Supply

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· 01'ficer13; .rhilc o_thc:r: teams, due to enonnous camp p9pulations, shpuld-hc.vc. . r..¢!.!1i(io11,."..l sup_ply men to he.ndle the jpb. There is o.T-st;:r- ~- µespc;ro.tc need for cs,mpetent Wnrchouse Officers. If

· too.re is to bo n.n efficient control of issuance of supplies ·· ' :it,:i"';is essent.in.J. thn.t more Warehouse Office;rs be secured.

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12. · The r,10st urgent ·sui:ply _problem in, t~o _ Warehouse Officers 25 3:rd ~S .;i.nq ureo. is the pending· · . Transport ·officers 15 dacisi0n of USFET as to whether or not -th~ 3ro us ~· .. n:iy hn.s the c.uthority ·to me.ke us ,'.:rrrry stocks (i. e .

Ordrumce, Sigml,. Quarj;er.&JD.ste.r L nve-.ila.ble for. issue to D'P. cmc1::atin.n!=:.­l}. Tr--"..nsporto.tion contiit!cs to present tnc most serious protrrenrs.

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REPORT ON UNRR.t~ OPERLTIONS WI~ THE BRITISH ZONE

December, 1945

-I. Relationship with the British J..rpY

The Commander-e.n-Chief e.r:d lfilitnry Governor :t-or th~ British Zone hn.~ de­cided that certa in functional activities at present the responsibility of Com­manders of Corps Districts will be tclcen over progressively by the Control C9m­mission for C-enna.n,y. In pursuance of the i..grecmcnt signed on Novcuber 27th 1945, UNRP.1 .. will increasingly undertake the et"'.rc, mRintenancc, rehabili tn.tion and movement of displaced perso:µs. · At the instl'..nce of~ Admin. HQ., Sponge, negotiations have been un:le+tnken between UNRRA District Directors~.¢ Cozi?~ CoIIIm<e'\nd-ers to determine to wh£1.t extent .i'..ssembly c~ntres n..v be tE'-kcn over · im­mediately and n.1so to arrange f'o-r a stock to.king of individu.:'\l i..sscmbly Centres in order that . there mc7 be a. be.sis for transf~r of responsibility. Corresponding orders were sent out nt the end of Deccmbe~ ruld !'1.re returro.ble by Jn.r!fJ!J.ry 15th 1946. .

The ine;Jediatc problem of rcpatrir.tion, though htmdicap::ped by winter cc;mdi­tions, is being_ met to the small degree possible in order thnt there should not be aey break in the actu...'\l project. Steps r.rc being taken to increase 'the nun~ bers returning and, so fo.r as is possible, to deterr.rl.nc wh.,~t proportion of dis­placed persons are non-repatrinble and, of these, the ages, sexes n.nd vocn.tioml.

·. skills, if fmY• · Th~ . idea behind the latter activity is the facilit.?.tion of re­settlement or other disposo.l of non-repn.trin.ble people.

It:i accordnnee with a reco~ndntion of the Horrocks Co!IQj)j_ttec, vrhi~J:i sat on Nc1vembcr lst and 2nd, 1945, a conference was ;held n.t .Bnd Ocrihuusen pri"the 29th December to discuss the question of equivalent ruilitary status for UNRRA personnel and also the desirability or othc1~visc, for ~"JDY purposes, of the adoption of soLle cxtcrnn.l visur~l indicn.tion of seniority or juniority ru.aoug UNRRA officers • . i,.s· _unifortlity bctneen all civilir-m officers nppce.rc_d desirable, the J,.:rm:,, thrpugh its political b. (ORG-) Brnnch n.nd c.c.G-. of'ficin.ls (Civilian Establishoent . Officers), . participnted with UNRru .. · in the discusaj.ons.~ I.t ... was agreed tha~ th~ dreft of the proposals for .con-elt>.t.io..n .of equiv;nlent mil;ta.ry sta~u& should¥ ::P1_;epc.red, and a draft GRO submitted to th~ p[\rj:iC.;i.l?D,ting officer~ ·for tholl' approval or ~encJllent. Eventw:-.1.l.y o. wu.vcrsally a.pproved suggestion will be subr.litted to the ·coimnna.er-in-Chie·r and, t.o such_ extent n.s he may approve it, be made the subject of a GRO. ·

Duri_ng -Decernbe~ the ~rx:anger.1ents for the trrm~fex:_ .qf the Policy, Coordina­tion l}pd_, r~lated bI'!:'\,nches of .the UNRRJ.. J..dµiin. _HQ t ·o Bunde . were continue4. In _orde~•-to .un:J.ertnke the executive functions formerly the responsibility _of PN and -DP . DiVisio~, . and now. in proces"~ of trahsfer to -~ .subsequent .· to . ~e : C-in-C~ Ag;reeoent, it wns originally necessary th.9.t ·certain executive . officers should be appointed to understudy PN & DP officials. Now, however, this process has been cooplcted am the o.ctU£1.l responsibiliticrs transferred to corresponding sections of UNRRJ ... , the P,J{ &- DP re-pre_sentation being correspond­ingly reduced. an UNRRla. HQ (Pol~ & Coord.~) has accordingly been set up in the offices fonnerly occupied by the PW & DP Division in Bu.nde, and a m..miber of residences foroerl.y usod by officers .ot the Search Bureau have been taken over for administrative purposes. UNRRl .. Adi:Jin. HQ, Spenge, is still _nia.intnined

.. without . aey diLlinution of o.ctivity in other .fields, and with s0t1e increased ill those· related to its functions n.~ a staging· centre rmd transit _ can.p ••• •

Airfield& to .the nutlber of' _41+, in nll h.·wc been 1:.1c'l.dc t'l.vnilable if required for p:ro~clillg -faru training_: for displa~ed persons, and. r.l.1 Coz:ps Districts have been r.cques~ed to -exl'.Pi,ne th~se to detcroinc their .suitnbility for this purpose •

. b. ~ifi~ UNRRA officqr took pa.rt in the first invcstign.tion of this kind, aoo. reported certain dift'~cuJ.ties fror.1 the point of view of soil,depth. of tilth (sic), etc. other proposn.ls for ngriculturnl training P.rc also under

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discussion, nnd a rta;geruents e..;e being cor.11).l etcd for '-'- small nrea. of ·land to be ma.de available at .h.lt Erfracle il"ii fud Scgcpc.rg, vlith · the intention of training there 250 ~tvian students. ;[n respect of _ _q~ucition.."1.l fa.cilitics the Deutscl{e:r Ring a.t Hruaburg, forr:.1~:r'ly. 6~~pi~4 ):5y UNRRA Xem.1 .• 74 nnd sor.ie 1,000: di.spl.?.ced. persons, · as a University for Bq;L~.s. It is hoped. tha t a n cnrly beginning cc.n be made with instruction in the· ;nonna.l University frtcultics ancl. th;.,_t e.ccour.10- · . . . . -dation rJay be armng.c;cl c onveniently ncnr and in :Jcutchcr Ring f or 2,000 students. · For the Poles it i's hoped tfu>.t_ n cr•.np Upivcrsity ::.1r-.y be cstr.blisl~cd ·c.t Duisbc:r:-g,·. near the _Univc.rsity of Bon.1'11 but confirDc'i.t ion hc-s not yet bce:q rccciv~d _fror.~ t he Allied Liaison lvdss:i,on, 1 Corps District.

II. Supply ~nd Distribution

During the month o{pec~i;.1ber, in consultntion with th9 Ftr'& zjP 1Division, UNRRA Hendquarters for the· British Zone w?..s able t ,o l ay dmvn supply procedures which, in conjwiction wi~h other procedures set forth ~y the PH & DP Division, will help stnnda.r¢1.isq opcrn:tii_cms ~hrough UNRRk,-a~d: Militn.ry Govcrnr:1cnt channels and iLrprove the ·effi~icnqy of the_ supply · syst9ra.. (UNRRi .. Zone Hcadqunrters, · . B.li..O.R. Supply Mcn10ri,,nda Nos. 1 and 2 crc 0tta~hcd)~ ' •• • ·

CCG supplies fror.1 Gcrua.n sources e.re ccici11g · f6rvmrd in increased quantities and forr~ the m~jor supplies for displaced persons requireocnts. luJcnity nnd welfa re supplies from .UNRRA and voluntru:-y society sources arc c6orQinD .. tcd with the c.c.G. supplies in order to obtain the r.iost· ·equitable distribution. Supple­r..ien-tn.ry supplies, foodstuffs, ar;ienitics, etc. fron c.c.G., UNRRJ .. , and voluntary society sources for the ChristL1as ~criod were . in rcnsomolc qu.~ntity. ••• ·

The agrce,nent between UNRRJ.. and B.1i..o·.R. ~11..':.~ . been ir."1ple1:.1cnted ·effectively· by B.i...O.R. find supply ind service obligations frt>Ll B • .:,,.o.R. · to UNRRl .. ubder · . this agreeoent are_ being i:1et. V

Wit!i · regard._: to,.w~l·far~ supplies, coobinccl Welfare $upply Cor.'U..tittees hc-vc been set µ.p ~t ~one ancl . Corp ~ .District levels t o allcc~te nnd distribute welfa.re supplies from UNRRl .. · o.nd volunt1;_1,ry s ·Clciety sources. UNP.Ri .. ·vrelfr'.re · supplies a.re virtun.lly exha.usted because tne Male 9f i:,onthly . shipacnts ns plnnncd by ERO for this area he.s not been fulfilled. · · ·

J.i.. Reguireµents

301000 layettes were laid down in the ERO progrruDe for delivery to the British Zone dtU"ing the period j'rqr.1 0..ctober, 13~-.5 ,, t9 1'.ID.rch, 1946~ To dn.te, no layettes fror.1 this source. nave been received., Req1.J.ir,ei:1ent.~ nre · urgent in view of the fa.ct that m:i,.litary. govcrn:ient stocks . f.rp . e,>:htmsted o.nd · there ;is a · delay in receiving first delive~ies fror.1 Gonnn sou:rc~s,, •• • , , :·" • .'. ·.: ··

B. Sltil)Llen:t;s Rece~

Ship::lents .received are shown on the fon.1 attached. Purcha.ses within the Britisll 'Zone are· covered. by the 1;1.greer.ient betvrecn UNRR.l .. ana. B • ..:{.o.R. Under the syst.eo introduced as· froo No~er.Jber 25, 1945, records -'ii.re kept ·of i teras drawn. for manufacture of UNRRA. persoruwl ·transport, acli.un,istrn.tion, .. etc,, but it is st~ted that "for issues in Gen:w.n;y - no charge ·will be rnac1.e against UNRRA but the oos~ will be recorded n.s .,n first che.rge on Gerr.:ll:'.n exports. 11

.. · .. ,.:·· Dl.lri~ the L10nth of December, bulk clothing was ··received into the UNRRJ..

warehouse e.t Bielefeld from -Hroren f<>r free --issue. to.•-e0ntinental p.~~onnel. This was . brolten down ,in.to issues to Zone Her.dquo.rters, 1 · Corps, 8 Corps, a.'nd 30 Corp~· DistrictsL ; Suf~ieiertt c1othing lil\s been dispatohed to all Corps Districts to .

, eqUi.p · a.11' -cohtinental por.sonnel with. three"!'qttarlerb of the iten:J on tpe UNRR,A. clothing ration card. The greatest deficiencies are in men's battle blouses arid trousers am in all .ATS clothing. '!'he art:(Y' has a.greed to :S\lpply sufficient

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, clothing to oake ur, o.11 deficiencies in 1:ien' s clothing but it is unable at this time to supply sufficient qur.nti tics for feu::'\lc personnel. Distribution of tho •· free issue of clothing to the continentf'.l personnel wo.s npproxit11:i. tely 7Sfo . ocm-· pleted l'.t the end of Deccr.:ibor. It is cxpeotec1 thl\t nll ito1:1s of mon's , cl0thing will be on he.nd in sufficient quruitities by the l.£-.tter F.rt of JE>.nuary to onable UNRRA to aell to ·British and ,~10rican i;ir-J.e personnel. Certain iterJS will ·be o.vr.ill'l.ble for sale to fe1.1alc personnel, but unless more J~S clothing is received thtm is now expected, snles will be l:ioited.

a. Distnbution

Distribution.witb;in the British Zone is on a displaced persons population basis. The present rntio isa

l Corps District: 2(fb 8 Corps District t 2,5fo

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D. TJ$:nsport

A oens,u1s of. vehicles in the British Zone was received f:roo corps districtaJ and, after CO!lSUf-~ntion, was dispntcho.d to UNRRI.. Centrnl Hendquarters •

.73 .Tehiclcs were received fro1:~ •· .. ntwerp during tho rilonth t:-.rtl distributed to eorps districts ns follows: .

6 three-tonners, 21 fifteen cwts. to 1 Corps District ~ " 15 " to 8 Corps District 6 " 21 " to 30 Corps District.

l, nuobor of c.tescrt trucks nrc being dispe.tohod to corps c1istriote.

150 jeeps with troilcrs nro in course of issue fr01a Metz and will be dis-tributed t o oorps districts ns fullows: ·

50 to 1 Corps· Distric~ 40 to 8 Corps .Distriot . 6o to 30 Corps ·District.

:Thirteen l)itch r.1ech."\nics arrived during DeoCaOber and a.re to be despatohod to corp~ c1istriots, together with workshop and stores lorries which are shortly to be relensed fror.i the Rhine kn~.

· Arrnngeucnts were concluded in December for the pen:nnent a.tta.chraent to UNRR/.. Hc~.dqunrters in the British zone of a R.E.M.E • . officer. This ie scheduled to tclte plr-1.ce enrly in Ja.nw1.ry, 1946, and it is hoped then that adeque.te repair se_rvices instruction will be provided to a.over repairs on a.11 types of vehicles. ·

III. Relief Services under UNRRA J..uspioea

!t'li)hneis e.t Zone Headquarters during · Decwber has been on the develop:ient of closer coordinntion between the vnrious brnnchos of the Relief Services Division. · Regular staff r.ieetings of the Relief Services Division hlwe been held nnd specific actions tnkcn to more closely relate thG ~ctivities of Zone staff to the current situation in the field. For exanple, a prograr...-.10 of coordinated field trips h.."1.s been workQ out, nn:1 will truce ple.cc in Jo.nua.ry. It was decided thl'.t the 1Jajor et1phasis c1uring the next three 1.10nths shoulcl be on the coordina­tion of Relief Services e.t teem level, t>.nd the· developr.1ent nr.10ng the displo.ced persons of greeter responsibility for tho' organisation run Llnintena.nce of welfnre services. . ·

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In ord~r that UNR&i.. Zone; Hel'.dquE-,rters should 1W.i-ntc1.in closer lieison with the PN & DP Divis~on, . Control Com:uri.ssion, the projected move to Bunde of a s~ctiQn of, this· he:l'.d9,Uf.rte:r-8·•wil;t. _t .P.ke place in the ne~>.r future. Relief Sez:vices Di vision will . go ~-;. ~he r.c1Yimc!3_ p~rty, nr:rl will work closely with Exec. 3 Section ( Welf,'are) ."PN· & DP pivisioii •. · A ·meeting will be held with ~epresentntives of PW &' pP. J?ivision t o ~.is&tiss ·cprrelo.t;i.on· of future programmes. ·

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Miss Aves, Child Welf~re ·oonsultc.nt, ERO, spent severnl dnys in the British Zone reviewing the progro.mrae for Chilcq:-en's Services, and visited 8.. ~nd 30 Corps. Her visit Gs~isted the finc.-u.is~tion of a progrrumne for Children's Services in the British. io~', · ;:md n -copy o f :this progrr.mmc hn.s been submitted to Qorps Districts; . · · ·

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A mcmorc.ndum guide f or district ~pd terun guidance •in th~ c1evolopmant of . Children's services rm.s prepnred l'.nd distribution projected for Jnr.Uliry. :. 1his memorandum will supplement the resolutions C;f t}¥:: Second Zone Corife'rbiic;e.

Responsibilj_ty for children in G?rom heres ho.s not. ber,:r;i clf'.rified com­pletely t'\nd only · ~cc.ttcred r.ction n~.s' tcl<c1:i'- ple.ce in tho Di~tri~ts·. A confer­ence is planned in J t'.nur.ry o.t Centrn.+ Heaq.qur.rters with all Chief Liaison Officers, at which t:i.uc their n.ttitudes nnd policies regarding rcpn.trintion of these children will be explored.

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Mr. Adler.-Rudcl, rcprosonting the Jcvrish Relief Colllluitteo, spent several dnys in the British Zone in nn effort to reconcile the opposition to· mo~cment by the Jewish Commit'tec r.t Bel.sen a.nd tho offer of cc'Xc i.Mdc by English agencies. The conclusion of this visit :provided'. tlll'.t children with close · relitives in.-: . non-Europo:,.n countries would bo moved to Englnnd, provided (A) specific infor­r.w.tion c.bout the -re:lr.tives' l oc0t·ion· wns lalown, and (B) that the qur-.liey of their ~n~crost . in -th0 children 'M'.s reviewed by Oeuvre Sccours d 1-Eiif-ru1ts ( OSE) in Engl.-1.nd ti.nd ··the United StRtes. There are 61 children nt Bel sen · known to moot these q'liniific~tions, und enquiry by OSE has been requested by the JOO. Plans for. tho othor children were nltcred when JOO o~tnined improved institu­tioll<."..l onrc in th~_ British Zone, pending pc:rrnD.nezit resettlement: plnns. ·••·• ·., . .. ..

A_.confcrcnoe wns held with the Polish Red Cross repre_scntntives, in which the l~ttcr ndvanced proposnls for a children'ij progr~.mne, which involved the collection of 1..Ull'.ccoupanied n.nd lost children in institutions and plans for their movement outside of Geriilr'\l'iY or Poland,.. The conference implied th,.'\t this progrnmme would not tcl<c effect for sevcrnl months.

Sonttered enquiries a.bout .adoption continue to be recaivcd nnd there is evidence tl'U'.t foster fe.r.ri.lios l?,+C moving out of Gennany with un_'\ccompanicd. c~ldrcn.

Docurn.ent~ti;•n:1~ontinues in diminished volume covering children in.. UNRRA camps, nnd ·records from Gennc.n Burgomeisters. By the end of the year, 1 1497 children wore documented, ·of whom 441 nrc· in German homes nnd institutions.

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' Enquiry: from the Centrnl ~rc..ci~g ·~ea.u led to -the discovery of 35 children of purported United N;:i.tions nntionnlity in a-:Gcnnan •institution in: Walsrode. .. The: ~ildren have . novr b~cn tr.'.'.nsfc~ed ~'o n.n ins±itut~on under UNRRA supervision.

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The French Ministry of Prisoners of War and Deportees requested the listing of all children of French nntionnlity. Lists were sub1aitted to Zone nnd District French Liaison Officers.

Supply

Several tons of clothing, imd.icine, toys ~nd chocolates were received from Don Suisse. These are sup~lies originally requ.e.sted on Sept. 28th for specific children's institutions. The supplies l'.I'C of e..xc0llent qutlity and steps were ma.de to assure rapid distribution to the Districts. - Don Suisse offered to pro­vide further equipm0nt nnd clothing, nnd ~ detailed list of items, os?cci~lly clothing, wes -submitted. A new shipment is expected within 1::. £cw weeks.

30 Corps Welfare Officers submitted specific infon~~tion rcgnrding a short• age of children's shoes and ln~rettes. This informn.tion was used in an effort to meet the shortc.ges. Concerning leyettes, · it. wns discovered tho.t the originn.l supplies to each District h_"'..d b,ecn consumed, and stops h~vo now been in.itinted to obtain manufe.cturc of new supplfos through the C,.mtrol CoJ.Jr.ti.ssion.

Co:rps Reports . .·

30 Corps , reports a total of 11 children's insti tu.ti.ans, mostly sme.11 ones., in opern.tiol'l by the end of the year. Five of these nre under direct UNRRA super­vision; 3 n.re operated by nation.<\l groups (Polish o.nd h"..tvio.n)., r.nd 3 by voluntary soci.eties, under . UNRR.f;. general- -supervision.·

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8 Corps reports distribution of a talk by YMCA Kindergarten Instructor to all welfare teruns to stimulate the progrmmne of nursery schools c:-.nd kinder­gartens. Trnining for displaced persons' Kinderg['.rten ten.cher-s .is. under wcy by YMCA personnel in cooperntion with UNRRA welfnre stnff. · ·

8 Corps also reports nearly 2,000 children uncler the age of i8 e.:s receiving no eduec'\tion, and over 1,600 children under 18 yea.rs receiving no primary educ.?.tion. Tl:1e Latvin.n orphanage at Hn.ffkrug, which hns been considered un­satisfactory for many months, is fin?.lly being moved to more satisfactory quarters.

Chri·stmns Progre.mne. l. .

All ·corps report Christmns lictivities for ('.ll caops. It is possible that in 1 and 30.·Corps soi:i}e children did not receive .toys., .However, in most places this shortage was overcame where necessary by private purchase from the personal funds of welfar~ personnel. . Some HeP.dqui=>.rtcrs collected from the personnel the ~ of approximate'ly 2,100. IIl['.rks by voluntary contribution in order to reimburse welfare officers who hD.d Il1."l.de necessary nnd. nccowitt>.ble· ~xpenc1iture.

In 8 Corps District; the children h_,,_d n particulnrly eajoyablc time. The Army Units issued llk"l.ny invitations to the DP children for '- phristm'ls ·partie-s, . The troops thought it suitnb:j..e .to save up sugnr and sweets in order to entertain the children. Some centres reported a round of two · and three pnrties .. for :. ~ their. children.·

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·: _To~ng projects were organised early, with the result ttw.t ' eve_ry child in t°hc_' Assembly Centres ' throughout -8 Corps .receiv~d one or more .toys. · Ah enquiry mc~o by'uNRRl~ Hendqunrters discloscd _th~t most · ccntrcs were well supplied with, ._home-:-JOO.de toys - rng dolls, , animals; colourful wooden silhoµettc·s of Santa Claus, ~clccy ivtousc, dogs n.nd . hors9s, ·-the. only ·shorb.gc being -in· gifts fpr- ,older children.- 1..n effort was mn.do · to corre.ct this ._a,s fr.r c.s p 0ssiblQ by the issue of spcoit:>J. ;arttclcs · of clothing. ... .

Anoth~_t Chris_troas attraction 'lvas the pt'..rticipilti;x:i of the ·DP children in the Ghildren' s ·.Cru.sD:de • Chicago public school · children ini tia. tcd this Cru,sn:d,e by,·cont_ribµt _ing their pennies- °for· thc purch1:1-se of ~rwcets _nnd toys for the.DP:

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ehildren. ·Because of shippiDg difficulties_, · it was not possible to 'mail the brightly colo~d .· Christm..'\s parcels to the J..?3sembly Centre children, but a report · has since e..rrivcd :r;eporting th.'"l.t special pcnnission lk'\~ been grnnted by Washington to ship the parcels. Pending ' these sh'ipr®nt nrrangcm.ents; the children sent greeting cnrds to certain ~isp1.aced· p~sons . ~~s~ with the request that children in the ce.mps show.cl join: in ·the ·singing cf Chr:i.str&-.s · · · oarols on Christmas Eve n.t the srune time when . the chilc1ren, of the . United States were singing enrols.

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Winter Progrrunme t , . . .

.t.dministration by displaced persons personnel in the . vn'riouis _camps _·con- i,

tinUes, but bccause ··of the chango ci f crunp p opula tion, much time is· involved in registrn.tion, thus limiting. ~he . activit_ics of the : Cc.'1IDP,- comoittees in other directions. . • · · ·

The welfare _personnel ·situation in the Zone 14'\s. improvea ·.a.µ±-in.g the last nionth, ma.inly due to'. the ·c.rri VP.l of 27 Danish Welfare Officer~ :- l4 · assigned to 30 Corps and 13 to 8 Corps, and to the reduction of displnced ·~ersons pop\1~ latiort in some centrc·s owing t o repf'.triation. ·· ·

. Miss Rackstraw relinquished her duties as District Welfare Officer~

l Corps, at the beginning of December, and was replaced by Miss Dorothy Marshall, who has done excellent work and en.med the cooperation given her by area and terun welfnre workers. .

Accommodation

Winter ,P.ia ns ,,i~n re;gc.'.l'd t o hous:i ng ~1t.".v0 · only bocn P.."-rtinlly real:i.sed. The repa triation of Pole s has been proceeding ucc0rding t o sc:1edule·. :rf..o.ny centres have lost lnrgc numbers, but with the present policy of congrcgn.ting all the displaced persons into larger ca."!)s, nru'.l ~ringing in displt>.ced persons .,. from private bil'.Lets,,.; the populRtion figures in most of the ri. ssembly centres · ·. , .. have not been pero..-m~ntly a ffected.

" ... . . . The e.lloce.tion of 'aq~e(!_un:tc a-pace for schools, vrorlcsh,ops E>nd other' Aom­

Irn.L'1P.l 8.•~~j_y _: ·cies. lf<-". l:i b een w<J.d~ w1?-er cye::- p ::iesi b:l.~, oeforc ref:.lli:r;e t he C£<.mps -to r.1~·~_rm1:.:-~ ,;.,:,.p"..~if~J"" .,

I n 8 · Corps District, ~ sl\Il..-t t £>.t.:i.c:n and h rn.1 1:'-lng survoy vro.s Yr.de vii th the assistan...-:e of the Roynl Engineers., w-ich a. vi0w t o uor-.cc_cti.ng bD.<l. .holl;_sing con­ditions.

Special lounges are now being ·set up ·1n·most camps with newspapers, books., writing mai;erinl a nd indoor grunes. · · Games nnd sp_orts enthusiasu is on the increase. Interest i:;; being shpwn in such things as boxing n.nd footba ll~ It . is hoped _tha t more equipment is on the vey. ·

~enity '$upp1ies . •, ~ .

Welfare ,runenity supplies. for the mont·h o f December hc'we_ been i~ excess -~f :previous mo nths 1 nnd supply chc.nncls through 1/Iil., Gov,. a ::-e . opcrn:ting more ~octhJ_y: _- Winte r clcthip.g and · shoes, e·specin.lly f or women [l.nd children, are still in short supply.,

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. ·: . .. Employment

' J..n Employment Section in the Relief S~rvices Div~sion, Zone Headquarters, ms been· created t o r.c1min:$.ster the progrrum~e thr-o\lghout : the Zone. This will be under the direction of n Zone ' Employment Officer .;;, Mr·.· F. H~ Ward, and the close·s-e· i?ossible · coordin.'l.tion will be L1t'.int0.ined between Employment, Welfare

-_,ancl Sup1,ly in the furthcr.-i.ncc of this progrE1Iur.1e. District Euployment Officers will be ~$signed to each District Office ~s s oon as possible to assist the Jisse1,1bly. C~nt_ros .. with ·their er.lployi-acnt l'l.nd. trt-1.inin,g_ aoti vi ties.

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The Zone.Er.iployincnt . Officer's proposnls concerning t-1. Zone omployinent-trainii:ig progrl'.L'lr.1e were subr.rl.tted to th~ ·Zone Director and n.lso to the Director ·or Rciief Services .. . Following gonernl approvri,l. there, the Zone E1.1ployr.ient orficer rme an intensive fi~ld trip t o secure criticism both of the military nncl . the field stnff r.t cru,m o.nd. cli'striot lovols in nll three corps districts• Valuable infoni,ri..tion wc.s thus obtr'.ined and it was .·Qvident that both UNRRA · field personnel ,nnd the ui.li to.i-y srored the vie,v tb,.'1.1:; the proposed plnn wo.s practic..".blc ['.nd 1-.:nioh neqded.

· T,:lo· conferences were held at Ccntrnl Hendqucrters, One wo.s with Mr. Alpert, in charge of t ·ho Er..ployr.10nt Section there. The other was a joint conf crence attended by: Mr. 1.lpert, the British and UZ Zone Er.i;ployucnt Officers, an:1 Miss Green., . o. spcic_iclist in cru.1.p work E".n;l vooutionnl. 'training p,rojects, who is a stn:ff •nssistant · to Mr. h.lpcrt. GcnorE'.l problcus of unifom policy as BI.long thQ 'three zones wore discussec1 7 espocit-i.lly as they arc affected by the 1,'lilitary; also . progrru:ir.ic and techniques.

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', . . .. Enquiries wer-e Dr.de [',t Zone, District nnd C0 ntrnl Headquarters offices

coridcrning ·q~alificcl pe~so11nel ~v~il~blo for nppointuont ns District Er . .ploynent Officers, e.nd .sovcrnl cc.ndidntcs were interviowed. No nppointr:icnts had been r:iade by tne end of the- L10nth. . . .

• · ,Fi ·,nuubcr of conferences were held with Military Goverl'll.1ont officers in the thr0q corps districts .nnd. o.lso with officc•rs in CCG - PW -& DP Division,

• Bunde. · . Request wr.,s ,·.1.-i.dc upon thou fo,r ( 0.) nssisto.nco in furnis~ng -r.10ro1...ofi!feot­ivc clisplnce::l.:persons work· incenti,res; {b).·thc e.l_ir:dnntion o:f' u,nnecessary:.rr•·". lioito.tion~ on' the .·nuub'\'Jr.' of displr.eec1 :persons who rJ8.y be eraployed out of

Burgen1€:ister't3 .funds; and {o) gre~.ter aid in the matter of tools ans::l sUpplies for work nnd . voco.tionc'\l trnining _.p;r-ojects. The le.tter is one of the r.1ost pressing probleus conncoterl with the Euployraent--:Training progrn.rJr.1e • .

Educational and_ 1Voc<':t_ion..-u __ T;:ninin~ ·

There has b~en .a .setb~ck in the prograr.voo of acnder.rl.c education within the 0DL1ps during the past month. This .has been caused in part by , the repa_~ria­tion of~ la:r::-go llULlbcr 0£ school teachers ·and education leader~ in thecnl!Ips. In 8 Corps, ·the ·Polish .Cor.1rJittee are endeo.vouri~ -to train new teo.ching staff in the Teachers• L,yQeuni nt Lubeck.

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Approxin.'\tely 830 ·displaoed pei;:s0ns (students) fror.1 the three Corps Districts in the British Zone nre now attending Gern'\n universities •

.t .. n . altlOst. uni~erso.i drive hc.'\S ~en Lnde during the pa.st month for the opan-, ing of, or strengthening .· of existing voo_e.tional shops. Workers iri such shops nre now b~ing' included 1n thb p'l:'\Yl:"Oll of tho Ct\raps, . nn¢l productj.op. is finding ·o.n ou.tlet either within the cl\l'.lps or :in exolmnge fo~ article~ of benefit to the C.'.\IlPS. Several exhibitions . of toys am lumdiornfts have . been held in the lnrger a.ssenbly centres. . · ·. · · ·

This progrru:v.ie will be further expanded by the at~achracnt to Zone Headq\JL\r• ters of l:Ir. Veer·, Hn.ndicro.:fts Specialist on loan from CBSRA, who will r.:iake a tour of ·the corps · a:tfitriots, putting forth suggestions f'or the iaplemente.tion of hc,ndiomft projcc.~.a•·

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Recreation

. I , <' Recre~.tiona.l 'aqti~·ities: ?,Uring December have been exr;pha!,ized owing to the Christll18.s~ season, which brougpt ;large scale theatrical arid song festivities in · the C'UilP,s. Traveiling shows sponsored by the Displaced ~ersons Bran~~ of Army Welf'ar_e· alsd visited maey camps. In three areas in 30Corp.s District cinema shows !\re nvailo.ble to :most of t ,he caraps, and ?.rrangements are under way for the ~pension of such facilities. ' Some recre~tion...-u equipment hc\s been provided py· the Int'erno.tiopal. YMCA· Rnd. distributed. in the aree.s of 43 Div. ?-nd. 8th Annd. Brigade, 30 ·. Corps Dist riot. However ,

1 up to the end of' the month, there has not

been sufficient equipment ~+'..~:this ·no.t~ f'or simil~.r .distribution in _other areas, nnd. much critici~n resulted~

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s • . . EeligiQ9:s. liinistro.~iorts ·· . • • ,f

The Polish.Bishop visited l .porps District for conf'irmation.during'the . period ·i3~23 December, 1945. Fifteen ~amps were visited in all, and the Senior ·Polish Chc.plnin ho.s reported thnt npprox:im...~tely 21000 people wqre cpnfirmed.

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(r-.) Welfr-.re O'ffic'C'f"S in: soye;ral instances hD.ve been asked to appeRr with di~plnced persons ch~rged before militnry courts, nnd hE'.ve been able to inter­pret' the b.:1.ckground circumstnnce.~ leading to the overt net, in this wny gaining

· lep:iericc for the defendnnts. ·. · -.. : · · ·.•, . . . , ... . . .. ..,, . :, .

(b) , Further clt.rificntion is required on cOJl'.11.nmicnt~on nnd.mo~cmd~t ~ng <Uspln.ped persons. Thc,; ri10v,~eni; of displnccd pt;rsons ns individur.l_s is not yet rqgul/'\rised, nnd :provision need,s to be llfl.dc for inter-wnal mov.cments ~,n i:ndivi­cl'Ul\l bo.sis _for the purpo·se of searching for and joining rolA.tivos.

vii. UNRRA Welfnrc :Aar,rl.nistrt-.tion .. ,

Results of the signing of the Agroemont . ,

Suksequent to tho signing of, the AgrcCLlcnt, UNRRA . eooa,¥;_nced_ trtking . r:vcr f-rom the militnry nuthorltios o.pproxin:".toly on 9 December, 1945.· A_cµrective w~s s~nt to District Directors pointing out itenlS of iI~portnnce in the compila­tion of Mnrching In nnd Marching Out Sto.tcs to be signed by rcprcscnb.tivcs of

·uNR&~, :MOR nnd COG (BE). En.ch tenw is to bo responsible for chocking up its Qr.raps indi vidunlly • .

,~) l Corps District

The g~ncrnl cl~rific~tion of the responsibilities of U!f.RR/~ in thj..s · corps District has resulted in better coordination between the UNRR.l~ Welfare Staff

.· 'nt District level and tho FtV & DP Division representative, nnd in the oamps · ,·,'it hns given :r:iew strength to the teru:.is. 'This mee.ns that the efforts of the wel­

fare officers . h..~ve been rJOre i.mrJedintely productive in tenns of id~ntifying the · · -problcrilS and cr.rrying out.their responsibilities. The congrcgntion of the

displnced persons into. lnrger ' er.raps, o.:rd the reorgt'.nisntion of teruns to fit the ." riew si tul'l.tion, ms pro.duced the opportunity to plr.ce the L,10st competent welfare officers where the ~10st complic~ted si tu.._"l.tions now exist- Tho three nrea.s nre no~ covered by hren Wclfnre Officers e.-nd their supervisory activities are well utider. wcy. · ·

J,'b) ···· 8 ·:corps District .',l. ·. · · ,. . . ..

In 8 Corps,· -the pi.strict l'!elfr..ro Officer now occupies- the sari1e office with the Distriot PN & DP. Division Wclfnre Officer at District,Heo.dquf'.rters (Plon)

' ana.·ihey nre worltj.ng· in close cooperation. The distribution of displnoed persons

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into larger centres h..".s conccntrr,ted them into more easily workable areas; nnd as n result moves of tcru..--i welfnrc officers he.ve strengthened the program:oo throughout.

(c) 30 Cocys District

In"- Si11Uch ns the definite t r.ke-ovcr by UNRRh for full responsibility h..'\d not got unc:er W".Y during Decci.~bc.:r,. developr,1onts nrc n__,t ns far aheo.d. However~ specific plr.ns for r0distribution of teru.1s and vwlfn.re officers nre fonmlP.ted, so thP.t .o.s soon c-.s the working arrB.ngc ,icnt is co,:rplcted tel"ns now in existence in 30 Corps District vrill be c?.s ncl'l.r to full strength ns possible, and better org1\nised to 1.1c.,;w_t the grader responsibility. There l".ru n. fevr vncnncics in Principn.l ,1/clfn.re Offic0rs rmd i'i.ssistnnt Welft.re Officers, which i.-ust be filled at the cr.rlic..st ·possible uoucnt •.

B. HeC\.lth

1. lfodic.".l Services

The hcnlth of the displnccd persons cou-.ru.nity rcu".incd good throughout tho month. No l.JD.jor outbrcl".k of diseP.se occurred. There wns o. definite increase in the n~bcr of Cl'.ses reported ns suffe~ing frou inflru.1r.1ation of the naso­phnrynx n.nd upper rcs:;:,irf".tory trt'..ct, but no cnse grnve enough to be classed o.s influenza of thu sever Oj_"'idcuic type.

No case of tj711hus wns reported f-\lilOngst the displacod persons during the month. 4 cc.sos of typhoid fever nnd 43 ca.ses of diphthcrie. were, however, re­ported, scattered throughout the three corps districts. 187 c~sos of naso­phary;,.gc!'.l cf'.tl'.rrh . nere; rorortecl, which were ten.1ed influenza., but ,;rcrc of the trl.lcd type. 78 C".scs of vcmcronl disc1'sc wcr<..; reported, of which 11 wore syphilis.. 27 nc.w cnses of i-;ul.Llon".ry_ tuberculosis vrorc reported.

The nutrition :of r..11 the displnced persons r<:fol£lined good.. Spccinl arrl'..nge­uonts were L:k".do ~cc ·cnsu;cc th..".t chilo.ren received e.deql.U'.tc vitru:rl.n content in thoir food. Codliver oil be:cnuc c.va.il!'.blc fror.1 the arr,w., n.nd wns distributed through tho three corps districts. i.n incrensed Ol:lOunt of 1,dlk wns n.lso tlll.de n vr.ilc,ble for DP chilc."iron.

There hc.s been distinct progress in the cr-.rrying out of the recoI.11:iendl'.tions of the Zone Conferoncc of Noveubor lnst, to ensure tlk~t the displaced persons p~ulf'.tion will got tho r..mxir.11.ll.: coofort ·ancr protection throughout these winter raonths .

The aggregn.tion of cf.lJlPS in 8 Corps District hl>.s been coi:;plcted nnd is being tC'Jwn ovwr l\t tho present tine fro1:1 the ~~rqy.. This f".ggregl'.tion is pro-

' . cccding nlso in 30 nnd 1 Corps Districts.. i .. s n result ·0f thi~ regrouping, a certt'..in urmo1.zy- of sb.ff nnd ensc of working hn.s been possible . It hl".s oeen possible also t o corrclt'..to r,n:l extend the work of 1.:iedicru. o.nd wolfl".re sections in toot spccinl cl,inics t:'..rc now possible', owing to the greater nur.1bcrs who can nv~il thc~Jselvos of these S<..;rvices profitt:'..bly. This is pP.rtioularly the case in infr-.nt t:'..m child welfr.re sections •.

The iur.1Uni.s.."..tion of tho clisrlo.ccc1.. pursons static po1iulntion is now virtunlly coI.J_plctcd l'.gr-.. inst typhus. Vr.cci:n,.tion r.gninst typhoid hns been co1:Ipletecl o.s fnr ns 7~ of the displt:'..O(}d persons po:;_..,ule.t·ion is concernoc1. 60% of children under 16 have been ir .. uunisod ngc.inst u.iphtheria, e .. nc1 this wo_rk will be cooploted during the en.rly New Yenr.

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ii. Nursing

1. . Personnel

(a) Tho nursing stnff ns of Decoubor 31st is ns f'ollows:

U.K •. u.s • . C".!1"'.diGn i,ustrr.lian r.r.d • New 2'e2.k.nder F;rench Belcrinn Dutch

· D:cni·s'h Luxm.:bourgcois . ~ .

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13

9 28 45 24 44

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--------------------------------------(b) Th0r0 l'.rc, in r:11."..i tion t o tho nbbve:

1 .nssistnnt .Nurse in chr-.rge of UNR&~ Zone Hcfl.dqu..'1.rtcrs Infinnary 2 DP nurses engngecl o.s Class II e1.~ployees.

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~o n~scs_ycre deployed during the 1..ionth. . .

The stnff Ylf'. s re¢'cticed by 10 nurses in the following r.1 ... "\ruler:-

1 . Miss E.F. Doherty, 1.ir.tron of Glynn : HughesHospi tr.l, Belson, returneL1 to ERO. for c.ssignuent r.s Chief Nurse to Polnnd.

2. 6 Nurses resignetl.

3. 3 Nurses were ten:iin..'1.tcd.

( e) Ch'\nge s of n ssignr.1cnt:

2 n.sscr.1bly centre nurses were trr.nsfcrrecl to the Glynn Hughes Hosrit.-,_1, Belson.

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2. District i-..ctivities

. ·.~i f ~urth Fiell~. Nursing Sup(;rvisor vms r.ssigncd to 1 Corps District • . When the ru.i..-µg.:1~2'~i~n of two :Jivisions tnkcs p_ln.ce in 1 Corps,. this Supervisor will be trl\nsferrec":. to 30 Corps District. There arc no\"l 12 Field Nursing Sup0rvisors l'.ssigncd t o positions. These · ~upcrvisors ['.re holding 1;:.cetings with their r. sser.,bly centre n'lll~ses !".nd giving thi;u the nssistnncc neodccl t o :i.uprovc the effi~-ioncy of tho nursing :prcgrrn~ue .

The supe;rvisors hnve been .:;.ble to interpret the nursing sorviccs to the teru.1 clircctors· nnd thol:.'c . hns bcE:m .n 1.mch grci:.tcr 0.pprcciri.tion shovm.

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3. Specinl i!;Ctivities

(a) The first meeting of the UNRP..:~ Nursing ... dvisory C01.11-,ittee wr-.s held.

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It wf'.s fortunate thc.t Jviiss Yvcnne Hontz,:::h~ Cr.icf, Nursing Division, League of Red Cross Soci ,.,t:1..es ~ WP.s in the Zone r.t the til:.ie f'.nd c.blc to attend. The J~dv-iso:cy Corn.1:;..ct;3c v1r.s f on:;10cl with the e.:ppr ovnl of the Zone Director e.nd. its f\.m.:<.:ions l:'.re f'.3 folloYrs:

i. To nc1vise in the co-orC:ino:d on of the nursing ncti vi ties of o.11 orgmL.sntions working ,vl:ch U.NR'Rb. :i.n the displaced persons opera­tions.

ii. To ndvise on nursing r.J1:tttcrs rclf'.ting to the UNRRn. nursing pro­grnrne f or disp:!.c.e-cd peJ..~30,'.ll:', a s f or ex['_U!)le, the standard of nursing c:::.ro t o b0 r.H:tnt,.i:n.)0.; ·tho tro.in:5.ng nid use of DP per­sonnel; the use of Gcr~-:.m.n pcrsom1ol in ·cho care of dis?la~ed persons~

iii. To keep other orgri..nisc.tions inf0n.1ed o f the UNBRA nursing progrru:De,

. iv. To be J:)repo.red.~ if cn.'"!..l0d.~'¥):n, t c r.dvise on nursing r.1c.tters in relation t o f4-i.y eucrgoncy which L1ight o.risc in the British Occupied Zone ,of G;9rLJf>.ny_._... , ...

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Mcubership '_ is, COI.T.._)OSCd 9 f . ~~~ ~ur1c' r(.;_prc,sentn.ti~~- 'r~or.i. the British° R0d Cross Society, tw6 nyrsc r9prcsentr>..tivos fr.o,i.t~c Q,1,ntroJ. Cor.r._:.issio~ of GcriJany (British_ Elc~.1ent ) n.UG. two nµrsc ropr:c;scn~r,t _i vos fror:1 UJ\..~.

The Deputy Chief Nurse hns cm.1:plctcc1 r.rre.nge,,.,_cnts . for three Nursing .Aide Courses~ One ::tarted o.t the.British Red Cross Hospitn.l, Dn.rup, on DecerJbc1~ 17t~ , Eleven Folc s _ o.nr; l C ~cch ;~;:~nc:.ic7.,".t0s reported~ J,. second· cou1~s.:- ·w,.,_ R· s-tn:r'v1.,cl nt o. ~~'? Hos:>i t~-.1 in Lubccl~., where fifteen BrLL ts rc:por ·l~ccl. 'l.'hc t :i:-..... 1.:r:cl c 01J.t'':30 l'ri:Ll s·.;ca·t i.::Jr.10c1..i".tely l'.ftcr the New Ycnr• ~d.·: the Glyiixt E>.::.g:"lc s H,·;~p:i..t8..l 1 where 15 out of 40 ::tp1"llico.nts MYC 1::)e_cn chose:--. i;c, J..,nKC t,h,:; . C O'l..t'SC';,

(1, '.)c'L.:..::.,. :; c. f.\:rther centre fer the trn.ining of nursing nidcs.

C;o •. T[,:..yte visi~s. to Ficl::1 J:.Tur:Ying Supervisors not yet contnctc<l at their hea.d.qi..l.c."1.rtqrs.,

(c) h.ttc:nd as r..1any. of. the ooctings of nsseubly .centre nurses with their Field Nursing Supervisors as possible.

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Visit nsser.1bly ccntr0s.

Give n.~te:ntion t o tho better co_or-.:!.~:IU':tion· ~f the nursing ~crvj.ces in nsa.cr.1}?).y. cent.rps with othG.r Re.lief Services., ·· - · .. , · ·

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The L.1ove of the Scrrch !3u.rec..~~ _J;'"N & D.'? Division, fror.1 Bunde to Goe.ttingen is schec!.u.led_ to take ,_pl~ce on or nbout J ?,llUc.'\g 10., 194~ .. -

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~, Voluntary Societies

During DeceLlber the eophasis in the work of the Voluntnry So,cieties Liai3on Section at Zone He~dquarters for the British Zone begr-..n to shift nwey fron ad¢n• i,strative d.etnils to nore cnnstru.ctive devclopuent of the societies' work. The list of vol'mtn-y society personnel vrns c:),:1_plC;i:;ed r-..nd subr.uttcd to the :c-.ilitary au,thorities for their E>.pprovr.J.~ The question of security checking WRs discussed with the mlitary, froc v1h01.1 certain decisions are now ri..v,aited. ...t the &'\Ue title, wuch of the detailed p0rsonncl work wr,.s turned cvor J?C;I'!J['.ncntly to the Per­~onnel Section of Zone Hco.dquc.rters.

UNRR.A ii..drainistre.tive Order N,.,. 10, cobcdying t=tll th(.; :-~d:.:inistrr..tive detr-.ils concerning volunt:-.ry ;<.:rsonnel v;orking in the British Zone,· itr':S issue¢l to all UNR&~ and volunt['.ry society personnel. Cc1--t, in n.dDinistn-.ti ve prr1blet1s hr.vo been raised by sooc of the volunt~ry societies, such ns tho correct rx:n.ns of appronch to the :oilitr-..ry for requiring trr-..ns;ort, ~ypem-iters, etc~, the need for unifcrus; procedures f ,-.,r le~.,,e, e.m s _) on •. Of tr.cs::, the ln.zt two O.!'c considered urgent nnd ~ro receiving close attention~

The first oceting of the 1,..dvisory Council of Voluntary Sccieties wus held on Deccr.:iber 4. There wn.s full ~ttcncmnce, r.nd s cnc interesting discussions of work done 1.1.nd ::_1lrum.ed for, developed G.uring the two sessions, Monthly ueetings were decided on and it wns unnni.oously n.grced thnt the Council vrould do r.ru.ch to iptegmte the work of UNRRJ .. n.n:1 the Societies, pnrticul.r.rly in the field of plnn¢.ng.

i.. simlar oceting of corps district rcprcscntntivcs wn.s held n.t Hru:i.burg on Deo~ber 7. Reprcscntn.tion on this occnsion included the Bcltic Welfare Bonrds and Polish Cou.ti.ttce. Hore n.gn.in the discussions were stir.ru.lc,ting, 'P'.t'obleus were frnnkly nired ani n coLr~on viewpoint n.chicvcd. Sir.ti.l~r uoctings h.-"..ve _yet to be orgnnised in l ~.na. 30 Corps Districts.

The Zone Cor'1bined Welfare Supply Cor.t:Jittec uet on Dccc!:.lbcr 4-. L.n iL--por­tant decision ~.s· tclccn whereby tJNR.-q.'._ rcplc'\ced the Dilito.ry in the ch."..ir nnd in executive responsibilitya Sevcrnl questions of ~rinci~le :-..rose in ocnnoc­tion with the ten.is on which l:3ocieties opcrnte, C\:nd were succ0ssfully resolved. The decisidns to.ken were issued ns c0nbinc~ directives to corps districts, thus helping to cstnblish norc couplctc uniforcity of pr2.cticc in the r.::r-.chinery by which voluntary society supplies are hc.'Uldled •

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Number of Personnel in the British Zone br CnteRor;y I

l Corps 8 Corp$ .30 Corps Category District District District Total

. Dii:'ector 34- 20 4-9 103

Deputy Director 23 22 51 96

ii.. c. Medical Officer 25 20 40 85

Welf A.re Officer 12 21 3~ 7~

Aar.u.nistrl:'.tive 1~ssistant 7 8 a. 17

Messing Officer 17 15 33 65 ·,·

Supply & Transport Officer 28 20 55 103\

Stores Officer 2,5 19 1.tO 84;.

Assistant Welfare Officer 39 26 55 120

NUl'se 4.2 40 89 171

Secretary 20 22 33 75

Driver 1, 1+l 81 195

Cook 6 5 13> 24

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British Zone

Natiork."..lity of Personnel e.s of 31 Deceuber 1945.

l Corps 8 Corps 30 Corps Zone District District District ~ :_.,fi9adgut1.rters Total

No. t i o:nnlitl

British 147 72 161 82 462

Belgian 102 81 134 7 324

French 56 "69 151 l 309 , 1

Dutch 43 51 eo 36 190

us.r;. 19 21 .33 13 86

Cr-madian 9 10 24 8 51

., .. ustrn.lian 8 2 11 5 26

New Zee.ll'.ndcr 2 2

Dnnish 12 23 52 87

Czech 10 4 11 1 26 Polish 15 8 3? ,~- .. ). 56 Luxeubourgeois 4 .1 ,_-' .......... s·

Persian 1 1 ~- .. ...... .... ,.

NoI'V'legian _ 2 2 3 7

Greek l 2 3

Swiss l 1 .. . . .. ,.

Yugoslav 1 1

Venezuelan 1 1

Brazilian * 1

Peruvie.n - 1 1

Co 1 ui-;.·,b iE-.n - 1 1 ·

Stl\teless· · ." 2 2

Unknown 1 1

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1. In or.:~~cr t c pr orerly coorc!.in,--.te r~ql?,c sts it is r:.ccceznry t hat t he p!·oJ. er ch.".nnels b ~ .follcimd.

2. i .. t this stage ther e- a re LD.r..y cases of ovcrl<'.pi,, ing clouc.nds P.nc.l deuands thc'ct a re not u .. ".de effective b e cause of :L11; r c,:;_ er chn.nnclling.

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When Tem.1s a re c.dvised by their l al.Govc that a. deua nd •~-~"'~ • ..,. ~• .. by then a nd the.t P. Det. is c1.lso un.."tble t o 1.1eet the dannd, the Te.9.1-:i Director will then o.dvise U~ CoX"i'> s District H. Q., giving ru.11 · details of the original deue,nd <'.nd re fP.r·ew"\e a t o li ii. Gov. Det. a.rid P.Detuae.i~ . - ·

· UNRIU. · Corps District B.-Q. w:ill colle.te all infon..l<.".tion in order to detert.ri.ne the t ot a l DP Supply req_uireoents for the Corps D:i,strict .•

· This · will then 1:>e dealt with n.t Corps H. Q ... level with the I1P Branch ·· ·1'iiil.Gov., which at this sta ge will know the dei.,nnds n.t the P.Det.

If the supplies a.re .not avro.lable froL1 C'..orps resources the denand. will be forwarded' to PN&DP DIV.En.in, HQ.CCG ( BE ) by HQ.Corps District. UNRRi .. Corps District HQ. will ndvise UNR.,-q;,. Zone HQ. of requirements subr.:ri.tted for their Zone.

It should be noted that once a derond is subr.rl.tted to i\dl.Gov. the executive chn.nnel t o Control CoL1!D.i.ssion f qr Gerr:iarzy- (BE) does ~ pass through UNRRf .. executive channels a t a ny point, but n p~rallel infonue.tion nnd li.e.:i,son channel is uainta ined by UNRRA units through ~ Corps District HQ to UNRRi .. Zone.

GENERAL: . The following point_s ·are st~essed:-: ., .

1. The British Zone is now cn.rrying a larger p opulation thnn the s DI~e are~ carried in peace ti.rue when supplies,·

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ind.ust_ry n.nd. ho~sing w~_r,e no~na.l • .UOost every item is in short supply and only b3• careful o.r,range1:4ent is a supply bala nce in the Zone 1,1ainta.ined. ·

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. . J. ill a"fflilable labour and local reaouroea lWat be used to tho tullest

ext-at to meet requireanti:s in DP Cai.lj,a. ~noqy, etficiene.,, eorreet use r--nd ;..-.ia.int~Mnce o-f t-.11 equipment, and. energy 1'.nd £1.d?.pt~.b1li ty in using ave.ilt:1.ble Illf'.terill.l t:'.nd lE-.bour is necessnry to ir.,,prove living Stl:'.n<U'l.rdS nnd pr~_Vel}t · snorte.g~s.· .. , -. . .

4,. .i..ccuartc info:n.1etiqn of local supply. s purces is vc.lur.blc. r!hen deL1rmds e.re submtted !'.nd d.etnils ['.re lmown of locnt i on, qU,'1.!).tity, typ_e,. _s 9µrce of 1-.;,.'1.nufncture, ,;ll'.chinerjr n.nd rn.w u:.-i. t<:.:rk.ls e..vr.il!'.bl~, etc., this infon.1r'.tion · should be given in full.

5. Close lfr.ison with ;,.il. Goy.Dets~ . is necessr.ry t o ensure: full exchnnge of infon.iation r.nd effcct'ive cooperP.ti on with UNRR ... tcl'.i..s.

(':'his is Supply .•. cii10 ffo .l).1

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Df REQUTIIB, ENTS

~l. Further· to l}NRfu: HQ •. S,upSJ:.v ~-~~rno of 20 1-;·ove1.:ber 1945; vrh5.ch ·:li.11 in f\l.rure be ·r~fe::tred. to c!.'::'. S~;:pi,.,l y :.e.1.1,, llc , l. '-"r.e -:'1:,Llc-w.·n'1, 3·-,:~t ··1. +,c. cocrcy ~u.'J)'Plj :1-·1;:!0~ffi:-t1.e,J ~h;·u1~gl-::. 1.l ~. rfT_;,:;_,:,_ ,:;'t":1::_:;.1y- ~t1·:·.r..::1.::dd f~·.j•_ L',r,rt.· Z0r1e n:·J. to UNRR:. 0b.c,:i's• fli1:rtr-ir.+, zitt ., t-h0n.-:-c +o i_J:,q'R,~ r;;.-cf,°!.11..1.rn-l:3 ".u2. conv~rsc:,.y r.'l-ot.J. Uf'Ji'lu. f::i.e:.:.d ~ui:i.!-s .. o j,,7ri'..t.,. C:o:.1 ,-s ")J :tr::.,~'t 'f~ •• ~ .. 1r,:~~.;

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It will be apprecfated thr1.t deirJAnds for DP Supplies I\S shown under (b) are de1;1B.nd1; carried forward to the level th:'\t co.n I.i,eet them. This is shown in dcita.il in UN.Rru. HQ. Supply '.i:ie1,10.No •. 1.·

2. Information of nll DP · Suripl_ies · o.llot~d to UNRR.b.. Corps Districts ( other them those sup1)lies to cover existing ration scr,.les) will be passed to U:NRR.i:~ HQ Cori;is Districts as soon o.s possible nftliJr release of supplies is uf.l.de by CCG (BE). It is the responsibilit;z: of UNRRi. HQ. Corps District Supply Officer to pass this infor:m:.\tion ns soon ns possible to a.11 UNR&~ Supply Officers within the Corps District.

3. ;.;.11 dem,".nds for ,DP Supplies .should be submitted in detnil and nll demand!' should be collnted r,.t the a.pproprinte level for submission of v. mass bid · for essentir,.l iteras.

4. In addition to detniled demar.ds for supplies, nll e.vn.ilnble inforoD.tion is required of locnl stocks 4Vnila.ble, source of supply, fa.ctories ca.po.bl of producing items required, rr.w U"ll'.terie.l stocks etc. This infc:mm.tion is of vnlµe · £1.t nll levels to assist supply allotment r-.nd is of. first il..1portn.nce nt COG (BE) level to u11.".ble r,mss bide to be met. ·

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DISPUCED PERSONS OPERATION FRENCH ZONE OF OCCUPATION c:ERl:WIT for the ri1onth of December 194-5

1st Jnnuary 1946. I. General

The organizo.tion nnd work of UNRRA in the French Zone he.s not mnde o.s much r,rcgress ~s I had hoped for at the beginning of December. The delay in the signing of the Lgreement, the l o.ck of decision on the r..-1ntter of the insto.11 tion of the Hee..dquFtrters, lack of personnel nnd of transport o.re the ma.in co.uses.

I-Iov,ever, during the month, UNRR:;. hD..s bettered its deployment nnd its liais with the if1ilita.ry nuthorities to the profit of the DPs.

District Headquarters for the Southern Zone have now been installed at Ebingen in the centre of the Southern Zone. Teru:,1 Directors hc.'tve been sent to Villingcn, Donnucschingen nnd Friedrichshafen as a prepa ration for the depl oyr,1e::nt of te2.L1s into these centres. Unfortunately, in the Northern aistrict UNR.c'tt.. ho. s been ordered to evaoun.te the barrncks of KeEmel (Trier) in order tmt occupation troops nw.y take them over. uNRR.· .. Tcru,1 No .19 and the 500 DPs fro11: Kcrnmel will be ti"f".nsferred to the eamp nt E;aiserslnutern o.s soon as this cru.rp has been rnnde rendy to receive ther:i.

'rhe i.;.&,1inistrnteur General Adjoint for the :uli.lito.ry government of the Frenc'. Zone of Occupa.tion lw.s o.sked me to adl'.pt the UNRR.: .. orgn.nize.tion to the orglmizl'.tion of the i11ili tnry o.dl,ri.nistmtion of the zone in order to improve c ooperntion between the vnri ,us service s working for DPs. 1',.s I i,1entioned in 11\Y lo.st report this request will be met by pla.•ing R Field Supervisor in co.ch of the provinces of the Hhine, Snar, :&tden,nnd Wurttewberg, with cm office close to tht..t of the Lilitl1.ry Governor.

II. Relief Services Division

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Repo.trintion:

Only r. few repntriri.tion tro.ins have been despo.tohed during the month. The fitting up aC the trucks wus 02.rricd out without too much trouble, ns n. result of experience gained by our ten.us the LlOnth before.

Hee.1th:

The Zone Lcdicc.l Officer comi.;i.enced the orgc.nizntion of his branch by two meetings of the 1,11edico.1 Officers nnC: Teo.ms of each district, held respecti­vely o.t l<c").rlsruhe n.nd· Neustadt . In order to complete the general directives which he gRve o.t these•·j,~1eetirigs he .has now co1,11;1enced to r.1r.kc detailed ~nspections of the centres.

This direction o.nd coordin.cn.tion wri.s ns necessary as it wo.s urgent: t1.n " epidemc · of diphtherin vms just broken out at the crunp at Pin:.1D.sens (11 cl'ises ·as e.t ·19th Deccr;iber), th~ first incident of this kind, which e"lphc".sises the necessity for filling the gnps in medical personnel now existing, nnd, initir.ting o.. systeL'.lc".tic plnn of vnccinc."'l.tion ns soon c.s the vaccine can be obtained. · , .

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Frcu tenrn. inspections thc.'"\t· h.-:,.ve been ·wade; i't would CT.ppcnr tfo.t the r;:iajorit~ of DP children receive sOL1e ·schooling. SLJl'.11 beginnings ha.ve been made everywhere with professiom1 ·courscs for young people and ndult course~ which nre very well nttended. The efforts of the Welfare Officers in this direction should be encouraged·o.m stii.1ulnted by all possible rael'..ns and pnrticuln:dy by supplying theL1 with 'books.· ·

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Conditions n.re s e.tisfactory ccs regc'..rds physicl".l culture, sport P,nd. general recre2.tional fe,cilitio.s. I woulcJ. like to uention p,::-.rticulnrly the efforts Hk".dc by the Ylelfnre Officers in or g:-.nising Christrn,".s Trees rmd the distribution of n. toy rmd n few sweets t o e::'.ch r;p child, c.nd nlso the exhibitions of hr.ndi;rork followeC: by o.n entertf'..inr,1ent of ru:.tion.".l cbr.r."..cter which were given o.t Rottwcil c..nd Fribourg with !'. grent ,.1en.sure of success.

In the culturnl fielc1, however, it should be noted t.hr->.t the Polish chr.:pl o.i:r.~ 0.re not o.l t ogether a good influence for the DPs; l.if'.l"JJ' of th.cw, vrho h:we suffered interru,1ent f or several yor"crs, L'tre smuc-.-rhfl.t unbr,lc.nced 0-nd nre thei .. selves in need of !.lOro.l r,nd intcllcctu..ri..l rt;:1:'.bilit.".tion. I hope to hn.ve set up study circles under the direction of r. French priest. .

Voluntary ,.gcncies:

The YLCtt a~d the Polish Red Cross dis:,:ilc..ycd grce:.t o..ctivity in the prcpc.mtirn of ChristiJP.s parties f or the DPs. 'l'hc Y}:,_c.:· .. ms 2.lso begun to distribute very necessary sporting equip ... tent ni.11ongst the crunps in the 1;orthcrn F'rcnch Zone.

Ernployr.1ent. Plan for DPs:

Plnns ?.re being ;-rorked cut at I-Ic2.dqu1".rters n.nd in the terluS · for the employment· of the DPs. F'irst conto.cts hD.ve been mD.dc with the r;ri.lito.ry authorities (occupying forces ~nd adhdnistn:-.tive bodies of the zone). In . applying these plc.ns, it v10uld n.r,pec..r that propagnnclo. will be necessary to convince the DPs th,."..t it is necessary for them to stc.rt work n.gnin.

III. Finr.mce n.nd. .~d.L:1inistrc.tion

Personnel:

The . work of Zone He~dqw.rtc~s is rendered difficult nnd its effectiveness Feduced by the lack of rersonnel. Pending the arrival of junior personnel cnlled for in the budget those uho are here co.nnot be nssigned to their respective jobs but filllst work for ['.11 ci.eriartr,1cnts. Further the gl".ps in personnel in the temns of the Northern .District should: be filled with ~s little further dcln.y as possible.

Finc.-mce :

The fi:n£.ncial sitUc~tion is critical. The only pnyLU!.ster so f~r assigned to the ~one since .his arrival at the end of November has received only '64-,000 nn.rlcs with which to pay personnel c:nd to :meet general expenses, whereas a uinil-;1UL1 150,000 mP.rks is necessary. During November personnel in the Southern Zo:r;i.9 were p[',,.id, with the exception of the tef'.111s of Wnngen who should receive 40,000 ll"-rks which we did not hnve to give ther.i.

In the No:rt;hern District 40,000 r:.1e.rks· were gi yen directly by Centro.l Hen.dqUc".rters to Lt.Col. Drakc-Brocla.ian on the 19.th Deccmb.er to meet the @ost urgent expenses of ·his di-strict.

It must. be pointed out th~t c.s fror:i 1st Novcnber UNRF./~ personnel in the teans must rci.r,1burse the Intendnnco for their rations vmich up till then

···. they h"..d received without pf'..yment. This will mean the paying out of extre funds, which hr'-d not been ·roreseen.

;,.,fter paying out all tru-.t vm.~ po.~sible for the month of Novcober, the pc.y-w.a.ster had 101 000 :raarks left e.nd he will need 150,000 r..:i,__-u-ks to pay out for the :month of' December and raee_t the rest of the col.lLlit.oents for the month of Novel!1ber.

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IV. Supply-.. •, r ~ ,

The rations r ece'ivc1 by the 'DPs h:·wc not 1'.ltere;d t o any great extent, except that a gr 9µp of 1,400 DPs living out side centres who had been existing ·,dth only ~rr)['._ri.r6.tion cf'..rds, n.ri;:: now entitled t o dr['_v: ·ro.tio11S from the Intend.me . The _distribution of Red Cross parcels hP.s been furth6r regule.ted t o" i.llE:Gt'·

d'e1imnc:ts i;1E,de by the clonors 'thc.t these foodstuffs should 'not be w,,8ted 2.nd t o suppress the bl['.ck·n~~rket pr2.ctices of the DPs ,tl~o t oo often use these parcel · to obt1'.in wine or 2,lcohol.·

l-. fe~v· distributions of ·clothing h:~.ve been r,1.0.dC; by the Polish Red Cross, but t·h~ overall situation tis concerns clothing, blnnkets o.nd n.bove c..11, soap, / remains as bid AS it was l~st month.

V. Tro.risport

Great efforts must be t1r1.de in this brE'..nch as nlLost everything h~s still to be organized.

Materie.l:

The lack of: vehicles has been remedied by the arrive.ls of the jeeps nnd trucks· fro:u1 Metz, but thc·:b.ck:of cE'.rs ~2.rnpers the lia ison work of the offC:cers at' Zone HcF1.dquarteri·f •.

G-:1s01:i.ne:

Present allocations completely inndcqw.te. Repr-esent1'.tions will be mc"..do to the French nuthorities. to try F>.nd better this situn.tion.

Statiutical InfonTh"..tion

Total number of UNR.'R.. ... personnel in the Zone ..

. plus DP regulhr 'cmpl~yeos·.

Total

Voluntary Agency Personnel - nor further do.to. Sec ln.st report.

Toto.I number of DPs in: tho Zone:

a.. in f!..'l.U4) s run by UNRRA

I?• in cruups run by .PDR

Totn.J:

262

51,320

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Be.den - Baden 1st January 1946.

Le General de Corp~ d 'l..n.1ee

Fcrnand LENGIDD, Directeur de l 'Ul'mR,.,. en z:,r.e frn:ncn.is ,

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' Menth ly Statistical UNR~ .

Report on Jisplaced Fersons Operations in Germa.nv

C~untry _ G'-ffi~/.NY • .,,.....~ Form MSR-1 Rep~rt for period ended 21....:Decr~l945

A Distributlon of_Q.Upplies 1. UNR~A and Voluntary Ar eneies Su·--plies to date .

u .s.zone (a) 31C tons of -amenity -. ~upplies ·received and distribution is being

made to both U,S. and French Zones . ( b) 630 tons of c·loth1ng 'and recreational supplies received from

Voluntary AEl'.encies · "American Foli~h ~.-,2r Relief", "National Ce tho lie Welfe re Cenference", "YKCA 11

, "Folish Red Crees" . British Zone (30 Nov.)

(e) 231 tone of amenity supplies ·received and transf~rred direct to UNRRA operations.

(b) 390 bales of cl~thin~ received and transferred direct to UNRRA operations.

2 . Military supplies purc:1ased to date. Information not available.

A. 3 & 4 B 1 ,& 2 not applicable to t his opere tion.

c . ReeJstration , Repa tria t1qn, Cg_re o:1" .J)i~placed Perso~ . 1 to 5 " S.ee l-~SR-2 ~tem~ A • ~ t.o A . 5. .

Note .. Full informa tton f.r items c.6-?-8-lO•lJ.. are ____._ es yet un•eb taine:bl.e . Every €:!'fort is beinc made to have this information for future reports .

S -Number of Doctors 2nd Nurses a t end of month

10 . 1.

2

Doctors Nurses

Total

267 27_5

642

: u .s. 012 ss .

I l .21x 151

272

Zone Class

·· .II 19 T ·

26

Britieh Z0n e Frencli Zone Class Cless Class -c1a ss

I II I II 91 4 22 · 4

1~4 ~ 21 · 3

281 13 43 7

Cle ss II fi r ures =r: 's of _.30 November x Includes one Voluntary At ency Medical Of fi cer . . ; .

Brlet~sh Zone . .. Inocula tion s aEainst typhoid and typhus continues.with 75fo of populs lie:1 i r.1munizeci for typhoi9i .. and vir~ually a._11 f or typ:1us . Sixty peFcent of t h e children under 16 have received diptheria shots. It 1s expected the t diptheria 1 i-,1u·1iza tion fel" a 11 c',, ildren wil l be C0'.1'1pl -E- ted by February. French Z,cmt! :r -~- . ..-. Prepa ri::t.t~rnJ.- 'a r"e be inc: -~~ade for i~;-;-iuni zs tion of a.ii di!!pla ced persons for typhus, typhoid and d1ptheria u.s.zone Typl1u·s inoculE:tions h a ve been virtually co·.nple ted £:o~ all---··· . . -dis.pl_e f _ed ·P~t~·q_~\? ~::.:~J)J.p:the·r1a-:·ti~~uni:za:·tion·· of. children under

.. .... ---·· .. . 12 ye c::. rs·~6flt1nues . . ... --;;·~ ·· ... .. : ··: ·: • . . .. ~ . . .. ' ! ' ' ' •·

, . . ...... ::. · . . , -·· .... .. ~ ...... - -.. - .,. • l

... ' ~ • • • I

-. .. . . .. . . .. ... . ~~ I

. ~ :' ~ . , t ... ,. " ,£ f .... . . ·~ ·: ·:. ~ .. ~ ·:;:. l· ~ • .: ~ . . .

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UNRRA Fonn..:i.•·iSR-l

Country _Ge....._rma __ ny ______ ---Report for Period ended 31 December 1945

D. PERSONNEL OF 1::IISSION

1. Classification of Emploiees on Payroll I II III

TOTAL FOR OPERA1'ION 4,640 4J+l. . . 739

(a) Total Team Personnel 2,957 291 X 35

Directors 237 Deputy Directors 220 l Principal lfolfare Officers 212 7 J..sststnnt Wclfnre Officers 269 l Medical Officers 240 l Nurses 356 1 Administrative Assistants 66 Administrative Officers 58 2 1.7arehouse Officers 191 Supply Officers 257 2 Hessing Officers 165 Transport Officers 15 Secretaries 91 Clerk - Typists 21 Drivers 454 Hechanics 12 Cooks ,;

34 Unclassified 59 20

(b) Total Number nt District Headquarters including Field Supervisors 478 22

{c) Total at Zone Headquarters • 354 19 657 xx

(d) Tracing Bureau 76 46 4

(c) Others Central HeadqU!l.rters 307 71 21

( f') Staging Centers

Karlsruhe ( Incl. 34 Staff) 64 14

Haarcn ( Incl.260 Staff)404

x ' Full Breakdown not available

xx Includes 560 Voluntary ~gency Personnel in British Zone• •

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UNRRA

;a..

Fem l..:SR-2

REPATRIATION FOR U.S. , BRI TISH ANil FRENCH ZONES

Grand Total ..-...

Total Repa-.· triatih te date (a) T6t6l

,,5§t,ooo 56.79,i ~

REipatriation for Pe~ iat Doo to )1 Daoembe~ 1945

us Zone British Zone ftleDe)l ZoN

15,758 5.933

United Nations Nati,onala · ·lt, 268 i 000 . . ;.1,gy . .. 6,W

35,l.Olt­

»~695 . 1;112

·229 10

'607 ·

. 5.93,1

BelgiU&l & I•~ -307,000 Czbchoalovald.a 136,000 De~ . 5,000 · : . "France 1,562,000 G-reeoe U.,000

· The Nethei-u.:la · )05,000 Norway 6,000 Poland 190,000 Ruaaia 2,038,000 Yugoslavia 201.~ ...

. . Italy 590,000 · :

. . .. . . t.

·Elc - Eneaqy Na'tiofl&Ja zg,pgo

62,000 8,000 2,999

- Other•. ~b} . . 23,229 .

. .. .

1-..JS~ 47 409 106 -10 -

827 226 .. -l,~.5 125 • -

4-J,121 5,3Sl . 80

•

1QQ io'o ' -9.232

a,s&s 670 - -~

-1;220

31,437 80

•

. -

--

----

•

•

---

(a) Repatriation figuna for the. Fronoh, ~tab, Belgian, Czech, Yµgoalav, Gzioek aJld Itali&a are obtai.ne4 from of'fict.1 ~ at tho Govem.ta COIIOOrned ~ iac.lude ~ riation fl"Om ~ other tbM Allied Zonoa et C-eX'UIU\Y. • · . ·

-~· . . . .. . ·- . .... .. . ....... ... • • .. • • •• • - <#.

· (1') Inolude all mr.allezi Nattona Ropa.trie.tien • breakdown not avaUabl.• hom ~ 80Ul'9~•• . - . .. . . •

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UNRRA Fen,1 - LSR--2

Country . · · Gc-=-r,.,..·.:ia_nz __ ~~--Report for Period ended 31 ~ecer..berl9~5

,! . TOTAL DISPLACED PERSONS IN C.:.:t-PS IN 0001ffllY

2. Grnnd Total

United Nations Nationals

l3elgiu.1i 0 Luxbg. Czcchoslcvakia .Jerunark Fre.nce Grcccd · The Nothorlci.nd.s Norwv.y Pole.n~ Russil:i Yugoslavia

·us Zone·· · '.;.'otal 7th 3rd

1·~rr:ur .;i.ruy

597.145 76.605_ llp.871

~ . . . ;British .Z.ne

1st,; ·.- · 8th Corps Corps

30th Ccrps

French

Zene

677 35 33 51 36 351 121 3.157 i59 1.668 63 105 889 273

139 3 18 3 48 55 la 790 70 133 14 60 160 353 355 36 130 iG 9 93 69

2,560 66 105 541+ 4-4- 1.508 293 l2~ 12 18 3 70 15 8

544,825 7~.54J 35.234 05.930 57.342 156.395 45.376 22,659 534 10,416 142 393 1.615 1.309 2):. cl57 ___ 1 __ .;..;'0~4 .... 2_--,;;.3_.1_1 __ 6 __ .;:;..3 ..... 5_.6_0 __ ,3 __ • __ 5 __ 85 ____ 7 __ .-'L1-_0_l ___ 7...,5...,J.._

·1.104 17.2, 4-6 o7 ~ ~ 506

Unclctcr,_.hati'onality(b)6_0.596 · 10.1.33 20.24-5 2.099 2.675 13.262 4-.182

For~1cr RcsiC:.ents of Enitic countries 28.604 . G.64-9 20.4-52

3.264 0.614 8.574

5.4-55

858 2.155 2.44-2

Esto~a Latvie, Lithuania

23.987 69.607 4.8,896

5.841+ 12.721 10.119

7.345 24 .. 869 16.164

1.277 4-.963 2.409

5.399 16.2J5

9.138

Ex - Eneull N~:ftione.ls( c)36. 988 198 21.400 2.316

1.2J4 1.020

1.144 10.236 1.614

•

•

E.ungary ~urne.nia· oulgc.ria · · ·

29.430 7.2J3

275

73 107 18

i9.923 l.514

38 12 .

699 · 433

12

(a) ~ This figure clocs not include e.pproxia9.tcly 151.000 DPs and 'Foreign Workers living outside of C~1_ps who were fornerly a part of this total.

(b)

(c)

This fiBurc includes 3 categories: • . ..

(l) those vrho have been cle.ssified as Stateless., e.lthough the cxe.ct nu:.,.bcr is as yet unknown;

(2) disputed or undotcnuinca citizenship; ( 3) :::,usccll2.no<Jus nationals.

Figures include but r-.rc not l:L~~ted to persons forced to leave "by action of the cnciJ\Y,. because of race, religion or activities in favour of the United Natiens 11

•

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S~;,iq - 1,onthly Statistical Report 011 ~i,s~ea:.Pi~r:So~s Op~ra~ions in Gcr-.::iaJ\Y . . •. , ... .. ......... ··- --·--

UNRRA. "· ·· . •·· ···•· ·.·• . . ·:- ::'9e5\intry-··· .:- ·· - ·· ,_ ... _.Ge~· Fonn :t.S R-2 Report · for ·Pcriod ended ,31 De~erriber 19.4:5

.. •

DI SPLAC:W ·PERSONS IN. UN1~4. CAt;l'S .

' (

·-·· ............... --- -- --- -·-· .us. .Zone .. . .. . British. Zc>ne ... .. . .... __ _ Wcsterii · · .Enstern · ·· lat - · 8tl1, . -30th French

To·cai . . -Diatn.et Diatriot Corps Cerpa Co~l!l : ~Zc,ne • • • '! . ._, ., ... : : :1 . • • .. ; ~

• • • '""• r • .. -

---------- ------- l •"'.,--:. ,.•• •: •

. : .. :-..· ~ ~-].

3. Grand '!'ote.l 677 1408 .. 115.795 .. lSl,506 . j

United Nations Ne.tiona.ls

Belgi e.n £1.nd

! I I • , • •

.·. : .. i

.- 470·, 73Z \ I \

~ ·

z6 1 !;h:_6

10,·2Ji

841112 l.58 1 226 ~~.22q, - ,:-·, ... , .. .... • J '

45,820 l:J-o.2~J ;~ 2~,,206 ..

Luxembourg ..• : 29~ . : •· ,r 85 31 7 ,.. :~ 34 62 , • 73 ~ . Ctechoslov2-Jd.e. 2,252 159 . 1;409, 25 213 389 De pw..~rk ·- 90. . ·-'. .- .·~ .'.: ... 2· .. l 80 .. 3 ; ·· • France "° . . 70 158 5 43 31 Greece 258 J6 136 14 7 46 The Netherl~<;l.s::· ··· · '16 · · . . 66 84 398 76 263 Nerwa.y . . . ··,·9Ji. . . .. 12 21 3 52 6 Poland !1-27,401 74,548 8Z,92l 66,44-6 4,,,t5 lZl,742 Russia .. 20,886 . 584. lU,042_ 12 206 l,4l.7 Yugoslavia 1s 1029 liO~ ---.. .... 2.-2JJ.. ··- · · .. ~,J.22 ... • .. z~ .- 6,a.5Z~

7Q16 .. · .. : l7~

Unde t ennined

180 - ­, .. - ► ~ ) •

Na.tioru:i.litz. ~a} · , ·7.3,67~ lO«J~l

Fenner Resident~•~ Baltic QaUntries : · .: . .

132,09a · :,.ta,64

~stenia Latvia Lith'Uaaia.

22,64.5 6.5,2~2 44,2}1

..... ; ' . • ... :·

5,a44. 7,270 . 12,; 7:21 . . ·_' 25,.279

10,119 , '16,989

. . .............. ·-- ., . - .... ..... - -.. ~- -· ··· ····· --· - ..

- ' :. 48 · .. ·-

-·· . : •·

... l - --~

476 6,415 2,236 ... , . .. 2,79.1. . ).7,6,30 6,03,3

· ·1,626' ·· -- 9,~tcff ... s-;1oz::·

'.

51 I

l .. l4l . ; 19 89

38,425 625

- 76 -- . ... .... . -..

. ~ •, .

. ... .. .

404 162

a:i1:- ·

.... .. - ..,_ ... .. ,,. . .. .,. - . ·---... · - ···

. .. --- -- ··- --- .. . ...

(l) · these who hav~ beea ,.elas~if1ed.ae_. stat.olcss; . ' :··· (2) disputed or undetetwi,nod oitizcnahip; : ·: ·

- ·(3J-?A1);Cetl.anoeua· national.~ :_ .. . ... · . ---······ ·- . . ··- .... ~--.. __ . ·-·: ' .... -(:

(b)

~- .

Includes appnxiliiately i4,000 Jews · in Cailips or Cerwwutios \UIG.er UNRRA jurisdietie~ ·

- :·---- - . -- .. ·· ····- . . ... ... ·. '": ...... .

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Semi - honthly Statistical Report on Displaced Persons Operations in Germany

UNRRA Form MSR-2

• · Total

Country Germany Report for Period ended 31 December 1945

" . US Zone British Zone · t1estern Ea.stern 1st .. Miir 30th ' District District Coxps Coi"ps · Corps

• •

French Zone

4. Grand Total • Residing in Camps 677 1408 1151795 1911506 • 76,446 84,ll.5 1581 226 51,320

l-11D.los 14_ & over 344,736 57,550 93,838 42,873 41,122 81,933 27,420 ...

Female! 14 & over -237,165 -42,381 68,711 ~,85~ 30,404 53;175 17,639 ·

Childre!l 6 to 14 45,591 7,4l.l 14,574 3,715 5,759· 10,776· 3,356

Children under 6 49,916 8,453 14,383 5,003 6,830 12,342 2,905

• •• A • • 5. Numbers outside of

Not -Comps receiving UNRRA assfstance (a) Not available o.vailable ',

., B,

,.

•

l

ASSE11iBLY CENTER ADi i.INISTRATION.

Total i..ssembly Centers 38,

o., .h.dministored by UNRRA • , 227

b, J..dr.dnistered by i ~ili tary 146

(1) Assisted byUNRRJ. 36

(2) i..ssistcd by Voluntary Societies under UNRR.i .. i~reoments

57 (3) Others 53

56 87

56 78

9

..... . . - ... \ .. 11"'4 ..

9

65

25

40

10

9 21

2. Toto.l Nuobor of Tc£\Ll8 320 56 78 44 •

a. UNRR;.. 'l'e8lll8 263 -_. 5~ 78 35 b, Voluntar,y Society Teams

cooperating with lT.NRRi. undor agreements 57 9

\.

(n) Not -known - but. included in .1...3. 1iSR-2e . .

. .. . ..

• ,

20

13

1'8

11 ,

7

31

7

. .. ..

98

4.Q

58

9

33 1~

82

33

}6

15

21

6

8 7

29 ·

·a1

8

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~emi - l .. onthly Statistical Report on Displac0d Persons Operations in Germany

UNRRA • i:iSR-2

.. ' Personnel Data

c. 1 .. Total Nu:,ibcr of ~ Total CHQ

Class I Personnel 4,652 787

Country Report for Period ended

Germany 31 December 1945

US Zone British Zone

HQ Vfl'i]) ELD HQ lCps 8Cps 30Cps

235 766 943 155 469 335 xoo

'l!'r-· nch zr - --

~·62

65:.i 770 388( n) ?..79 6os(b) L.l.7 a. Assembly Centers 2;957

b. District Hdqse 4S) O 71 173 81 56 92

Cn J.-.nc Hd;;_::i. 35L1- 171 155

d. Centrnl Tracing 76 76

e. Central Hdqso 307 307

f. Stnging Centers

Karlsruhe 64 64

Han.rcn 404 404

c. 2. Total Numb~r of Voluntary

c. 3.

Agency Personnel ClassIII

n. b. c. d., e. f.

,.

739 25 97 23 34 560 -

Asse,,.oly Centers 35 12 23

Dis·crict Hqs. 22 11 11·

Zone Hqs. 657 97 560 (d)

Central Tracing 4 4 Central Hqs.

. 21 21

Staging Center

Total Total

Totn..l DPs Eril"ploy(;d 441 117 w~ UNRRA ·.---. -· ...

- Assembly Centers 20-__ .., 7 .

33 157 · 109

Tot:i.() Totn.l

157 · f ]09

2. St.aging C.entcr::a J.l.:- 14

3 • . Others 136 :--:111 19

(b) By other Employer.s . 1y)761

( e') : 1,333 6 )+.28 ____ ... ___ ,. _____ .,, ___ __ , ___ ..... ... --...... -- -·-·

(a)'.-:·rncludes 37 in Ltobile Units. (b) Includes sp9cial stL\ff 28 nt Bel sen , ( c) No Inform::ction L\Va;:.:l.G.ble from French Zon8, ( d~ Breo.kdo,m by Corps nnd Te::uns not availnblu,

...... '""1"s.fisuru incluJ03 Ztl1 N::ition'.:I.Jitiu:3 othor thnn Ger.1::ins --~Il4)loyod· by -'tJ't:f J,,,rr,w · o.s of 30 Novumb0r, but do.; s. not n<.;c...:: ;:ic mean that th.Jy ·arc- all Displnc.::d }'..;rs«m:.L

( f) As of 30 Novemb0r.

-1 ~8

~c)

25

25

.y

f

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UNRRA JiiiSR-2

D,

Total

aountry Germa.nv Report for PE;riod oJJlled 31 Dcg.cmbpr 194;2.

IJS Zone Western ·&atern 1st District District Corps

Briti:Jh. Zone 8th ,'SOth Corps Corps

French ~

l, Number of unaccompanied Children

286 4,500 Total in Br.Z. 1,497

A breakdown by US Zone is as follows:

Western Eastern x .. ~

pistrict District ~

Children ? - 6 22 4-05 427 " 6 • ll 15 a10 825

12 .• 17 193 l,080 1,273

Unknown age and CNer 17 -2§. 2,205 2126l

Total 286 4,500 4., 786 =:.::.::: === --- =••==

X Eatimatede

Information Not avai­lable

. ....... · - · • t ....

•

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1.:onthly Statistical Report from

1.fobilisation e.nd Training :9ases nnd :~taging Areas

for UNRRA Personnel.

UNRRA Ferm LSR-J '

Na.me of Basa: H~.a.ren (Holland)

Report for Period ended 31 December 1945

l. Deployment of Personnel to the Field during tho Period

a. Number of tell.ms departed · b. Nw-aber of individuals in ·tea.ms

..

o. Number of individuals sent as filler personnel

2. Total nU111ber of arrivals ~t Base during pcried

3. Totai. m.unbor at Bo.se at end of' per

a. (1) Ready for ~eploy.~ent ( 2) In trc1.ining ( 3 ) Oth9rs ·

b. Classified by country of citizenship

?~ (3 (4-

. (5 (6

USA UK ,Bolgian wtoh French i .iscellanoous

' · Tc,tal

261

282

ft 72 79

5" 91 21

21 ·

151

e. Classified by function or service ============,,,==

m (5)

( 6l (7 (8 (9)

(10) (11) (12) (13)

4-. Vehicles

.Direcb~s Deputy Directors Welfo.rc Officers Administrative Assistnnts Adln:i.nistrativc Officers Clerks - Secretcrios aooks Drivers & i:iiechanics . . Supply Officers mi.rehouse Officers i c.:dical Officers NursGs .uessing Officers

Dnte en vehicles not yet avnilable.

Tetc.l

6

17 4-

24-

151 . . . -------=•==-----=---

• •

.. . ,

•

,.;;;c.., ,i - Eon-i:.hl,· Si: • .;,:i;,i.::..tic J.l Re:,o:rt

UlT..i.1..u-. re:i.• sonnel .

------·-----1. De;.loy..:i1eni:. 0:C Pe.cso2mel ·co the Field during th0 :)edod

a. Nw.1uc:..· of ·i:.o~LLm de~-,.;u• i:.od

' .;'·

b , Nu;;1be,: of individu.il.;:; in te.:i.;·,1"' c. Nur.1'ue1· of individuo.ls sent .::.a filler ~·: ;_;::.::,on :el

'l'ot..:u ;1u;:1be.1: at O.,J..:JG .. .d:. e."ld of :. o:.:ioJ.

a.. (1) .;.{e-l.d] :..o:;_• de1>loJFmnt ( 2l L1 t:.: -unin.:; (j) O·i:.l1(h':3

,1) B:.i:ii:.i.::h Ls) P.,:anch ( j} B3l.:;ia:;.1 t L. ) u. 3 •. d ••

{5} {"i:.J.li..l.i1

{ 0) Czeo.1 ( 7) lolea

•_t_._t_.il _____ 1_· c. ... , ... ·

l l J .;Jij,• ,3(. toi· iJ

{ ... ; Jle>ut~· .ui.·~c~::.·.-:: L J 3l.1~ ~,1/ 0 .. _ice_. J

{L.,} .J .... :.:ehou.,;a 0-~ ice .. .-s 'JJ 1iedical o _:..ico;. 3 I .'..,) ,... .!l .. iva.:.:1 ..... :ad ~Iec:1.;..;1ics (7) Coo!,:a (f;iJ Cle":::

--•2----... =-..... ._ ..........

L1 ..•

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11

____ 7 ____ _ 4 2

1 l l

1 1 1 l 1

10

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• UNRPA

CENTRAL HE.ADQiJAR'rERS FOR GERMANY .APO 757 or BAOR

STATISTICAL TABLES

MSR 1-2-3

FOR

UNRRA

::· ISPLACED P:E:RSONS OPERATONS

PERIOD ENDING i5 February 1946

GERllf ANY

' .F . - it.. l,fORG.AN ··-··--

Lieutenxit G~n3rnl Chief of Op3ra~~or-a, Germanu

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Monthly Statistical Report on Displaced Persons Operations in Germany

UNRRA Country Gennany Form-MSR-1 Report for Period ended 15 February 1946

Infonnation as of 31 January 1946

D. PERSONNEL OF flSSION

1. Classification of Dnployees on Payroll : r II III

TOT.AL FOR OPERATION 4,886 396 X l,0Q2X X

(a) Total Tea..i Personnel 2,893 210 854

Directors 254 Deputy Directors 251 Principal Welfare Officers 216 Assistant Welfare Officers 249 Medical Officers 223 Nurses 34-8 Adr.u.nistrative Officers 31 A&ninistrative Assistants 107 Warehouse Officers 192 ; Supply Officers 267 1.Iessing Officers 151 Transport Officers 18 Secretaries 85 Clerk-Typists 20 Drivers and liechanics 433 Cooks 26 Others and Unclassified 22

(b) Total Number at District Head-quarters incluiing Field Supervisors 557 25 85

{c) Total at Zone Headquarters 431 18 36

(d) Tracing Bureau 85 6_i:.

(e) Others Central Headquarters 387 63 23

{f) Staging Centers

Karlsruhe (Incl. 17 staff) 43 15 Haaren {Incl. 283 staff) 490

x Infonnation not com:plete for British of French Zone.

xx Incluies an estim:ited 750 in the British Zone {mainly British and Polish Red Cross) 175 in the u. s. Zone, 50 in French Zone, and 27 at Central Headquarters. Breakdown by Zone and District is for u. s. Zone only •

•

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UNRRA Fom-MSR-1

Conn try Genw..ny Report for Pericd ended 15 February 1946

Infon:n tion as of 31 J:muary 1946

D. PERSONNEL OF ~.IISSION.

2. Nation"\lity Brenkdown of Class I Er.1ployees.

Hur.1ber ~ Nur.1ber ]£

British 1395 28.55 New Zealand 13 .26 French 923 18.89 s. African 11 .23 U.S.A. 786 16 .. 08 Unknown 10 .20 Belgiuo 606 12.40 Bal tics 9 .18 Netherlnnds 450 9.22 Yugoslavian 8 .16 Polish 157 3.22 Greek 7 .14 Canadian 127 2.61 Columbin.n 5 • 10 Danish 95 1.94 Venezmlian 4 .os Czechoslovakian 73 1.50 Palestinian 2 .04 Norwegian 50 1.02 Peruvian l .02 .Aus t:ro.lia.n 42 .e7 Ecua.donian 1 .02 LuxerJbourger 25 .52 Stateless l .02 B:ro.zilian 19 .39 Spanish l .02 Svdss 18 .38 Costa Rica 1 .02 Irish 16 .32 Persian 1 .02 Cuban 14 .28 Russian l ,02 Mexic:m 14 .28

GRJLl'ID TOT.AL 4886 loo%

By Groupings Ntlillber ~

British 1395 28.55 French 923 18.89 U.S. A. 786 16.08 Belgiu;,1 &

Luxembourger 631 12.92 Netherlanis 450 9.22 British Dor,unions 193 3.95 Polish 157 3.22 § candinM.vians 145 2.96 Czf'choslovakian 73 1.49 Ln tin .. u-.1erican 59 1.20 Lriscellnneous 74 1.52

GRAND TOTii.L 4886 lex:%

Pa ce 1 Se:ni-1:ont'"1lv Stz.tistJ.c" l :Ze9ort on ~lfple.-;.ec. Persons vper.:-tio::-1s in ?-er11c ·.1". U:NRRA Fort1.1 j/SR- 2 co,.mtry Geri~1e,ny

Rep ort for Ieriod onded 15 Fe~ . 19~5

REFAT--:IATIOF ?CJ. 7.-.S., 3;tITIS? Ai.·~D FRENC•!. ZCl\1"::3 (a)

Information is as e f 31 Januerv 1046.

Repetriation for Ieriod 1st Jen t ,:, 31 Janu.c r:' 1S46

US zo:r:s :Sri tis> Zone Frencl;. ZonE (b)

A , 1. Grand Totel 10,085

LC7l 326

United Nations Nc: t i onals. 11 --;5c:: l _.., _;

•

Bele iu,n & Luxe ,:1.'.::10 1 !r( Czec:-oslov:: 1:ia

326 , "' -J_ C: l ri r

C. I..

De:Ylc r 1r Frenc.e Greece

Yo r1,r2 ,r folc nd. R1,1r-si~ Yur oelevi ::-

Ito 1~'

S,755 -z.7c ..., ..,,

2C3

- .: .

202

1 , 5s2 2cc 2cc

2':5

s:-; 1 c4 ..... , ..._:;;

17~· 3

Ex - Ene·:1 1 • :;.(:·tionc.lc ::-·unc2 ry

15A45C 1), 45c

Rune n2 2

.Sul" :: ·~ ie

Others(~)

(a~

(b)

( C)

1,2cc l,C.14

~eta co~-piled fr• :i St.: ti sties re,.ei·red fro·,·11 l-iili tary Sources. Ne reuorted re~2triation for ~Eriod 1 J2n - 14 Jan . r~ inior~~tion·2vailFble -s v~t for 9eriod 15 J2~ -3C Js:r.tlC: r~r. Incli.1 ::1. e 2·11 s ,~2 ller !-;.s. tiC"rJs Rep.:- tri.: tio-.:1 - creE.kd.own n•t c:·v1;jlscl<:: ::ro·' .hr··rr sotirc.Ee. . '

"'. . ...

.. .. ,.. . .

. .

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UNRRA Country Gennany -----JL.

Fonn - 1,ISR-2 Report for Period ended 15 February·1946

TOTAL DISPk~CED PERSONS IN CA iPS I N COUNTRY (a)

-- - · -Infon,1ation for us Zone British Zone period ending Total Western Ea.stern 1st 8th 30th French 31 Jam..ury 1946 Dis.:trict District Corps Corps Corps Zone

A 279, 917(P1_ 1105 ,538 2. Grand Total 919,848 l26 ,040 96,693 248,554 6$.,106 ,

Unit0d Nations Nationals 587,253 83,887 27,65~ 89,885 59,690 205,746 50,387

Belgium & Luxbg~ 574 79 37 30 23 293 112 Czechoslovakia 2,956 151 1,468 57 110 899 271 Denmark 99 - 2 3 59 23 12 France 844 35 237 I3 34 184- 34-1 Greece 329 39 159 23 10 38 60 The Netherlands 2,~06 48 102 520 52 1,167 317 Norway 102 · 13 ·17 5 51 8 8 Poland 551,977 81,919 86,533 84,?68 56,513 195,101 47,"343 Russia 7,512(c)' 544 4a13 165 224 718 1,148 Yugoslavia. 20,654 li057 4,~89 4,504 22614 7,Jl5 775

Italy 1,108 208 288 ~ 72 531

Undetemined. Nationaliti (d} 82,,239, 10,948., _ 48,875i' .22519 2,491 11,813 4,223

Fon.wr Residents of Baltic countries 152!870 J0 1665 ,20,090 9,818 34,017 22,560 5,720

Estonia 24,911 6,195 7,515 1,369 4,993 3,911 923 Latvia 76,651 13,757 25,749 5,541 19,303 10,076 2,225 Lithuania ·, 51,}08 10,713 16z826 2,908 9!721 8 2573 22567

Ex - Encuy . Nu. tion2ls { e} · 9-6 ,,278 332 83 2006 2 2316 486 . 8,363 lz87!z

Hungary Rumania Bulgn.ria

( a)

. (b)

(c)

(d)

( e)

84,633 168 77,243 1,214 224 4,506 11,558 152 5,757 1,096 261 3,717

187 12 6 6 1 140

Data compiled from statistics ·received from military sources.

Includes all former Hungarian n.nd Roumanian POW' s who a·re in mili ta.ry operated car.1ps.

1,278 575

22

Decrease in nu1.1ber of Russians is due to approxi.1.-ia.tely 12,000 Ukranians being listed separately under "Undeten.rined Nationality". Infon1ation is incomplete on the total nlli,1ber of Russians in the Zone, for it is b01ieved th~t there are a nuraber in military controlled caups in the 3rd US ;may area. They are not reported. as DPs but rather as ex-rows.

This figure includes 3 categories~ (1) those who have been classified as Stateless, although the

exact nu,1bcr is as yet unknown; ( 2) disputed or undeter,nined citizenship (3) ,.riscclb.neous nationals.

Figures include but are not limited to persons forced to leave "by action of the ene1ay, because of race, reiigion or activities in favour of the United Nations".

Page J Sem - Monthly Statistical Report en Displa~Persens Operaticns in Germaey

UNRRA. ForLl MSR-Z.

Cmmtz:y Gerrna.ey ~ep~rt f~r Period ended. 15 Februa;.;;;r.;;;y;.;;.;.1~9~4-,6 __ _

Infcrmatil'>n as of 31 J~_!!.~.a:i:z l2it§ ___ _,... ________________ ..,.... __ _

Tnta.l US z,,ne British Zone ~ WesteJ~E°a'stern 1st- Gth 30th ~ D~~tric;t" District Cc,~s · Ccrps Corps

A }. DISP1ACED PERSONS

IN UNRRA CAUPS

Grand Total 713.201 U;irl.ted:. Nations

1261040 197,7.§2. 82£588 82t944- 170t226 .5.~,-~~ --··------·-··----- ·489;ll32 83,887 97 ~6,5/l 75,.076 M-,291 1422648 4-5,,6~~ Nati.:1J.als

Belg. & Lt,Dcbg •. :· ·J?-4,. 79. · . 37 9 14 85 1or Czechcslovakia. 2,486 151 1,468 30 87 595 15_: De111:Jark 75 2 3 633 2 ~

France 531 .. 35 'l:37 ·18 22 59 16r G:reecn:e. 2,58 39 159 15 2 4~· The Netherlands, 1,.155 48 102 482 '14+- 32'3 ' 16{ NC"rway 81 13 17 5 41+ 2 Poland 460;:317 81,919 ·e6,·533 71,037 42,,5J.5 1J4+f3J6 43,:9_?( Russia 6>630 (a) 544- 4,71.1.3 15 24i8 568 59~ Yugoslav-ia. 17;275, l;:05I .~,-389 - 3,465 1,,2~ 6,676 ~

Italy 68£1 _gQ§_ 288 .22. ·- .27. ... - ---Undetermined ___ ....,__ _____ ..

82,315 (b) 11;2so 50,,263 Na·c:l..o~J_:::.. t:l- 1,,708 · .3 ,651 llt373 . 4,,04+f

F.:-mer Resiclents ........,__a•--·--••- ~-• --0i' Baltic C:::nn:tries

141,016 30,665 49,.550 5r709 ~~ 1~,no· },98(

Estonia 2_;.,436 6,195 7,515 630 5,538 2,.875, 683' Latvia 71;04J. 13,757 25,.742 3,475 19,.778 6,507 1,,77': Lithuania 4625.22 10111} 162286 1 2604 2t686 627.28 l 252:~-

(a) Does net include 12,000 Ukrainians now listed under Undetermined Nationalitie~

(b) Breakdown as follows:

•

Armenians 1608, Albanians 15, Arabs .5, Austrians 978, Bulgarians 521; Chinese 10, Egyptians, 5, Finns 76, Ge:man Jews 839, . Hungarians 2946, , Iranians 56 jl Jewish 26, }5-5 i' Libari~s~ 6 i . ..Paliast·5:J:,.e · 61, Rur:ianians 3046, Serbs 14, Spanish 277 Stateless+20,147 Swedes. 31 Swiss 253:, Turks 8301 Ukrainians (so called) ll,·999, USA 778, Others & UndeterminedJ.1,1.39; Latin Auericans 535, UK 2~. + ·· (so called.) · ... ·

The ~7,194. J~w~ reported in the category ,of Undetermined Nationals represent only those .who are not reported under specifi_o nationalities.

.. on0

.. on._,

Statistics on Jewish ·Population in W~stern Germany

US Zone

British Zone

French "

Berlin

TOTAL

33;373

11,722

1,100

46,195 =====

Coror.1U!!,i tie a

17,274

7,000

700

7,800

32,.774 ====

Total

50,647

18,. 722

1,800

7,800

78,.969

. , ' ...

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Semi - Monthly Statistical Report on Displaced Persons Open. tions in Geniany

UNRRA Fann MSR-2

Infom1a tion for period ending 30 Janun.ry 1946

Tota l

Country Ger,.11:my Report for Pe:ciod encled 15 Fubrua:7 _1946

:9? ZONE British Zon8 Western Easfo.tn 1st ---8th 30th District District Corps Corps Corps

Frciich Zon,::;

---------------------------------·-•--·•-·--·•-··· A. 4. Grand Total

Resiqing in Crunps 713,201

1,Iales 14 & over 345,321

Fe1,1ales 14 & over 247,822

Children 6 to 14 5?,773

Children under 6 52,438

Unspecified 14,847

A 5. Ni)labers outside of

CarJ.ps receiving UNRRA assistance

B, .:~ssEt.iBLY CENTER AD1uNISTRATION

1. Tofal Assembly Centers

a. Adrninistered by UNRR:\.

b. Adiainis tered by Eilitary

(1) l.ssisted by UNRRA

(2) 11.ssisted by Vol-. ·Agencies

(3) Others

2. Total Number of · Tear,1s

a . UNRR.t1. Tear:1s

b. Voluntary Society Teams

354

257

97

45· 49

313

268

cooperating with 1JNRR'i. under n.greE:i,ien ts 4-5

126/)40

61,837

46,345

8,113

9,745

59

59

59

59

197,759 82,588 82,944- 170,2~

84,660 45,679 40,-521 84,931

68,858 27,229 30,093 56,253

14,382 5,416 6~790 14,303

15,012 4,264 5,540 14,739

14,847

Not available

87

77

10

1

9

77

77

l

66

35

31

7 24' .

42

35

7

16

16 .

5

24

19

5

90

50

40

24 16

74

50

21+

53,644-

27,~93.

19,044

3,769

3,138

•

20

16

8

8

36

28

8

C. 1.

a. b-. ar. a.. e.. f.

C. 2.

a. b. c. d. -e. -t:.

C. J ..

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UNRRJ .. MSR-2 Infomation as of 31 January 1946

~.._..a: wcwa::. .,.....cw , _ _,. SS::----4'-.-~.;..::s::...w.ss_ ~ , ..... • ... ....

J4 US Zone. B1H~.sh Zone Frei::: --- -· -----· Tcbto.1 Nuober ofl UNFRi .. :,oN· ~~"Pc: ~~-'?J:. Total CHQ HQ WHD EMD HQ lCps 8Cps 30Cps---

4,806 962 'l:13 819 931 171 4J.j, 305 690 3-~~

i~seobly Centres 2,l39y 611 793 36ib)259 619 (n) "'t:;r ' -... ..... District .Hdqs. 557 2os(ah33 52 46 71 L ,. ;.c Zone Hdqs. 451 230 171 3( Central Tracing 85 85 Central Hdqs. 387 387 Staging Centre.s

Karlsruhe. 43i 43 Haaron 490 490

Total Nuober of Y21.1~~~:~ZY.. Agen~t Pe'rs~n., ~· 'v 0J ~~fY

1,002 27 35 Estma.tcd 140 Est:irJated 750 50

ABscobly Centres District Hdqs. Zone Hdq_s~ '36 36 Central Tracing 4 4 Central Hdqs. 23 23 Staging Centres

,,, _,• .. Total DPs Eoplo~d

Total(d) Total - UNRRA 421 128 ' 18 141 109 2,5

1. .Asscobly Contrca · 235 101 109 25 2. Staging Centres 15 15 3., Others 171 128 18 20 5

.t:. . • . By other Ecployor~

• •

InfoJ.'09.tion not available

(a) Includes Motor Pools, Warehouses in J.roa

(b) Includes 37 in lfobile Unit.s (ns of 31 Dccoobar 1945)

(o)

(d)

Includes 28 at Belson It 11 31

Infon.1ation as of 31 Deccubor 1945

n 1945}

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Semi - Monthly Statistical Report on Displaced Persons Operations in Germany

__ Germany UNRRA ESR-2

Country Report for Period ended 15 Februa:r:y 194(

Information is as US Zone British Zone Frew· Zone

of 30 January 1946 Total ITestern Eastern District District

1st 8th 30th

D.

Corps Corps Corps

1 • . Number of unaccompanied Children in UN:'-ffiA

Camps 343 2..417 1,497

Breakdovm of US Zone

Western Eastern District District ·----

under 2 43 35

2 - 6 32 67

6- 12 40 454

13- 16 228 X 757

16- 18 572

18- 20 532

343 a 2,4J.7 b --- -----

~ x includes 84 listed as "over 1411

•

a 11

b n

101 J.ewish Children

1,500 Jewish Children

This estimated that there are approximately 2000 additional

children in the Zone who as yet are not categorized. They

are in Camps, German homes, German Institutions and every

effort is being µiade through Central Tracing Bureau records.

:..o;,.· UN.-.U.A Pe:::nonnel.

lt:L.ti:.~ No.;.:e of J.:i.oe: Ho. .. :..·e11, Holl.:...nd Fo:..·n 1".:m-J

il, 1Tw:1be:..· of "C0, .. sD .J de:_) ..:1.1.··i:.ed 1. u. I!Ui..,be~· of h1di vidu.;J.o in te~ .. -~.:; c. l'Tu;;1be:,.· of i~1di vidu..J. o .:: e;.1-t ,.l;J f'ilJ.e:..· ) e1•;;on:.1el 504

• T

{1 1 .. Cev.d:r ..: o:..· de:iloy, 1a~ri:, (:..-:) L1 -i:,;.•c.i.~1in.; ()) ot:1e;:;.;

b. Jlc...; .::1:i:'ielcl '.J~r cou;:ri:,:,.·1 of citi~e;1...;!1i:_-,

(li U~·. ·· ('d m,.

( }) Del_,iw1 {':-) Dutch (5) French (0) Ho1~, .-e __ ;L .-..1 (7) lL:i.;:;oell.:i.neouD

.:.: • 01 ... ,J ,..,i:.:-i eJ by :.: unv t.ion O:i.' oe:..·-.,ice

(1} (~) Ul (4} (5) (->) (7) (6) ( 9J

(10) {11) (l'.:.:} (1)) {14)

:De:JU"i:.y Di:t·s)ctor,J /eli' t:.t1·e O:: ... ice;;.• o

.t~ct~lil1i;:r~.r""~·::,i ve 1.~a :Ji : ... t~1t~LJ '.i.'::.•...1.;w::: oi•·I; O:i::. ice:..·.:, ;Jle:t-"!~c - dac:.·et,~.,. .:..·ia,J Coo!~;;; l):,:ivo:,r ;J c; j_ ieo}1~1ic ,J

..JU:;~Jl :• Oi':.:'ic e::: o

./.x..·ello.uoe o:.:" ii~ e;.,· ,J

Ledic..J. o ... : • .'L;a:.: ,:J lfu:..•c;e ,J l e..:;;;i:.1,;; O:..._ ice1·:J lllw.'i:1.:.ct;Jt

t;., Vehicleq ,

'i'o-i:....l

'foi:..;u:

207

5 70 14-tr9 Llj 13 1'1

2D7

·' ,.)

17 21;.

lJ 1

44 l

~.5 11 15 5

15 1

.. -~ 1,

fl_ •

t r cieved: 5.2.46

Copy s t to:

Col.

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Page 1 Report op • isplaced Persons Operations

in German3r C~untry G'--fil'ANY Form MSR-1 -'----=---Report for period ended 31 Decr.1945

A Distribution of Supplies 1. UNRf....~ and Voluntary Aceneies Su~"'plies to date ,

u .s.zone (a) 310 tons of amenity supplies received and distribution is being

made to both U.S. and Freneh Zones . (b) 630 tons of clothing and recreational supplies received from

Voluntary Ap.-encies · "American Polish ~.ver Relief s', "National

C2tholic Welfare Cenference 11, "Y1~CA 11

, "Polish Red Cro~s11•

Sritish Zone (30 No~.) (a) 231 tons of amenity supplies received and transferred direct

to UNRRA op~r2tions. (b) 390 bales of cl~thing received and transferred direct to UNRRA

operations. · 2 . Military supplies purchased to date.

Information not available. A. 3 & 4 B 1 & 2 not applicable to this oper2tion.

C. Registra1i£Q-L-Repatriation, Care of Displace~ Perso~ . 1 to 5 . See i-1SR-2 item~ A .l to A .5' .

C .., Number

Doctors Nurses

10 ,

Note. Full information t e r 1 terns C. 6-7-8-lO•ll. a :re -- es ye.t un-obta in2ble. Every effort- is be inc

made to have this information for future reports.

cf Doctors ~nd Nurses ..

e. t end of month Total u.s. Zone Briti~h Zone French Zone

·Cle ss Class Class Class Cla. se Class I II I II I II

207 121x 19 97 4 22 4 31._5 151 7 184 ~ 21 .J

642 272 26 281 13 43 7

Clcss II firures 8.S of 30 November x Includes one Voluntary AGency Medical Offi cer .

1. Briti!h Zone Inoculations Bfalnst typhoid and typhus continues.with 75; of populE tir1 i "1munized.. for typhoid end ·virtually c.11 _for typhus . Sixty percent of the children under 16 hav~ received diptheria shots. It is expected that diptheria 1 , ~u~ization f e r all .. 1

c~ildren will be co~pleted by February. 2 French Zone

Prepe r z tions a re beinr r.1ade for i '"'.1•7uni :is tion of all displaced persons· for ty:p:-ius, typhoid and diptheria -

3. U.S.ZonE Typ:ms incculs tions have been virtually eo:npleted for all displ2 ced persons. Diptheria i ;,:.-:uniza tion of children under 12 years continue~.

~ ,. .. ' . . . . - .... ... -~ - ---····-· ...... .. .,•-···---- ··- ... .... --·· ~--... .. .

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Monthly Statistical Report en Displaced FerSOrui Operations in Germaey

Country ~Ge_rma~.W~-~-~~ Report tor Period ended 31 De9ember 1945

n. PERSONNEL OF 1:IISSION

1. Classification of :&nplozccs . on Pgyroll. I II III

TOTAL FOR OPERA'.1.'ION 4,640 441 . . 739

{a) Total Team Peraonnel 2,957· 291 X 35

Directors 237 .. -Deputy Directors 220 • l · Principal 1,clfare Officers -212 .. 7 i..ssistant Welfare Officers 269 l 1/i:cdical Officers 24b - l ~ Nurses · 3.56 l Administrative Assistants 66 ,~dministro.tivc Officer:; 58 ~ Ylnrehousc Officers 191 Supply Officers 257 2 Hessing Officers 165 Transport Officers 15 Secretaries 91 .. Clerk - Typists 21 Drivers 454 .. H~chnnics 12 - ·-Cooks 34. Unclassified .59 ... 20

(b) Total Nwnbcr at District Headquarters including Field Supervisors 478 .. 22

(o' Total at Zone Hc~d~uartcrs • 354 ·19 · 6"57 xx

(d) Tracing Burt:le.u. 76 46 4 \

(c) Others Central Headquart_~rs 307 71 21

(f) Staging Centers

Karlsruhe ( Inol. 34. Staff). ·64 14 .. Haaren ( Incl .• 260 Sto.f'f )404

I • x Full Breakdown not available

xx Includes 560 Voluntary Agency Personnel in British Zone •

... • ·• ,

•

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Semi - Lontta.y Statistical Report on Displaced Persons Operations in Genna.J\Y •

UNRRA Fol"Ul LSR-2 Country Genna&

Report for Period cnde4 31 Daccmber I~

A. 1.

REPATRIATION FOR U, S • , BRITISH AND FRENCH ZONES .

Grand Tote.l

Total Repa~ ­tna,tio~ te date(~) Total

~.286,000 26.-122·

Repatriation fo~ Peri~ . ist 'Dec to 31 DeQ(amber : 1945 US Zone · .. British Zbne . Fienoh' ZoN

12.728 35.104 5.9;3 •

United Nations Nati~wls 4,~681000 471·9:'tl e 6,¼,?J J4,69~ . - ' . . ♦ .. ~ · .. ,.. . . •.

Belgium& !AJ.xexnbourg 307,000 ~ 1.1-s9· · ___ 4.7 1,112

·Czochosll,vald.e. 1}6~000 409. 180 229 ..... Depflia;rk.. 5,-000 10 10 Fre.noe 1,562.000 827 220 607

.. -·~

Greece 1i....ooo - .. The Netherland• . · J05j000 . l•:$45 125 l,22Q Norway·· . 61000 : , LI ,, . -Poland .. . }!30)000 _. 43,ln 5,351 · 31,437 Rtlas:fa ..

2,038,000 80 80 -...

5,9.'3 ... Yugoslavia· · ·• 20,2,. 000

. • -. ·-. ~ ";'\

Ita,ly 590,000 . !QQ. 100 - ..

Ex - Enenv National• .· 2,232 9,23,2

Hungary Rwne.nia · B~lgaria

Others _(b)

' . : .' a

,. -

·8.,565 ·a,565 . . 670 '670 - ... .

·- ·

2s,ooo ..

(a) Repatriation figures f' or the Freneh, wtch, Belgian, Czech/ Yugoslav, Greek El.11.d Italian are obtained from official source, fJf the G()vernil)ellts c«>KCerned ·arid iaclu.de- rcp~.trie.tion from a~aa otli~r than-Allied Zones of C-crmaey. . ·.

.. {e) Include aJ.l .s.;.allcr Nations Ropatri£i.tien • breakdown Mt available

from ~ SOW"CCf, ·

.: ··• ~·\

... ·-....... .. . ... . ...... . ·- .

. ... •· .... ~ r ·;· ..... --... - ........ .,,.

P2'.'Be 2

ScLJ.i .. 1 ·onthly Ste.tisticcJ. Report on Displaced Persons Operations in Gerr.:lal\Y

UNRRl .. F•rra - LSR-2

Country ~n.-ian;z:. Repo~ fqr Period ended 31 .Decowb~rl5~5 . . .

TOT.1i.L :JISPL.t;.CE:i:> PERSONS Th" ~ -PS ~ COiJlffltY ,•

.n.

2. GrM.d Toto.l.

Urii tcd Nations Nationals

:Selgitl.ll .5: Luxbg. Czechoslevakia ~enhiark FJ:"E'.ncc Greece ·I'he Ncthcrlruids Norwcy Pole.ni;i Russia Yugoslavia

Forwcr R~si~ents of

• 'tff. Zon~ . ?.:'otal. 7th 3rd-

Lrqf .:i.rwy

. , .. .

597.142 76.605 110.071

trit1ah .Une l;;t . . 8th· .:

Corps · Ccrps:

• ·, 'French 30th Corps Zene

90.728 61.652 208.4J)2 4i3.767

677 a5 33 51 ,6 351 121 3.157 159 1.663 63 105 889 273

139 3 10 3 w 55 1a 790 70 133 14 60 160 35J 355 36 130 lG 9 93 69

2.560 66 105 541+- 44- 1.508 293 126 12 10 3 70 15 8

544.825 7~.sl+i.J a5.234 05.930 57.342 156,395 45.37-6 22.659 534 lU.416 142 393 1,615 1,305 21. <357 ___ 1_. 0_42......,,,___'J __ ~ ._1_1_6 _____ 3_ ..... $_6_0 ____ 3_. __ 50_' 5 __ ...,.7,_,J .... ..0_1 ____ 7_5_3_

1.104 172, 222.

' Enitic countries .1.42.490 2J.6G4 . J.649

1.277 4--963 2.409

30,872

5.399 16.205 9.1Ga

20.4-52

3.264 8.614 3.574-

5,4-55

asa 2.155 2,442

Estonia , LD.tvic. Lithuania

litingery !(Uliie.nia Zulgt.rie.

( l'.)

(b)

(c)

23.987 69.607 -~•896

5.J4J+. 7.34-5 f-2• 721 . 24-.869 10.119 16.164

2,316

l,2J4 · 1"020

12

1.144- 10.236 1.614

29.430 7.2J3

275

73 107 18

' 19,923 L514-

3J

695 433

12

6.l~20 }.640

. 176 .. . . ..

':-his-figurc--C::.oca .not i~cludc approxiHa.tcly ~~~.000 DPs and Foreign Workers living outsidc·ef ~s who were. fon.1erly c. part of this total.

·rhis fiaurc includes 3 oe..tcgorics:

(l)

( 2) (3)

those ,rho h..~ve been cl~ssified as Stat•lcs~, E'.l though the cx?.ct. ntt,bcr is e.s Y.et unknown; disputud or undC;tcl"l.i.ri.ncd citizenship; ::;ri.scclle.nceus -oa.tiono.l.s.

1.026 569 12 jL

Figu.rcs include but £I.re not l:L,.i ted to persons forced t() leave 11by action of the enc!!~, because of re.cc, l"eligi~n or activities in favour of the United Nations" • . .

•

. . .......

• Pago} ,. .. . ...._ .

Sei4Y • i onthJ.y 5te.tisticai Report -~n Displacea;;·pe=-x-sOJ'!S·-()peration5-in",. Ge~ ... ·- .. _1 . ••

UNR."tlA •• • 4

... · ... , ... ·~ '.. ~-·., ... -.· .. C<>"¼Jl~ry .c~nnaey

Fonn LSR-2 . '" - -~ ....... Report for Period ended 31 Decewber 1945

~- US ZoJ\0 We stem En stem

,·T~tal. ·. ' District · Distriot _!.. ! :- _... : '".··.:

r • I •,

·-s ... .... ··:

-··- -- -,-.... -- .... ... . ·-- - ... -·-·· ·-·--•--........ _, __ Bri.tish Zeme

1st - 8th 30th Freaeh ;. Corps · Cerpa · Corps - Z0no

·--------------------------A ~

3. Grand Tot~~ .: 677,408 115,-795, lSl1i~~ 1s.~6. p4,ll2 l,5~.226 .. . . .

United Nations ' .. , --...

Ne.tionala 470;732 76,60,2 ~,>Ill. 70,23J 45.820 lJ0,!)}3

Belgian~ 62' Luxembourg 292" 85 31 7 34

C.zechoalov:a.lda .2.25.2 . ·159 '1,409 25 213 389 i)e:plilnrk · 90 , . .., 2 l 80 3 France "'3 . 70 158 5 43 31 G-rcece . - · - . ' . ·2.58- .. . . 36 136 14 7 46 The NQtherb:nds- . ~- ··~ff.f, : - 66 84 398 76 263 Nerway . , •9)+; . 12 21 3 52 6 Poland l-,27, 401 74,548 82,921 66,~6 4--',325 121,742 Russia 20,886 . ... ··-· -~ ... ~~:m-·-·· .. 12 206 l,4l.7 Yugoslavia . 18 1029 1,0~

.. 3~222 ···- -iaai+: · .. -61;1Z~ .. , . . . : .. •; .: ..

'· 706:· Italy 17~ 180 ~ .ll. .21 -Undetenained ... T.•, :. r , , ; .

. ... -. •· .... ·-··•-.- . • • 1 . ... -.,. _ ..

Nationn.1.it:y ('a) ·. 73, 872 · J.O,.}.il ' 3:3, 7!2l (b) 4,.54J. 14,231 -~ :

Fenner Residents •f . Bal tic CWU1;tries

:)!:stenia ··Latvia .

· Lithuaaia

132a09&

22,6J..5 65,222 ·4,4., 231

49,538 - • ,. t

.. ,• • . ,. • I•

·'i3 ~Jil 4,822 -~i,12.1 ' .,

. .5, 84At- 7, 270 476 6,4l5 2,236 . 12, 721· :.•., .-25,219

10,119 16,989 2,19'1 ... 3;1,,&30 -~,933 1,626 cj ,'678 ' 5,102

.. ~···· .. ··-- ·-- ... -.. ... ···-- -- .. ... ... .. ... .. .... -J•--.. -.... . ., ~. · • .: -=

•..;. . ;: ::.·,·, : ... •.

(l .. ) these who· ha'vei;beca elassif:t~:.::~s- stateless; (2) disp~~eq _ _gr Wldetenui.ncd citizenship; (3) miscellanaeua nationars·; ... '·· · · ··-·- -· · - -

. --· - ... . ~ . (b) Includes a.ppn,xirnately l4,000 Jews in Ca.wps or

~tics \Ul<!er UNRRA jurisdietiea •

.. , ..

5l, 229.

39,506

7} 57

;._1 141 19 89

38,4.25 625

--~. z6

· 1§1

..,_ ..... ,. 7,750

. . ,

1.88,!

. ·· ... 404

·:·•- .162 -. ·717

•

~

•

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Semi - l-!i.onthly Statistical Report on Displaced Persons Operations in Germany

UNRRA • •• • Cou.ntr.r Germany

Form lViSR-2 Report fer Period ended 31 December 1945

-~·

T'otal US.. Zone British Zone

,. \7estern Ea.stern 1st 8th 30th ~istr~ct D~strict Corps Corps Corps

French Zone

A - ...... . 4. Grand Total

• 'Residing in Camps 6]7 1408

•

Males 14 & over }44;736

Females l~ & over .237~165

·children ~ to 1,4. 45,591

49,916 Children under 6 - .

A

115,795

57;550

42,381

7,411

8,453

l91.5Q6 76,41+6 84,115·

93;838 4-2,873 41,122 ..

68,711 liJt.,855 30,404

14,574 3,715 5.,759

14,J83 5,003 6,830 ·

5. Numbers outside of Cru~s receiving UNRRA

assistance (n) Not available

B, ASSEi1IBLY CENTER ADIINISTRATION • ••

l Total hssembly Centers 38, 56 87 65 20

a, ~dministcred by UNRRA 227 56 78 25 13

b, Adr,dnis tcred .......... ,.._ .. by ·:;,iili tar,y 146

. ' . . • 9 40 18

(l) Assisted by~ 36 10 ll

(2) i..ssistcd by Voluntary Societies under UNRR( .. ..:~~oments •

57 9 7 (3) Others 53 9 21

... "' · ...... - ...

2. Totn.l NUI.lber of Teams 320 56 78 44 31

a.. UNRR,;. Teams 263 56 78 35 24 b. Voluntar,y Society Teams

cooperating with UNRRf. under agrcorfients 57 9 7

(a) Not known - but included in .h.,3. 1ISR ... 2,

• • • . . .. • ..

158,226 '51,320

81,933 27,420 •

53,175 17,639

10,776 3",356

12;342 2,905

N0t ­o.vailablo

98 36

40 15

58 21

. , 9 6

33 8 16 7

82 29

4-9 ·,1

'33 8

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Semi - 1:i.onthly Statistico.l Report on Displaced Persons Operations in Germany

UNRRA l/ISR-2

Country ~Ge;..;..;;;.;rma.=ny~---Report for Period ended 31 December 1945

Personnel Data

US Zone British Zone F'rcnch _, ..... ------ Zo"''O

1. Total Number of~ Total CHQ HQ WiID :En ,D HQ lCps 8Cps 30Cps

c.

c.

Class I Pe!:~9J. 4,652 787 235 766 943 155 469 335 l00 262

a. Assembly Centers 2:957 695 770 38s(a)279 6013(b) 217 b. District Hdqse 4.9::i 71 173 81 56 92 17 Cn f·.ne Hdqs. 354 171 155 28 d. Central Tracing 76 76 e. Central Hdqs~ 307 307 f. Staging Centers

Karlsruhe 64 64 Hru:i.ren 404 401+

2. Total Numb~r of Volunta£Y_ Agency Personnel ClassIII

3.

a. b • c. d. e. f.

739

Asse1:..oly Centers 35 District Hqs. 22 Zone Hqs. 657 Central Tracing 4 Central Hqs. 21

Staging Center -· ---

25 97 23

4 21

97

12 11

34

23 11

560 -

560 ( d).

~c)

--- ·---------·--·---------

Tot~l DPs Eraployed J.iJ+l w --··-) UNRRA

... Assembly Centers 29~!. -L• (

2:. -~ Staging" Centers 12+

3. 0the"i"'s - 136 -•

117

117

Total 33 157

14

19

Totn).) 157 ~f

(b') _By other Employers ( e) ·;: • ~~ .. · : lY, 761 ll r 333 6-,4f8

-------· ··4-·•-•·--"' 'I, •

Total 109

Total 109

25

2,5

·,, ... . .

. ... ,·

(a) ·. (b) .. . c_ c) (di

( f)

Incl~dcs 37 in i.fobj,le Units " Includes special st~ff 28 .at B0lsen~ . No-...~Infa"riillition avRilable from French Zone, Brcnkdo.;m . by Corp~ ~na' Tcons not· e:vailo.blc ~

"Tb":.s.figure -includ.cs o.il ·Ni:i.tionRlitics othot than Gerrnn.ns . employed by ~S .i..n~y ~s of 30 Novcnbcr, but do 3s not nccesa~~ y mean that they lire all Displaced P0rsons ,

As of 30 Novcinbcr.,

·- . . .

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Semi - Monthly Statistical Report on Displaced Persons Operations in Germany

UNRRA }!i:SR-2

Country Germa.nv Report for Period cllicd 31 December 1945.

'I • -~ .. , '("

Total

l. Number of unaccompanied Children

US Zone Western ·Eo.atern 1st District District Corps

British Zone 8th ,oth Corps Corps

286 4,500 Total in Br.Z. 1,497

A brcnkdown by US Zone ·1s as follows:

Western F.a.stcrn x District District ~

Children ? - 6 22 405 427 " 6 • 11 15 810 825

12 • 17 193 l,080 1,273

Unknown age and ewer 17 ...2§. 2,202 2,261

Total 286 4,500 4,786 :;:;::z::;- --- ~== Z:SllflC:::

X Estimated,

French ~

Infornia.tion No·t avai­lable

i.:onthly Statistical Report from

hobilisation e.nd. Training :9ases ond fjtaging Aroa.s

for UNRRA Personnel.

Name of Baso: Haaren (Holland)

Report for Period ended 31 December 1945 ...

1. Deployment of Pcrso~~l to th~ Field during tho Period

a. NUL'iiber •·or tcl'.ros departed b. Nwnber of individuals in teams o. Nwabcr of in.di viduals sen,t Q.S f'illcr pel"'Stlnncl

2. Total nU111ber of arrivals at Base during poried

J. Total number at BD.s~ at end of' per

a. ( 1) Ready · for deploy'i'!1ent ( 2) In trt>.ining ( 3 ) Others · · · i

b. Classified. by oo~"tey of citizenship

(1) ( 2) (3) (4}"

~~~

USA UK Belgian Dutch· . French· · l .iscellancous

ft

91 21 4

21

Total 151

e. Classified by ~ction or so;1"Vicc . ( l , i! . ( 5)

~~~ (8) (9)

~~~~ (12) (13)

Direct~s Deputy Directors Welfnrc Officers Acliid.nistrative Assistnnts Administrative Officers. Clerks -·secretaries Clocks . ► ••••

· Drivers &. :i:;~eche.nics Supply Officers Wo.rchouse Officer~ i c.dici>.1 O'fficcrs Nursos :i .essing Officers

=--=-==--===-===

Tetc.l

261

282

72 79

6

17 24

151

4. Vehicles ======~=-=~=:=:======.=====

Dntc en vehicics not yet available.

. ...

I

<).. Nuiauc.,.: of ta .... t.w~ de~-· ~1..1.· :~od b , Nudoe,: of individual;;; i;.1 tec\. ,1d • c. Nur,.,~er of individu.:us s,mt ~a i •n1e:c ~·:3 ~•00:1 ~el

'). 'fot.:u ;.1u.1be .. · 't.rc. J,.;1.3e .:.d:. e;.)d of :. o:..;iod

o.. {l) ... ie.J.d] .,_o:,_• de.i:>lo1nc::mt ( :... , I;.1 1c:.: .J.inir\:"; {j) Ot~1e:.:,3

(1) .3 .. ·H.i.;;h {,_) lt'.,:anch • ( :.il :Jal..;i.:i.:.1 { () u. 3.~-\.. Ul H,.lli~1 ( ,)) C~e(;.d (7) l 'o.le.,.

( l} .)i:i: ~c to:..· ,3

(:...J j)e>u·c.,• Di.:~c~:,:s {_; J Su~ _,1/ 0 .. _ ice_·.:i ,L.cJ ,/u. .. •e;.10Uua 0- ~ ice .. ·.;; ()} 1,iadic.:u Q __ ic-3:-,_ 3

~.:>) .!) __ ive.i.·,::l ~-:ml ~iec~1.::.iics ( 7) Coo!::a (C.} Cle.!:::

1~ -- :

J;:.,,-,,;,;ls:cuho

11

4 , , C.

l

l 1 ---

l 1 1 l l

10

1

,

I • • UNRRl,

CEN'.rn.: ,L I ili,'._D,J'u· i.R'l'.E .1J 7' UR GE?.:i . .:J [ J:PO 757 OR Bl,OR

UONTiILY N.J'Jv'.TIVE REI'ORT FOR NOVEI ~:R , 19li-5

. 1 • G ENER.i J:..

The pa.:,t 1,1onth hes witne:,scx:1 only slip-ht inprovor:icntz in the ir.1r:1edie.te opern.tioncl pro bl ens cmu:'n;ntj 1

0 tl i '1 Lis::i:i.on. Short".gcs of certc.in c"'tegories

of personnel ".re still c..cutc; th'-' tr·,nsport positiLn, though allevi::i.ted soraewhn.t , is still serious; nu "J:11.mi ty ,mpplil·S .r:t'ivc.;d f'ur d ist:dbution during the r.1onth; c.nd continuing chn.nges in the org.'.'.niso:tion uf CHQ t.nd t!1c three :.:ones have cont ributed to :m inst" bility in ucl1.1inj_stro.tion.

Slightly r.1t,re thr.n 900 1 000 DPs ( excluding ex- cnenfos) rcn .in in the three zon0s . Of this figure, "pprox.in tel} ,nc- third - 1::,01 000 Bal tic peoples , 401 000 Russie:.ns , 301 000 Yugoslavs , 'lnd A0, G0O nisc<c:ll ,n1.:ow., P,;roups (including scr.1tJ 60 1 000 Jews ) ' ­"lre"dy would :..ppe .r tc., f-.11 intL, tl.o 1' '.1:'.rd core " of DPs who will not return hcoe under r,:ny cc,nditions . The rmc.ining two- thirds c.ru Pole.:: , tho n"jori ty of when v1ill nost likely return· ta Pol:,nd in tho Spri ng unless politic"..l :md econor.1ic conditions in that country detericr.:i.tc b":Hy. Nevurthelcss , it "is c.:ntirc.;ly possible th-:.t 200 1 000 o:i:_- 1.1cr , of the .l'oles will not choose to return, thus l e ·.1.Virl/.5 u tot cl 11hard core" pop.~1£\.tion of half ' 1.1illion people.

UNRRA ' s aper ti.om:. inEuropt: re Ju.., l~i b1.: liquid·.tGd by tho orrl of 1946, but , even .'.lSsuning th"t nore .t: oles thrm irnlicn.tcx:1 ·.bL vc do rdun1 :1¢ tho.t large nunbers of th0 "hru:'d core " "re screcn1c,d cut , Sl,V<Jl",l hundred thousCTJ.d people will ra-,win when "(;~"RRA I s to.sk is finish..,>d .

2. !i:Elu TION HD?S 1.TI' 'H '£HE :;,ILI:wi.RY

One of the 1.:3.jor dv.relopuents Juring the nonth··w~,s the si__:ning of the British Zone .n.grcc11ent , which clc..rii'L.; :md r0gulariucs UNRR', ' s responsib i lities in th.'l.t c.rea. Under the pl•-n for gr~du"l , .:,Gunption by U11f.RR:. cf its respon.3ibilit i es , it is probable that full responsibility vill bt:J ',us 1cd -''er- c<.;ntres in 8 Creps District at an early d:i.te. ·.:d'ter ch'l~es corm0ctcd ui th tll!., rLp-<.tri· tion 1.1ovanent :1.-...ve been r.12.dc in the disposition of DPs in 1 Ccrps · nd 30 Corps , so th".t the bust use r.1ciy be 1.1ode of suit'1ble Yrintcr n.ccoru:1cdat:;.'-in, 1.JNRI~/. :rill to.kt:J over rc:;sponsibili ty f'or assci.1bly centres in those e.re'1s .

:> . SUPPLY, DIS'rJ:UlUTIOH ,·Jm '.L'R;J,'SIOR'l'

Provision by the military o." b'lsic supplit,;s shovs little chr,nge s.incc Octobvr. M:iny C'ml})S in th'-' US Zone Cl'ntinuo to r1.,port sh,ortn.ges such as stoves , r.ia.ttress8s 1 window gln.ss , ·-..rJJ.l "thcr r ... t r;_~1s 0ssenti"l t the cor.1plote wintcrisn.tion or the inst"..llaticns . B'c0d. upf lic-s in 11 three zones ~pe-'.\r to be on a stable be.sis , acceptable fro:r.i th caloric point cf' viuw, but suriously l::..ckine in frvsh r!1eo.ts end ve,getables . ~he .11.,0<1 : . .' 'r .rint ~r clothing , shoe:; ".nd b+cmkots rem1.i ns cri t i co.l in the US <1rd the British Zones , while tho l<7 r01.c~1 Zom. Directer char ctcrises as 1idesperl..te " the shortogos vf t' GSe itcns , 's ;wll 'l.G of sheets fer i nfin:wries , soap o.nd Jisinfect?.nts. Deliveries of • .. odic 1 Guppli..,;S ll ri11t; the 1,onth served to c.llevi"te one sericw:, shortGE;J in· the .?rvnch Zone , .:,lthuugh 'l.dequate q_ur.ntities of surgic :J. i:n.::truncntr; o.re still lo.eking. Progress is being und ~ in educ8.ting UNRRA. supply officers i1 thLI 'proper use f nili tc.ry supply ehn.nn1.:ls , ignorance ~f vr~ich

\procedure heret i' :c contributed in 7l ny inst".nc,c"' to dei'icieneics in the crJnps.

Failure uf l' ffiR'. '. c.nity ; n1~i.,s to "..rrivu uuring the aonth .re,s disturbing factor in '.lll thr_,e Zl~ruc. '...'he> i.;._• Lnt r ;i;d J.' r ·~ sub..,t"Iltial flow of these items , as well as 1:10.teri",ls _'or clci:ung · .x.l &he' r-..,t:>,: ir, v0c1.tion".l b:"1.ining and workshop projects , t,nd educntionJ ard rvcro,,thm::i.l ... upplies, cr.nnot b, stressed too often.

/S01;-ie u.1 . c . 3Cj74

• - 2

Sont..: ir.1provcnent in the tr· nc1iort situation Yms noted during tho 1.1onth. J'.,,r,1bulrtnc0s o.nd ju0ps , purcho.sed fr.1:1 thv ·krny t:..vy Liquidation Ccnnission, stnrted to c.rriv o fron their ..,tor·· ,!_:;1;.; p,'i11t in 1.Iet~.. Dfatrioution in tho .British Zone of 243 vehicles fron .the lJK:',rhicl-: etrrived dorine the 1. st vreek. of October ,ms conpleted ·;,ithin · few ,redcs , ,:hilo n .'.ldd it iclllnl 97 lorrie.J v'rerc.; being off- landed n.t lmtwerp as tHt; uonth t1,1ded. Neverth0less , the over~,11 pnr:;i tion r01_1'l.incd '\cute.

Lov0r.1ent cf mi:n&·., ,. port instc.11".tion :f'rcn .i~ntwcrp to Brencn, though appro;v;ed in principle; ., vn.s dcLwed hy tht.: nccc;ssity of cl0· ring :... b•rk- log of Czechoslov"..k supplies , ·_,.,nd by r·tltt1' rc:11)lic· tic1s ,. ,•

'The UI'J?:.R:~ uui_.',rri positicn si10\rcd lh i11provur.1cnt , -,,ith insui'ficient stocks of British- type unif\n1s av jl•ble "..nd supplies of nodified US unifcrns not receivoo. a.t the end of the nonth.

4-• RFJ,IEF SEHVIG':.~~ UNDEl( TJMtR.;. lJ;SPICES ..

n . · · G,mor.:11: R SU.r:J.e

. '

I ..

Stec..dy progress is be:i:pg 1. '.'Ide in the· 13ritish 'nd the US Zones in the docunentation of ard cc\.!'e of' un~·,cccnp ni0d chilJren, oduc tion ·~nd recroc.tion. ·voluntary agenc ies 1

contributions a.re Llso c::qvmding. ;... --:c,~ ,rdin·,tu1 crlpkyn(,nt progr'L1ue is just being lam:ic11.ed . On tho tenn ll.,vl,l , 1:1,0re lc:w0rship :i.'re:u higher c:Jchelons is observable .; nnd a clearer definition of welf"rG officer f'unctiom is gr-~duelly being worked cut.

A ·conference on the winter relief sorvicos progr.'.U'nc in tho British Zone was held n.t Spengc 7 - 10 Nove1;1ber. Copies of th0 prl,ccudings of the conf1:::rence vri'll be sent under s ep c.r!.lt e cover.

In the French Zone cert~in inpruvu.lt..:nts ·1r0 nottc:d , pc,rticulnrly in relationshi ps with the r.1ilitary "Utl1oritieo ; but the supply -,rrl trmsport short£>.gc , difficulti eEl, with the ropresenbtiver:; of tho Liinist:ry of PDR, ·md ndninistrative difficulties in setting up the Zone org'.misotion, cho~'f no jr.1provrn .• ,mt .since October. The Zone Director

· observed , following an inspoction cf' te,:,,i:1s in the .'.:'icld , thut despite :tlmy fruptrations tho tear.1s weru ·;,(';,'lcing "to tl!e gr,Yt c.dv· nt .gc of the DPs ".

b . ::r-..,jor Results ~nd Proble. s in

( 1 ) V/ oli' "XO

( a.) Chill it L ro

(-i) G-::nore;_l

In the UD Zon0 instructi ns hc,v0 gone for.-r~rd fror.1 Zone HQ to Districts rcg.'.'..rd ilt; -cg,! g1·ou1:s fer vrhon. child Wvlf~,rc workers should be responsible, st-o.ndn.r<ls for rcgistr.:ition '.tnd roccrds of un~ccompcmicd children, ··nd. c.dnission to

f'nd policie-.., of child_·en Is centres . Becc,uso o:E' 11ck cf 'Nri ttcn policies regarding the

scope of UN"RR:~ ' s 1·..,.pcnsibilitieo in child.wdf ,re in the British Zone , "'nd lack of directives to Corps D.:.strict...; , policy is ·b~ing . .;rl:ed out. -;_t Cc rps .::.rrl loco.l levels , With ,:,esul ting v':lriatioru:; in ct,{ndnrcls [tl.l'J proc1.xlures . ·

( ii) Un:lcconpnnie~ CLildre:n .

'.L'ho total numk.r of unacconp nicd childrun s f'"..r dccuraented is 5:; 052 , .3 , 691 of ·,,hen hcve -be..:n f~1un:1 in tho US z.ono "lhd 1, .361 in the British Zorn.;. Of tho 875 children docur.10nton in the British Zone in Novenber, 422 wer0 found in asser1b1Jr centres and 453 in Geru:m institutions "rrl hcr.10s .

,_

/The

' ' • 3 -

Tho British Zone is still o.waiting o. policy decision on UNRRA. 1 s responsibility for chilclren of tho lntt.::.:.r. cn.to6oryo Fµrthormoro, o.lthov.gh neo.rly all of the children in asseubly centres ho.vo b,~en locc:ted ccmsider'.1ble difficulty is being experienced in finding the children in GentM• homes and institutions. There has been only a 201/o return on the burgomcisters ' registration uf DPs outFiide cor.1ps in th8 US Zone anµ 1-1. 5ryJa 'rotm~n in the British Zonee US Zone kilitary Goverrnent Welfare .Dfficers have cgreea to o.sk in their reporting forns for do..ta on childreri with Gpn.11m fa+.1ilies,, and t.o i.1n.ke this infomo.tion o.vailnble to UNRRA. .,

( iii) · Children I s Centres Five childrenr s centres h'we been estD.blishod. in the British Zone ,

and addi tiono.l o..ccmmodation is sought in 1 o.nd 8 Corps Districts . The cl1ief probler.1 in those centres is the b.ck of Eruppli0s , po.rticulo.rly clothing , shoes , r,1ed ical supplies , soap and n .. 1cni tics. /,.:i_though there 'Ire five centres for children in the US Z.one, a survey. is bein0 netde of exist inc facili tius o.nd further needs in the Jfast ern Liili tary>Dis triet. . ·

(iv) 1!iovc:uents of Child1·en

• During Novenber 58 children were sent to Swi tzerlD.nd , 27 of tha:1 froL1 the British ,0 .r>'1 31 f:r ,u tho ,',ncricnn Zone. The children Yril l ren.nin in Switzer:}.and for 6 n0nths. er· ',t uot3t a year. Since a high percentage of .. then are· repatriabl,e~ they ·wi1J 110 sent +,o their hcr.1e countries whenever conditions penni t ~

1' I

.,';,pprox:iJ:iately 450. children, are ready to g0 to Englo.ndl That' nave vims.postponed due to opposition c;f the Jcvrish ConDittees in the c;1mpi. A representative ·of. the Jewisb Re:i.'ugce Cor.iuittoe- in London h8.s been visiting the British :-,.nd US Zones arrl hns recc.a;:imended that no effort be uade to 1:1ove the children for the tine being. Th8 local Jewish Cor:1rnitteen hctve;, however, . agreed to consider the oover:ient. of. tho,,e children who h::tve close relntives in England or in the United States . ·

(b J Enploynent I'

An Employi,ient Officer has been appointed "tt CHQ , ·1.nd an Administrative Order has been issued outlining bo.sic policies . (See ;mnex A) .A:pprox:ir.1E,tely 10'/o of the DPs in a.ssenbly centres in the British Zone ctre employed within the car.1ps , Both the British ·and US Zones repurt locoJ.ised o.ctivi ty in pror;1oting enployment outside car.1Ps , but a lack of coordinnticn. In the US Zone a classification systeni has been· ccnpleted arrl sent to the field ,, In the British 'zone the budget l i nes for employnient specialists o.t Zone and District levels. are not ;~illed,. .

( c) Education o.nd Recreation

An lJNRRA Officer ho.s been sto.tioncd with the PW 8: DP Division, British Zone , to coordin[lte phms for education and voca.ti om:l tro.ining. There remains the problem of uncooroinn.t8d wol'l: rn,1ong vo.rious voluntilry agenc.ies ., o.nd at the Zone Conference on Relief Servicc;s , 7 - 10 Novcnber: it was recommended that an educational council be organised, 1rith P~presentativvs fron int,erested voluntary n.gencies ., UNRRA, the PW n.:rrl DP Divisic.n, etc,, In the US Zone the r;1ost serious probler,1 continues to be t.hr, need for supplies, particularly texts .

- ·In '60th Zones DP students £U'8 enrolled in Gorman univorsi ties . At Heidelberg., Marburg ond Erlo..ngcn, 11ostvls hetvo. oc(,)n established fo:r; stuo.entf3 and their fnmil'i,es . The 1CP/o quota.., hc,wover , docs not accrn1L1odate all b.pplicmits., ond c.n ef'f0rt is being ,,letdf? to develop university level teaching , utilising DP professors ; but there •we real problems of fa9il:Lties : finance, o.nd so on.

In thA US Zone a series cf L1eetings ho.s been held by the Zone Recreation Officer r,nd representatives of the Tfatiom.l Cntholic Welfare Conference and YMCA with ·Nelfo.rc officers and field. sup"nvisors ., Lists of' desired equipment·

- hCTve,been,.collected, _sr;i tL.c::,.~ 'supplies can b0 Ji..,tributed in accordo.nce with need .. ,' The Motion Picture Irilu.stry· of Auo±-:i.c':'. l~e.s ~,greed that its filns rwy be used for· DPs ., and activity is nmr d irectcd tovvo..rd world..ng·· out 1n•c.,cedures '>.lld acquiring sy.fficient projectors . In the French o.rui Britisli Zonc;s., tuo:> recreational" programmes are being d0l!1.yed because of shortnges in working no..t0rio.ls .

. /(d)

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(d) L_cg· 1 Pr• bleu:; (S.oc Suction 5) .

(.e) St .t J.es.; P'-' On:.\ .

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::'he ,rl:.tish Zorn1 e ..... tiLito, tl. :t :it h·•s 75 , 000 DPs vho 13.ck the prutection o::: ·.ny esovern. unt • . Tht.: US Zone L, cor:corno:1 ovor b0th ..::t,,teless displ 1.ced or persecutoo persons living , utside ~us1..:nbly centres c.nd pl:.1.ns of operatie,n vrith tLe 1r;0R ,'•.J th:.~t tr1.ining '.1ctivitics -rrithi;n c"J:1.ps can be relc.ted tc r"'sc;ttleu.ent oppl)rtuni tius • . .

. (2) Hc·•lth

( 'l) , lieu iunl St!:rvicos

•

Inoculation 'g~-· nsi, typhoid 'rrl typlms , '•n:1 diphthori ~ ir.nunization, are c.lnost cmplct-.; for thu :::;t- tic DP p0pul·.tion in the British Zone. In the US Zone typhus o.n:l diphtheri· inocul·.1.tions · re 85% conpleted . :,. s. sten for the notific1.tic.in of co·rr,mnicc.ble llisel'..ses 11''S · lso be.m ,::l".bqr",tcd fer the tv,o zones with the o.ssist· nc- of '1. repr<-..;ent'l.tive frrn. UNRR,·~ 1 s t:.shington Office.

In order tl1 t UNRT{{i. ;:1 y .c'ulf'il itc:, ,.eJic'll r'"':::ponsibili tie§ in the •~ri tish Zone, it is fult th" t l· r,ru:c "~rOUJ>S cf'. DPs should be con cntr<1.ted in fewer centres. i1 proole;:.1 in tho US lone i., th0 r:1\ p•._,e to ·which 'lRRi. should :1.ssu;.1e n..lsponsibili ty fpr tho oper~tion of :8P hospitc:.ls . Ei tl erto these h'.lvc been ll.drainistc:&ed by tho Sur6 con1 s Of:Cicc , but t1rt Office would like to withdr':.Y✓• UNRRA ., hovdivcr, dues not ot hc..v .... 'J.U .;q', t0 rt.:scurces to lt'zsw. e ll.osp:i,,to.l operation.

:.. Double ll.:er·cncy. Unit of' ,.KJic"l store:, 1'cr the ?runch Zone arrived by o.ir on 18 Noveuber, t]•,us rGlicving the shcrt"5 c of nedic•.l supplies . 'The present problcr.1 is 1.wdic,:l. tr"'rfport . Th0 ZL~nu nm, h"'...., ten c. .. bul:nccs ; it needs 48 .::ir.1bul"nces , 41f- jeep.:; end 3o light trucks .

(b) Hutri tion.

( p.) l'!urs ing .

No c:or:1I:1cn t .

In thB US Zone cont::-ct h ,~ bo,~n e"tr.blished between reciono.l consulti:n,s nurses 'lnd to:.n nursu::. . In the British Zone district nursing supervi·sors are holding re.;uLu~ Lltouti11,t;s with field. supervisors ., nnc1 the lc.ttcr in turn are neeting •with ter::.n nu:r·scr: . Also: pl'l.ns .. :·c.r '.JI' nursing 1.ide courses hc.ve. "dvnnccd ,t9 the point of seloctin · irLtructors 'i1d c-.;ntres .

(d) · Dent'11 c.; 'i..rc. ho coru.10nt ~

(3) 0.eJ.p Administr'ltion

( ~) -qcgistr::i. tion. No ca.rr.iunt.

(b) H6ntcn£>nce tn.1 Caro.

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The British Zone l'v'f)orts ' c.:<.ner· l inprover.u.mt in qun.ntity ., variety ~ ·nethod::, of prepar::i.tion ct' :'oc'\l . The .:-vor~:', hcusiug ., ·,ritb the exception of' a i'evr cor.'lP.lunitit:s established in G ..... 1n,n vill· 6 ,a::: , ,till com:i..,t.J cf bL.rr.:1.c ks or wooden huts . Fuel and stoves ore insuff•icicnt. Clothi% c.1:d b]:,nkcts h,v,: been issued in 1 arrl 8 Corps Districts , but in .30 Co:r:ps District suppliS3s · t'tJ irre ·ul tr ~md under r.1ini.1:1ur.1 adequacy. Children ' ,:; clothi:.t6 , p 1·ticµl.cr-l, -· fL)r tlwse undor ) ., is -,n urgent requirenent .

There hns 1 eLn c<msi•Jer:i.ble iI:1prover.1•~nt in the US Zone since October. None the less , current r~ports frcm ·j, Ctmtrus in ch) I es tern Mili t~ry Dictrict indieate nn urt:ent necu for .rind.· t·l.,;:;• in •ij c··1ps , r roof r0p'J.irs in 4, a.nd for additional space in 3 to r<.pl~cc u.sv _, .;t bl ,s , b rnP , utc • ., '.l.3 billets. Tvro- thirds or" the c· -:rps still reouirL~ stoves , ~ n:1 .:.s rn"r..,y nr~cd :r;nttresses fu1· L:ir

6e nunbers of.

persons . ,'bout on8- thin1 lu'c; in uri}.mt ncud f blwketp , c.rtl cor.ievrhat r, ore rt.:quirc beds. Nearly. nll .thu cunt ~c rccuui,t ~Jdi tion'll i:iupi:lfos of :,rintc;1• clothing and shoes .

/Chief

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Chief problens for UNRRJ,. sto.ff in cdr.1inistering US Zone centres have been the cor:tplexity of supply requisitionin6 procmure, transport clifficulties in the delivery of supplies, and plmming. ~nd executing r.1ovenents out of cru:ips , sa.rn­tmes on very short no.tice .. · Furtherr.1ore, the Zone reports that "a high arrl unifom level of canp adi;11n,istr£1.tion cnnnot be achieved until ccr.munication chcmnels are :uaproved and· the relationships between UNRR.i~ and the r:iili tary at higher levels are clarified and r?0 ula.rised 11 o

(Lf.) Repo..tric..tion. (Sce_~_e9~t~n 6)

(.5) Tro.cing

During the i:icmth of Novcrabcr 2$ ,495 enquiries were received at the Central Tra9ing Buro .. ,uo Of tl-:.,~sc, '16)J.15 were 'new enquiries ; 8, 235 were in:f6rr.1ational copies received frca- zonos; l-1-~ 166 v:hich did not come frco National Tracing Bureaux were rt:J••routed tc the · pprop.c:i.ate N'r.B; an:1 679 were re- er:i,quiries on cases previously received,

. Replies to .3 7 258 ...,nqui::-ies Ytere received , a figure nore than ... hrec times that of. October- They c.'.'.ee fr....111 -cbJ following sources :

.fi..1;1e .• ,:i.c~m Zon0 Scrviet :?iort; Br:..tish Zone Ci t:r c1f Berlin French 7.one o·t~1'Jrs

(b) Ou"cside Gvn:w.ny

Nationrtl '7 r'lcing Burac.ux

Ct ors

1 :A91 lf.36 433 114

69 ---21..1.

111 93

3, 054

204

She American ~one sent more replies tl10.n it received new enquiries~ indicating that ..,"ield tracing offices :ire being set 1'1.l": and th[tt tho Zone is catchJ.il.g up on its o:.1cklog of cases . The replies .from tho Soviet Zone are the first received. In the

.. :itish Zone UNI~RA, under tl e r:rnr ,'.g qement :- .:.:! rcsportsible for the Zone Tra-c'ing 1ireau, but no budget lines exizt for this pu .J_)OS3 . The replies from the French Zone , tl:ough small in nUIPber, represent ~- distinct im.f,rovoment over previous· results.

In addition to replies from i'iold t_·acin6 , cc.sos aro bein~ closed through formation obtained from CTB' s R?r;o:crb Di ision~ and from tho ro.dio by the Mass ·acing Section. Between ·J l1- :1ncl jO Hovon~..,or, t.hc f::illov1ing results were obto.ined.:

Located dead In Camp Outside Co.mp Outside Germany Unlocated Tctal Cases Closed

B,c-:;0rds Division lviass Tracing Section

26 3 0 24

35 24 0 11

17 O 78 62

1·oughout the nnnth 797 co.sos wore closed, of uhich· 368 were unlocated, 360 rmro Gat~d alive and 69 located deddv

/Although

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G • Al though tho C'.'L'B is noH ;:; ufi'iciont1y orp_nis cd to o.ccoriiplish oxpo.nsion \Ii thin

tho existing struc'Guro , o.ddition-:,1 tr'lm;l':\.tor- ty'plsts c.nd clcrk--;typi.sts o.rc roquiro¢i. Thero is o.lso an urgent nocd for office supplies, po.rticulo.rly photosto.tic equipment r.nd files.

(6) Volunto.ry ~~oncios

Dm~in6 November lJlTRRi. c-pprovod o.grocmonts rlith the follo,d.ng o.goncios for :::.orvico1? to clisplucyd :fi?rions; Don ~uisGc, Jmrish Comnittoo fer Rolio:f Abroo.d, Ho:t'ugoc Rplic;f Corrmitteq, Gruok Red Crose c..ncl British Red Cross. Thus , 17 volunto.ry o.goncios or groups. of ngcncies 'functioning under joint mo.no..'.:;cmont o.ro nmr authorised to opcro.tc under Ul'lRR .. irl: Gormn.ny. (Seo ;.NIIBX B for n. report ori volunto.ry society D.ctivitios ·irithin tho British Zeno) .

In the British Zeno ·n.n o.dminiGtr~ti vo order ·.-,o.s propo.rod, covering . o.clministrativo doto.ils, concornin6 _voJ.unt(try :i.goncy porsonnol, such o.s documontn.tion, ," ~ns:Jort I movomont , m·.dl o.nd reporting. Besides tho Rri tish Rod Cross Agreement , tho rolo.tion.ships 1)chceon llllRRA c•.nd tho :i.Jolinh Rod Cross n.nd bohreon UNRRA o.nd tho Lmoricn.n Polisl". ·,rn.r Relief \:on., ro,1:ula.risod by formc.l cxcho.ngos of l0ttors. The lo.tter o.goncy undertc.kcs to inf'o:cm Ul\J'RR. of ........ ntici1Jo.tod su}?l_Jlics , o.nd maintains the right to participo.to in dir.,'GrilJution, ensuring th::i.t goods r~ro sent mainly to Polish persons.

In tho US Zone :!.L1oric:m Polish '7o.r Relief clothing wo.s distributed to 20,000 DPs, o.nd o.rrcngurr.onts \TGT<? r.1.'..do ,rith V'lo.d ·:Io.tzalc. for distributing kosher _·ood supplies, o..lroody tr.:'.\.nsportc,l to Gor:nn.ny, to orthodox ;Jo•;rs in o.ssc:mbly centres.

The French Rod Cror . .is, Poli::;h o.nJ. S;-fiss Yl,IC.A , ::1.ro orgc.niGing Christmas po.rtics ':'.nd buyi11g b.yotto:., in tho Ti'r,mch Zone . It ho..s boon ,.,_ t.)Od tho.t AJDC roprcsontn.tivos \/ill bu o.tto.chod to District rlQs .

( 7) Allied Li..,iGon Officers. No comment .

)" J..JiiG.\.L I-'ltO3LEl•:0 ~

USFLT, on 1G .1iovcmbor: :..•·suod nn instruction on "Dotormino..tion n.nd Reporting of .0..tiono.litios 11 (Sc£__.'J'!}fEX C) This is boin5 im:plomontod by UITRRf,. US Zone Hith c.n i.11struction to to:..12ns reg_-:.1.esting that tho no.tionc.lity stc-.tuc oi' DPs be rcvierred;

. ·c.ho..,o not coming \;lt1'in tho definition of :..'.. di.:;pl('.cod person Hill be referred ·· :r.modio..toly to l.Iilitn.ry Govor.iw.ont i'or _co.ro by Gomo.n o.uthoritios .

.• .rnong tho logal problums r::~isud by the US o.rid British Zones o.ro the follm-ring :

a . Procedures for ropln.cing personal idontii'ico.tion :..1.nd pa'ssport tlocumontn , including Ho.nsen pD .. ssports, rrhich \Toro lost or destroyed during tho r,ar.

b . Procedures for tho correction of true ic1ontifico.tio·n of pernons ·::ho hc.vc fc,lsified their rocortls to -orotoc~, thor.1solves O.'J"C.inst tho GcrmD.ns ..

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Q . Questions :·el•tH11 · to tl10 ic1oul.if'ir:'1.tion, n'ct:i.mJ'1lity sto.tus , legal p:wi.1:uiflllflld.:r, ~1d rJir.;J;1)"1i+.io11 of ur1:-,,-.,-.(,).l.'._J~tli:i<·d childJ.'011.

d. Lei;;n.l o.spocts ·of tho o..duption of DP children.

~ o. 0lari.fico..tio11 of rulings in co1111cctioh 1.1i tl1 r~·;arrir.. ~QC of DPs.

f . Cln.rif'ico.tion of' procod.urorJ for coITJr.1unications and mov •mcnt o.raong DPs.

g. Imple1, ento.tion of' tho } rinciplcz concerning restitution and rOi)o.ro.tions for DPs.

REPATRIJ,.TION ---------__.;;.;.._ Polish ropL•.trb.tion during Iiovornbor ·.10.s 106,000, c:.s corirpl'.I'od uith 126.,000 in

/October

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October (rovisocl figure) . l.Iovonont out of tho L'S Zono dropped rro11 73 , 000 in October to 23 , 000 in I:rivo,,bor, d,.inly :,;__;_ ,~. result o:i:1 th.., fc.ilm'o in tho Eastern Hilit[try District to find ·my fu:;:ther I'olos Hillin~ to :::oturn ho,!10 now. British Zone r.:ovononts incro~'.::;cu., ho.rover, rror.1 5j,OOO to 74, 000 , uhilc 9, 000 wore ropo..triatcd out of tho lt'ronch Zone_ duri~1.g _tho month.

All zones n_:;roo tho..t 1'.'.:ovouont of Polw \,j.11 c':.1·op off' sharply .in tho cor:ti.ng ,:ionth. Woo.th<.,_' conditionl:l o..ro b:1J., u:ckin::; roL\.d o.nd r[\.il tr:wol dif'f'icult . In tho British Zone largo ·nuubors of 1-'olos uho sovor~cl nontlw o..go indicn.tod tncir \r.i.llingnoss to return o.ro nm, ,r'of'using to novo . Zone o..uthoritios ~.ttributo this cho.ngo in o..ttitudo to bo.d ruports conco:cnini com1itions in lol·'.nd; tho influence oi' Polish military oleri.1onts ; o.nd, inciclento..J.ly, to. disconC'ort s oi' tro.vcl. It is considorod. highly doubtful whether sufficient m.1.nlJors \r.i.11 1J0 gc.thorucl to fill ,\ Hookly quota. of 8 1000 to be returned by SO"- in 0 uovouont \lhich be ;:,n 011 22 Novonbe;r.

}foo.nvrhilo, tricklos o.L' ·.1ostor11 Europco..ns , Czuchoslovo.ks, Yuco::;l:ws , rt"o..lic.1~s , Grocl:s , :encl other no..tion'.'.litios , continue to be rq "--t:cintoc1. l>russuro in tho US Zone hc:.s bl.on relieved sono rh:-.t by t11J ro:i;ntrio.tion of souc .J3 , 000 Hungc.rio.ns , including 14, 000 during l']'ovoubor.

' 7. PUBLIC. R1JLi'i.TIONS .. -Tho Public Infon:Ki.ti.on Office o.t GHQ showed considornblc signs of lifo:\iuring

tho po.st. r::ortth. Tho Chid' of Oporo.tions hold one pross conforoncc, ·,1hilo nunorous intorvic-.-1s ,-,ith corrospo11L1ontn 1.:crc hold by .n0ubors of tho CHQ stoi'f . THcnty- four storios were reloo.sod, · including .. ~~jo:c rolo"-..Jcu on tho signing or tho British Zone L.groor:i.ont , C\.nd on tho arrest or UNPJ?ii. uork__.r,J in th0 British Zone for 11lc1.ck narkot activities.

No Public InfOJ.'l L~ltion c1t·~f exist in the British :-end French Zones , rrith tho result tha.t c,11 contacts aro ·.rith corrospondc.mts [,ttc1.chod to U1:i:?ET . In go~1.o;:-o.l, those corrospondontn 1iu:_;an to oz.tiibit ~' 1.10 c'q syr:rpo..thotic , if still so::1cwho.t critico.l o.ttituu.o i,o-_ro.nl tho Di' ·o)or:ction., Tho j: ~.jor pnJ0lou, a1)nrt fror:1 tho usual distortions and ni:.:inhrprot:,:tiow:, of tl10 s:,,okon ·.rord, is tho..t of pointing out clc:1.rly Ulffill.'. 1 s rouyJonciibilitics o.s opposcu. to thoso of tho r.ulito.ry ::.,uthoritios ,.

8 . ORG_J\fIS.:.TION ~J TI ... Jl iIHI8'lr UJ:'ItJN

o.. ,. 111::.,,ior Orr(D.niso.tional Ch::m~os ----·-· -~ Plans h '.vc boon couplotod for the o.1;0.l_c::;'.".1:1.c.tion of US Zono HQ uith that of

the Ea.stern Militnry District "'.t Eunich. Tho 1xuJis for tho novornmt is tho.t 65ri of tho UNRR.'. tcOJ,1s o.ro loc(,tud in lbv.1~ic..; , ✓ith ~nothor 25 toru.1s in tho J,[md' ·irurtt'enborg ... North Do.don Province, 0

.. hicl1 ! s ch.s':b:y o.uccrnsibl0 to_ Hunich. · Moroovor., the probloDs roln.ting to Jewish DP::; c1.11d infilti'oos, ·,,hicll rr0 bcconing incroasingly ::;crious , G.rc focused in tho 3 US l~ruy o.ron. Tho precise or,,,;o.nisationo.l structure of tho :;:;one is· not yet knorm, no.inly bocnuso of imuinont c}u:.n,:;;us in tho nilitary j_;c..ttcr;_1 for nclr,d.nist oring tho DP pro,;r~u.rr.10.

b . Porsonnol

:~c1ninistro.tivv Orders rclatln · to Lcwo, Tor __ 1inations, c.nd Regulations for tho Employment of DP::; 8.S 01:'.SS I c..nd II J.<;r:~ployoos , have boon aJ.)}_,rovud. Sn.lo.ry scales for Polos o.nd DPs maployod as Clo.:;;s II. in Geri;1any hc..vo boon agreed Hith ERO and tho Office of ~'ilito.ry Govornnont (US Zone) . Nogotin.tion with the lc.ttor n.lso led to agreement tho.t no llJ'lRH ... personnel ·, ill b,-., o._r_ploycc-:. by CMGUS • rithout prior cleo.ro..ncc on tho possibilities of rcloo.cio by Ul!R'..1... In 1Jr".ctico, this ,,:Lll rneo.n thc1.t no Ulffi:Ri~ cnployo will oo rolcr'.sod until ho 11:c:J co:,1pl" tcd c. yoo.r of service o.bronu..

i'. recruit 1ont schou.ulc was O..E roved for tln1 hirin.:s of 1 , 135 persons durin~ Decor:ibor .... 565 in tho ~~RO ~\ho. 570 fron other ;"..rons. US Zone ruports oxtrono shorto.~es of personnel in corte>-Ln (·"-.torrorios, ·.lthou-·h tho rocruit.-1cnt progrc1.1-u10 for Doco1;1bor should hol11 to :.--lluvidu ·chc/'c1ifficultios . ,_, Durinc:; Sc1>t~ 1bor 0..11<1 October there wore 92 resignations o'.ld1 1 )nth~ :,nu. pr0Gcnt outstanding- porso1mol rog_uircmcnts for tho Zone a.s of' tho umL of IJovonbor ,wre csthio.tud c..t 500 . Ji1ulfili.1ont of this requirement

/Houlcl_

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."10ul<l bri ng .the Zone strori[_;t'1 ,l.fl to ruq_uii·~---uirt8 , t'.ssmo:1s no i'~~,thor sop_o.r::.tion. The Zone ostirY:.tos , hm1ev0r, th,.t o. furthor G6J pcr.-,onc ir.i.11 l,_e noocled to n"..int.:tl'n r.d.ni , .ur. opor.:'..tin,s strengtl1 lt1.rhi:_; chc next 13:i.:;: nont'1s .

US. Zon'"' ropo:;_,t;;, continuing lo,1 norr..lo ~,.non.; 1Jursonnol in it~ r..roo. , portly , boco.uso tho si tuo.tion Hi th ro ~ rel to c J.othing .. ncl tr".nsport hn.u noJc ir.1proved.

Disso.t isfo.ction pc cistd ·,rith the i.1u1oc!.i·1..to c1i:~contimt2.nco oi' tho :Jopqndency . ." ... llmrn.nce for personnol rcc:?.'Uit1:<l ·._,ftor 1 Octobdr, 194-5, ,mu: witl. t};lo proposoc. J.iscontinun.nce nft<..,T 1 .".}?ril of' such , .110,:~'.n<.:u; :i.'or 1 orsonnol hircl1 prior to 1 October, 1945., ·

i~n.ilurc to cbil'.in ".c.lc,.iti.01 .. '11 L1.ciliti.o:3 for offico spo.co rtntl bUlots in· tho 7rcnc;1 Zoi1c continuoc,l to pr(;•rrmt tho o:c ;:,.niso.tion m.' o.. :.rnitn.blc Zone :rq. This fn.ilur0 ll.1s ii. tu.L"11 n::.•cvontcd t:1u Zone :Cro,1 c:.:'..llinc::; f'orw.'.'..rd -rit,,lly- noodod -sto..f'f porsonneL

I n ~Gl11.h'.'.'.l, t'.10 situe.tio11 '.d.t11 l'l, •2:i:-d to corn.,unic"tions l\n<l vtn.ff tro.nsport hD.s inprovou.. jJi.L'!.'iu·,1lt-i.oJ -:,.1•0 ..:till ocin • cncouritcrocl ·.,ith roes"['.ra · to proper o..ut!"_o: ·, ,_;r:cion for .10vo ... ~•1.t L.,:C ·_>cr .. mn~.LJl in t _o US Zone. : , il services concinuo to shm; i;-rJ)rovo.1cnt , cks)ito tl.u E:ho4•t,;_ },S of :i-iorsom!cl.

• I~. ~.' • . C1R/3-.Jl, Li out l,n~:nt - Gcnor~.:L

C:iiut u' 01.,crn.tions > Gor; 10..ny

.".TT,_' .. CrJ.1 .. -1.T:J : ------Forn HOR 1 Forr.1 l. SR 2 · Forr.1 ffiR 3 .

.,: ;r JEXi. _· ... UI,mn Go n-.- t . ' . . J.. , • • c1· uuu.. 'l',,l'..l.11 v.Pur~, ·::t.ullfJ •• lU (LD'.Lt;l,l"l.GJ.''.TU Ur er l-10 .

"Ei.-q:,loy .. 1cri~ :'.:>ro ;r--u ~11 ., 24 l 1ovl,: JJol' 1945.

L~HJ.:X: B "Volunto. ... y Societies in t·10 Bt·i tish Zon;" .

_J-O'!EX 0 uSP~' Diroctivc, 11J1etcr:.liti;;\tion ... 1.ncl Hopqrting of ITG.tionc.lit"ics" , 16 l'Tov0 bG;C ·lsL~5. (uitll'·ori~j110.l only) .

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ionthly Stf'.tistic'.'.l :~ nort on Dfr-£l'.'.c0J. J:0 .. :son:.:i CJ)O:i.'~"'.tionc. in Gun .... ny

i:nmR. c.__ unt ry: C-0r .b.ny For:1 JISR - 1 RJ~')ort J.'or :)orio,1 onclocl 30 ITovo::bcr 1945

-------- - --------- -- ---·-----------.• • DiGtribut io. _ u . .' :1 t .1)li•,::;

B.

1,. 1.ITTI.{R .. .". ::md 7o~ ·nt'.:J:Y :. ;l ncio:::: Su .. il·ics to u.:-.i:co.

US 7.:ono --· ( ·.) 310 tons 01.' :J1cnity Supplies rucoivoc"c ~'..ncl <.listribution is being n2.clo ·

to both US t'·1rl .• ~ronch ~o 1v,J .

(b) :;30 torn.; of clothi • .._.; ~'.nd rocro"..tion~,1 suppliou rocoivocl f'rnn Voluntary_ l .. c:;c,ncioc : 11I.nuric,.il ?olisl. '.fm• :1cl i :,' 11 ,

11irr-..tionc.l Catholic 'Jolfo.ro Oor:2uronco 11 , 11T 1G .. 11 ,

11Poli::il~ • oJ. Gross : '

British Zonu ··-- ·--- ~ ....

( a) 231 tons of A1..unity Supplice rocuivoc1 [.nrJ. trc.nnf'urr od direct t o UHHR..'. opor;J.tio11.-i .

(b) .

390 Bo.lou of clothin:.; rocoivou. r>..11(1 trc.nm'orr,.il direct to 1.ITffil. ·• operation~ ..

2 . Military Supplim; rurcho.sod to (hto.

I nfor; :, t ion no L ; .v~1.ilL1.blo __ 3. [; lf- B 1 t,; 2 not ,-,_,·,plicablo to this oporo.tion.

Rer~istration · .u .", :i~:t.i.0~1. C2.:.'o o:i.' Di_s __ lr-_.c_u1l :i.. G.i'.·nons . -- ---~--- -------- -

1- -to 5. 300 •• SR-2 , it1... 1s : .. . 1 -Lo : • • :; .

Note : ?ull i.ifc,, J.:.\tion _'or it0,.s ,.6-7-3- 10- 11 '"'..,'o :.i.s yet unobtn.inc..blo . ?.Jvo·:y ef'1'ort ic" beii-1, _ _; 1atl..., t h .vo thi:~ in .'or:-1.."l tion for future reports .

6. Toto.l nunbc..:i.· c,. 11~tiunt c1,.y 3 in Uilirn .. ~ O'l)orotul hos:!_:litcus :i:'or nonth.

7. '.l'otal mu .b~ .. · 1' ch:1ics vi:Jit. tc Ul'TU?l. cpcr~-teu. clinic::, for r.1onth.

8. Ihu.1bor o:2 mrrm:. opor-...tocl ia..,titutio.JI, "'re. viJ.ing ::,crviccs for c. 6 [. 7.

9, ;iu:ibt_;r of clocto.i:· .. ; 1.1<1 nurses o.t end of rJOnth.

Tot'l

Docto:t'n Ntu·sos

u . s . zono

278 382

U. G.Zonc Ui.&_·:-lJl>

19 7

B-riti~h lone "fit. DP

-105 190

Prcnch Zon1.: u1'ffilt_ - DP

4 3

X Includes onu Volunto.1-y .' .. r-;oncy Ecdicf'.l Officer.

Rocont :;urvoy LhO\lS .'.ll1 ::1dclitiuno.l i;rou~ o' }.odicrl Por.30111101 ·w:ula" lo T • .ong tho DPs in this zone v10 r .. ru not on l ,1c ... L : ,,yr Jl:::.. C:1.to~ari1..,::J include 177 doctors , 18.J nurs1..,n nrl ·h:J Llon-'vlst:.;. ..10:-i:ovor l'...}asiblo :.:·ui1 use h.::i.s been nado oi thic group.

10. Total 11 T.1mu.:mtlc11s f\ r tl .c ' c tl • .,

/u. s . zono

- 10 .-

U. S. 7,ono

Typhus in0culn.tion::, h::cvc boon co .. 1plotecl on 85>; of tho lJOpulc..tion. Diphthuri:i""infruniz.ition of all chilc1rcn ·unclor 12 ho..s boon conpletcd., ·

British Zono

InoculD.ticm; r,Gc.inst Typhoicl nncl 'l'yphus , and ii.nunizo..tion !'..go.inst Diphthorio. h::cvo virtually OLun con_[Jlut oJ. o.n fo.r n.3 tho sto..tic population of displo.cud porsomi iD concornod.

•

. '

11. Total mL1bor of Chilcl.'Hoalth exru.u.no.t,ions under UNRR.". cliroction fo1· tho nonth.

Inforno.tion not o..vo.i:.o.blo .

1 .

:I'otal for Opc.rnti:on ·

( a) '.l'otc,l Toon pursonnol Director

(b)

}}.J uty Director P.l.'inc\p:.,l 'vTelio.ro i):Cficor •· ... osiutn:1t ;,-L,li':tr·o 0f1,~c.cr liodicc·.l O:ff'ico1~ Nurnu :.dr.1inistrativ0 •. ssistl'..nt ;,dnini,Jtrati vo O:Cfioor 1 iaL~ohoU:3 u _Off ic or Supply Officer Lio::ising O:i.'/icer T r').nsport Offic or Socroto.ry Clerk- Ty:, ist Drivor Cook liuchc.nic Glod:: Interpretor Uncl.1.ssifiod Othcr:J

Total nw.:bcr at District :rg_s. incluC::.in 17·5..ulcl Sur0rvisurs

'.!.'otctl 1Tur.bor [1-t :c.;onu Hdqs. ( C)

( cl) 'l'otal numb or o.t Contr.'.11 Tr3.cin::.; Buroo.u

. ( o)" ·

(f)

ToL'l nunbor of

Stacd.ng Cantors:

otl}.ors at Contrn.l Hqs

(1) "'-'rlsruho (46 stcl'f ►• l;.) . . ,rt'.iting

I -·--11.,_'.:366

2, 909 273 205 248 247 250 3G3.

GG 39

192 272 171

19 85 20

1+47 29, 11 3

% 3

. 349

288

.61

. 196

Disposition) 89 (2), u (2·1 ~ t "f 1 1 ·t· D' Jl::1.f"\ro:o: . 1) s a1 - 2 ·-11''!.l in_r:; is-

~:ioriticn) 3911-

II

.38.B ·

290

1 2

10 16 19 8 4

24 24 1,3

2 10 34-40 6 6

26 20 5

20

3

18

26

34-

14-

. .

III

725

80

1 7 1 1 1

2

2

9

616+

..... 20

+ This. i'iguro includes 532 Voluntary L::.;oncy Personnel in the British Zona - for rrhioh no broo..kdmm is o.vo.ilablo. 1 ·

. /II

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1Ionthl y Stntistion.l Report on Dis:clo.cocl Por::;ous Oporatiolis in Gor'1o.ny

UNRIL C.)U.i.1try : Guru:.my For n i.:SR- 1 Report for .c)eriocl undoc.1 .30th Hovo::1ber 194-5

----------------- --------·- ------- ·------------c. I I . Cl assification of Jll1ll oyuot b\.'.:

--Nationl'.lit i os

( o.) Total for Operation u.s. u. K. ( incl ucling Co.nL''-.J.io.n, :_ustr:-llicn, etc. ) F:c-0nch Belgi an Dutch Polish Do.nish Czech No rrvo gi~n Yugosl av Brnzilio.n Unknown (includinz stateless) Others (1.io~:.ico ~ r}rook, Cuban, Luxenbourg)

I

4 , .366 655

1, 296 922 622 394 157

80 74 37 15 20 33 6.1

II

lfo figures ~W:J.il c,bl e

III

No figures c.vn.il abl o

•

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So: .. i-.. xmthly Sto.tisticc".l :loport on Dis L:-.cocl :?o:.·soi1s O~~crations i;1 Gcr:any

UKRR'.. For, l:SR-2

Cmmtry : Gcr ... ['.:1y Rc.Jort for ?criocl .30th :i.Tovc:1bcr ~ 91:-5

.r JJ?:.TRL'..TIOH !vOR U. S. , JRI':..'I::.ii' :-.nr1 ??~ITO:i:I ZOI,:CS ------ - ... ____ ._.._. __________ ··--~-- ------------------- ....

Total Rcpo.t- ~ofnt~il'.tion for period

--... , ______ -rintion to __ ___ __ ·J st Nov. to 30th Hov.

____ u,_ cln:Lc (_1=.)_ ____ Total __ U.S. Zone -]Ji:iti.,aj-I~ol-io--:}~1:ench_~no

United nations Ho..tionn.ls ~_, 92_2 000 ____ 1_1_5_,_~19 ___ 2 __ 5_._2_1_6 ____ 80 , 96;5 ____ .2.J..2..2 BclgiuL &

'.Luxenbourg Czcchoslovnkio.. Don:c.10.rk France Grecco The Ifot hcrll'.nt1s Nor.my l"olo.nd RussiD. Yugo 3lo.vio.

Italy

E;:- cncuy ITo..tioncls

Hungary Ru;.w..ni[t :au1~n.rio.

Oth~rs (b)

.306, 000 15G,UOO

s,ooo 1. 561 , 000

, 1li-~00U .3011-, L)OC,

6,oco

1 , 549 1,JOO

2, 9L:.6 .J5)

1; i.3j

144

U9 300 1 l:-5

31:-7 . 000 106,.393 23 , .388 ') 0- 0 • 00() 1'1(.'J 2 00 ,_ , :;u, u,J~l- :.;

20.'.)~000 1 0021- .350 - - ·--- ______ :...i...; ______ ---

590,000 1,523 670

1,Li-05 1,238

2,507 253 988

74,005 9, 000 5G4

----- 5 ----- 729

85.3

---- ----------- -- ·- ·----G2,ooo 14-,.362 13,662 700 ----------- ------------------------------53,000 14,062 13,362 700 7,000 300 300 2 000 - - - -

- --- _:.,t.: __ --- - ·- ·- -------- ·---- -----·-· -----. _ __,

2~2_0_0 __ 1_t_606 __ ~~7 ___ _.3_M ___ _

( a) Ropo.trio.tion figures for the I1ro;19h, j)utch,Bolgian, C3och, Yu6oslo.v, Greek '1nd Itn.lic.n are o1:rco.inocl fro:1 official sources of tho Govern;.1onts concor:108. o.,1d inclucle ro~1['t;.~io.tio11 fro: 1 o.;.~oo.s other tL.o.n .' .. llied Zones of' Ger; ~-1.ny.

(b) Iacluclo all Si.nller no.tio'1s ro ,l\cric.tion - iJro[tl:clmm not availabl e fror.:>. :.r.-1y sources.

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,"'c •. d.-.. onthly Statistical Rc}o:.:·c on Displn.ccc1 Porso,1s 0:-_,orations in Ger. J.D.ny

UtTRR .. For .. , ::sR-2

Country: Gcr •. :o.ny Ro"iort f'-:ir :;_:, eriocl enc1ed )_0_J!_o_':.,~';.b~-19L::2,

u.s.zono ·.icsturn =~ast 0:"'11.

Tot2.l j)istrict :'ist:."ict

:Jri tish !~one 1st 8th 30th

Cor_.,?s _ Cor_:os _ Co~_ s :.r.:1ronch Zone

2 G-rn.;:1cl Totc.l ______ 90'!_..952 _ 101 420 __ 34s,789 _ 101.Ji.30 ·lil::_,;-152 22,.761_ GS.80~

Un:..tod 1"'.atio113 •.L·ation~ls ------- -----~----------- ...

Belgiun c;,...__

Luxor.1bour6 Czechoslovrudo. Den .. :o.rk France Greece The -~ctherland.s Iior.ro.y FoJ.o.ncl Russ;;..c. Yugoslavia

G"?:; ,290 67 758 166 077 88 G73 88 .30.3 210 658 57 021 • __________ .J.. ________ :'...':::.,L: _______ ~------:..t.; _____ :..S.:---'.'....!....l.:--~

1, 1 •i 8 75 j94_ 43 47 396 163 h, t;50 3,173 69 159 1,020 229

411-1 19 l:-1 102 79 200 ·J ,6.:: -1 2911- 393 20 75 318 351 1 , 4.11~ 227 1,0jG 1.5 9 58 75 4-, 006 4D9 912 533 144 1,773 235

278 13 50 2 36 41+ 1.33 586,282 65, 2:,.-1 107,427 8~-, 0.32 78,718 197,935 52,,879 42,135 -1.30 37,728 26 29.3 1,679 2,279 31 .31j 1 100 14 729 3,933 .3 720 7 306 . . _'.}_ -- - -- - _,.1_ __ • ___ :..:::::.t.. __ • --- -- ---- _,_ __ -- --..1.:. -- __ 477..

f~G-~ _ _j__._E½J. __ ..• _1_0_6_ •• ___ ..• ~6_5 __ _l0 _ ____ 1_2 ______ 1)_1_ __ ))]_

~1clet_e_:q.~~:a.~ i "Ll:_tj_o_r!.2:_l_i~5 o.) 87,348 12 1 08,lt_ ____ _ 5} _,_1}f} . ___ 2 1 09) ____ ,:~::,5_,9 __ 1_3..,_LtJ_L_4. 096

?or~er residents of Baltic vuntrios

Es-conia Latvia Lhhua11.ia

E:-:.-ene: iy national:3,

Hm1e:ary Runani,,

(b)

__ _ Bulgn.ria ____ _

5l~, 390 ~ 2, !:-97

1 120 - '· ------·-

18 8~-7 5 875 - - ...L::---- ~----

1, 252 5,532 3,029 1,055 l~ , G]O 13,3li-1 7,923 2,245 2 l:-921- G,666 7,895 2 575

..... . "J ___ - .... ----·-- -- .. -- ----':.1 .... -

29 45,310 1,~30 778 5,938 1,105 391 G, 795 979 l,J+O .3, 567 .325

- 11-1 __ -·-· ---- 852 -- -- -- - 9 -- ·- - 11 - -- _J_82 - -- 2

( o.) This i"i~1.iro ii1cluJ.os .3 co.to~ories: ( 1) tho:3,, •, 110 have bcoi1 class ifiod as stateless, nl thougl.1 t:10 oxo..ct nu;-1bor i3 a;::; yot u11kn0i,11; ( 2) di3puted or lli1c1otcr:1inec1 citizonshi::_); (3) ni3collo.noous nationals.

( b) F i~u:..~es inclt,.c.1o ·rnt r.:.'c ~1::rc linit od to :_)ersom; :i.'o:i.~c0(:. to leave 11 by action of' ·c110 cri.-:-. 1:,-, b0co.u3u o/ n1co, roli,:.;ion or activitie::; in favour of t:10 1.mi·:;eJ. 1~0.tio11s'1 •

• - 11:. -

S01.,i-,:.onthly Stati:,ticn.J. Ro ,ort 0i.1 j)i:.;i.;lacoc: :..\;rsons Oporo.tioi1::. in G<::!'.'11.n.ny

l.JTRR,;. Cvtm"bry: Ger: .c..ny For: •• SR- 2 RO~)()rt for )Ol'iocl onclod l_0t;uio_~pbo.E,_ _1_~45

DIS:?I.t..CI::J P.rlR.Su:T;-.l IF U.:.1 11.. G._ :.S ----- ----· ------------ --------------------TJ._S . Zo~10

Toto.l ',7ostcrn ~r.dtcrn

Britj_sh Zone 1st 8th 30th French

--------- _______ D_i_,strict District CorJ?3 _Cory::;_ Corps _ ~on(-!____

3. Gr::i.rnl Toto.l

Belgiur.1 ():, Luxo,ibour':s 515 75 0~

L.:) .320 .32 23 42 Cz echo slovo.l~io. 2, Sl:2 ·j,:., iu -15 477 2:D0 132 Dcru.nrk 67 19 i 1 26 7 li-Pr3.nce 351:. 29l~ '.)) )03 l:-5 22 137 Groeco 1,068 227 006 8 :J 17 7 Tho 1Totl10rlo.11ds 1, 3i? 409 176 345 ·j 23 173 06 ::orway- lr-5 1.3 2 3 17 2 ,....

0

Poland 451,.305 65, 241 ",7, ul.:.J 6:,; , ,;53 55,71~ 11:.1, 948 35, 792 Russio.

.. ?

0 1?1 130 25, "]'.) 54 195 -1,084 872 _(J > ',· Yu.::;oslo.vic.. __ 1.:;_., 1)3 __ J..t_1_50 5 33' 2 570 912 S 036 _14-9 :.L. ___ ...::;,..t., ______ • ··-- •• 2 _____

Ito.ly 759 106 3.90 1"06 i;. 85 68 (::..) -· ---- --- ---·-- -- . ---- ----- ·- - ------

Um1otcr,.1incd lTo:ciono.lity _ _5_.3~611_ __ ·i_1_J;:~9 __ ~ .::ii_1_~G. _- _C'_12 _2 _7}:,P. _1_0_,_0_2_0 _)..ct,~---

Forner residcntt: of' Bc..ltic C tmt~ios .:1.1J,G~O 21,21-1 55,362 +, 10}_26-2293 _1C?.z_2:_.96 _J..,_999 __ -

Estonia. "2. 339 j_,3';[; -10 , ~92 l:-56 ::; , 502 1, 551 270 Lo.tvio. i C.,, '.:.I, ~:01 26 , 420 2' -+CJ 1 li-, 1.30 !,., J.32/ 568 :; ,,,,~:-Lithuania 32. 715 1\ ·11 ° 18, 190 1,248 G,%1 5, 913 261

----- -·------------- - __ ,,,_ -- --·----- - - ----------------

( ~) This incluclcs 3 -.:n.tc_;orios : ( 1) Those ·.::10 hc.vc been clo.ssif'iccl as :,to.tole us; ( 2) DisputoC. or ui10.etcr, d.nod citizenslli::_J; (3

1 ~.Iiscolln.noous

110.tioao.ls.

-. 16 -• Ser. • . 10nthly Sto.tintie0.l Report on Displo.ced Person::; 0-1)crn.tions in Ger;.JD.ny

UNR!:'..'. C01mtry: Gornn.ny Fori.1 1:sR-2 Report for period ondod 30 Novenbor

PERSONNEL DI.Tl. C 1. Toto.l nur.1ber of u. s. ZONE British Zone

1942

French UNRR\ Cl::i.ssI- Toto.l GHQ HQ T]ill Et.ID HQ 1 Ops , 8 0-ps 30 Cps ,Zone

C 2.

" v.

porsonnol 4-,366

(a) ~~ssenbly Conters 2,989

(b) District Hg_s .. 349

( c) Zone Hqs. 288

( d) Central Tro..cing 61

( e) Centro.l Hg_s. 196

(f) Sto..ging Centers: Karlsruhe 89

Ho.aren 394

Total nur.ber of Voluntary ;.gency Personnel Class III .725 .. ( o.) J.sscnbly

Centers 80

(b) District Hg_s. 9

( C) Zone Hg_s. 616

( d) Contrnl.Tro.cing -( o) Central Hg_s. 20

(f) Staging Centers -

257 616

133

61

196 01 ..

8d ..,

. 394-

20 84

84

20

732 847 139 527 325 678 245

( a) (b) 690 772 • 41+5 278 600 204

42. 75 . - 82 47 78 25

139 - ... 16

. -~ '

""!

-----

Total 89 532 (c)

Totc.l 80

1 8 (d)

532

.. ... •

' -.. ... ---

-;; • Total DPt s Oln.ss II er.Tploy.ed

o.,. By UNRR11.

( 1) Asser.1bly Centers

(2) Staging Centers

(3) Others · ·

b. By Other Enplo:; r.n:~

u.s.

Totd Total 385 60 32 1'60 109 24

Toto.l Toto.l 290 157 · 109 .. 24

14 14

81" 60 18 2 1

17, 761(c.) - tl 333 6 li?.8 - __ - - ---------------a-----b) Includes speciltl stoi'f 27 c.t Belssm .. I[\.) J~1n.l11rlcs ~5f _i_n 111:obiYetfnits.

cl Ho i~'orr.1::-.tion o.vc.ilabie fron F\<11t"Y\ Zone. d Broal 11mm by Corps o.ncl Tcons :rrv i,.vr,;1 .,.,...7 "-e This h.cJnij,es all nc.·btl.onnl i t.i .is other than (1,,,virw,u enployed by

:.r •. 1y, but .c.oos ~r.0 t, ·1cr1'!N-.., .. .i 1,., l.1CCJ.7. tho.t they ure [Ql l>i r,plnced Persons.

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"· i-.Ionthly Sto.tistic.:tl Report on Displo.cecl Pc_·sons Cr_pero.tions in Gcrnany

,TirI'JL ._, Country: Ger: ~o.ny :J'or.. 1 LSR-2 Ro:..:,ort for periocl cnclod 30 i~ovcr.iber 1945 _____ ..., ___ _

.. -~ ---·- --- · u.s.;,;ono British Zo110

. ~l, ,. 1.1-.

. . . . . '."estc-rn· :;~stern 1st 8th· 30th French ____ . ____ ·~ :~ok.l _ · __ - ·District Diutric'c _ Cor9s· Corj_)s _ .2£...I1>$_ Zone

I . . Grc.nd TotC'..l . .

E;_o s idi~ _ _n C .:'!:~}!.~ ___ G)_5;,_1_ Ci:!_ __ --1_q_c_,} __ Q±__ ·1_9..9 ., 682

Holes 1 l:. C:: over

Fe •. io.los 14 C: ·over

Children 6 to 14-..

Children w.1.clor 6

.3 54, G.50 __ _

l:O 362 ·G.138 13,911 3 624- 4 913 9 757 1 969 ___ :.t.: - ·--- ----- --- ••• - ________ :.J.: _____ !:l.,: __ -- ... .1. ... - --~--

i:-6,087 ___ ... .._. __ _ 6,817 11+ 732 4 288 G .3G9 ·11.193 2 6.38 - _, __ - ---- ::!J:..!..:.. ----~----- J;.;_ - • - ------ --- .. :.,_ -

•• 0u 0°:-uC'..l: .. oi.~·J.,S co.lloC. f'.or in ~-SR-2 o.ro not c..vo.ilo..ble. Lbo:v c cc-1.co:_;o:".'fos o:ro o.s ropo:c:t eel on C..../ &1-.

5. ITunbers outs id::; of Cg,r.rps recei vini:; LJ.i:""':~R ..

· · o.s·si·s·tance _ i_d_ _________ J.;ot c..-.·c .. i.1<:cble ____ _ - - - _.2J..Q_{2Q

B. ~.SSE1illliY C~77ER .· .. zLij_!I3TT .. T::i:OJ· ----------- --------1. To°tl,l .:~se:,.::b~Ccntors _ 398 _ ___ 55 ____ 78 __ ··· 86 ___ 41 ___ 102 ____ · 3~

2.

a. :.aninistorcd by ltffiR.'. __ 2_6_3 ____ 52.._ ___ 7_8 ____ 4-_5_C_~) __ 25(b). _ 50 ( b). ___ !.£

b. .".dr.1inist erod by 1:ilito..ry _ 1.35 _____________ . ·~ 4'-1 __ 1_6_ ---- _)2 ___ 2_6

( 1) l.ssist<?d by m~.._ __ _:6

(2) •• ssistcd by -Volm1.tary Societies under UllJ:ill..'. _',sre0-

6 ----·-- --- ---------

·;·.1ents 55 - - 8 9- 30 8 - ---- ·- - - - - - - - -- -- - -- - -- .. -- -- -- -- - - - --- - .. ~ -. - ------ --- -(3) Other 71:- - - 3 3 7 22 12

•- -- .., - - - - -- _... - - • - - • • -- • "' • - "' • .- • "' - • - - - - ,. • - • • - • - a _,,. • -- .- -♦ -- ---

Total nt.li.1.bcr of Te"-i~ 321:. .:>5 78 53 3l~ 80 211--- - -- -- - -·- - . --- - -- - .. --- - - - --- .. - -- .. - -- -- .,, -.. -- -- -- ... ---- ......

a. IBlRTu°.. T Ofil,lS . __ 269 .. ----- _ 55 ___ -- -- 78 .. __ 45 _ ..... .?:? _ 50 ---- 1 s b. Volunto.ry Society.

Ten.:.1s coo·.Jerc..ting \Ii th rn-rrm.:, ;_j_;_1.cJ.er agree 1ents ---- ~5 __________________________ 8 _______ .s_.,9-'-. -

(a) Not l:nm.-i .. 1.- but incluclccl in ... 3. :-:sR-2.

30 -- ----~

(b) ; ... l:initocl nu:1bor o-:: thE:SO Centers ;.. o.bout 2.5.; - o.1~e not fully administered ·by U. •R-:1.. ~1d. •;.wulcl actun.lly be clo.ssif'iecl uncler 1. b. ( 1) but o..re listed. under ·f.,[1.. en t!10 oxc.ct rnmoor i8 not b1.ovm ..

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So: 1i-iionthly Sto.tistico.l Report on Displc..coc1 Persons Oporo.tions in Gorno.ny

U1;;RJ:t. Country: G-or;_nny F 1:i.:_1 :11:SR-2. Report for Period onclod 30 Novonbor 1945

D.

------------·-----------------------------Toto.l u.s.

Yfostorn District

Zone British Zone French Eas·torn 1 st--8th 30th Zona District Corps Corps Corps ----- ---- - - ------ ------------·----"-----

'l. Nuuber of uno.ccon.t_.lo.nioJ. children 2)1 3460 Totr..l in Br,.Z.1361 Not

o.vo.ilo.blo

~·. broc.kJ.m-m by Zones of· 2636 Children out of tho 5052 in both the US o.nd ill<: Zone follows:

UnC\.ccor.1}_Jo.nie<l Children 0 - 2 155

Nw-1bor of Disi_)lacod Persons hospito.liscd at encl of period

Nuubor of pcrsonr. authorised to rocoivo supplonontary ro.tions at (.:nd of period

2 - 6 ili,2 6 - 12 239

12 - 16 959 1~ - 18 626 Unknmr.n ill

2636

-

Full infor,10.tion not .:_,vo.ilo.blo,.

Full inforr..mtion not avo.iln.ble ..

•

i.JFTiu' .. Foru l!SR- 3

- 18 ...

Sm:rl.-L:ionthly Sto.tistico.l Report fron

i,iobiliza.tion & Tra.ining Bo.sos and Sta.gin~ Lrco.n

for ffilRR', ?crsonnol

Nar.10 of Bo.so: .i(arlsruho Rc.~ort for :;:ioriod ended

30 Irovcnbor ~ 94-5

1. Dcploy:·.1ont of l)ornonncl to tho Field during tl10 Pcrioc1

l'Tunbor i'funbor

of of

toru-.1s dcpo.rtcd Indivi<luo.ls in too.ns

a. b. c. H1.lDbor of Individuo.ls sent as filler personnel

2 . Totn.l nur:b er of nrrivo.ls o.t Be.so during period

.3. Toto.l nw.1bcr at Bo.so n.t end of period

a .

(

1) Roady for Lleploy,.1cnt 2) In tro.inins 3) Others

b . Classified by country of citizenship

rl B1.~itish Franch

l~ Bcl'.3in.n u.s.l ...

5) Italian

m Irish G .. _\,fricc . .n CD.natlio.n

c., Classified by funot ion or service

1 Directors 2 Deputy Directors 3 Princip2.l ·,ielfn.re Officers 4 ~,sst . •: elfaro Officers 5 6 7 8 9

( 10 (11

4. Vehicles

Supr,ly Officers i7archouse Officers i redico.l Officers Nurses .i".Jr.li i·.ssistn.nts Drivers and l·iechanics Cooks

Dri.tu on vehicles not yot n.vailable.

Toto.l

Total

2 18

111

31

16

7 17

2 1 1 1 1

-1 31

2 6 1 1 1 2 1 4 1

10 2

.31

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Semi - Monthly Statistical Report from

Mobilis'1.tion cm.d Training Bn.ses and Staging Aren.s

for UNRRA Personnel.

UNRRA Form MSR- 3 Name of Base:Haaren (Holland)

Report for Period ended 30 November 1945

1 . Deployment of Personnel to the Field during the Period

a . Number of te::1ms departed Number of individu'.)..ls in teams b .

c , Number of individuals sent as filler personnel 270

2 . Total number of arrivals at Base during period

3. Total number at Base at end of period

a . Ready for deployment In training Others

b . Classified by country of citizenship

( 1 l (2

iii ( 6)

USA UK Beli::;ian Dutch French Miscellaneous

c . Classified by function

r) Directors

ll Admin , Officers Vfelfare 11

Supply ti

(5) Messing II

( G) Nurses

gl Secretari es Cooks

(9 Drivers ( 10 Miscellaneous

4 , Vehicles

or servi ce

Dat~ on vehi cles not yet available .

74 47

6 77 4

12 11, 11

I21~ -------2~1

4 6 5 7 6 3

10 5

68 7

Total 121 ------------------

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UNRRA GEBMi,N OPERATIONS

.ANNEX A

November Narrative Report

Administrative Order No . 18 · 24 November 1945

It is the established policy of llN'RRA and the military authorities in Gernuny to give every opportunity to United Nations displaced persons for remunerative employment while awaiting repatriation or resettlement .

One of the most importn.nt functions UNBRA. con now undertake in· discharging its responsibility for the c~re of displaced persons is the development of a comprehensive employment program desig:ned to place the greatest number in jobs in the shortest time . The irrnnediate initiation of on expanded employment program will intensify , co-ordinate , and give direction and assistance to the present efforts of field staff to find work for the DP ' s .

Such an employment program will lead the displaced persons to constructive work ond divert them from less desirable activities , vrill create new work skills and interests or restore those impaired through disuse , and will , consequently, be of invaluable aid in facilitating repatriation or resettlement .

The employment of displaced persons on work projects designed to meet ca.mp needs vvill result in substD.ntial improvement in their camp standards of living , and will prepare them for self- sufficient p8.rtioipation in the life 9f the communities to which they Yrill return or in which they will resettle ,

The details of the program, including basic policies and suggested training L12..terial ; work project [Uides , and the necessary procedures ,vill be covered in separate releases from Central Headquarters . These vrill be put into operation and supplemented by the Zones in the light of Zone requirements .

The minimum objectives of the program are us follows :

1 . To place as many DP ' s as possible in jobs outside Assembly Cent ers , primarily with Allied Military and civilian agencies and in the German economy;

2. TO place the ITJ?.Ximum number of DP ' s on work projects in Assembly Centers , not only to furnish employment but also to assist in all aspects of Center administration , including welfare , health , education and recreation activities ;

3. To establish training projects and schools ; training to be in those skills required by the countries of repatriation or resettlement , and by military and civilian agencies in Gennany;

Zone Directors should ( a:) bring to the attention of all fit:ld sta;ff that the success of this program depends upon the positive attitude and active support of each Assembly Center team; (b) ur~e all Assembly Center staffs to make every _effort to insure its seccess; (c) emphasize that Team Directors will be expected to give the most energetic leadership to the prograrn, to make certain that every possible job and training op;;iortunity is solicited for the DP ' s outside and vvithin the Centers , and for this purpose to maintain the best and the closest working relationship with units of the armies of occupation .

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Zcne Dirvc.;tors v:ill h-:i.vc full rc:sponsibili ty for the operation of the program within their Zones,

;,n Ernployn(.;nt Br'"'..nch of this Ccntrc.l Hor:dquarters hc1.s been estecblishcd in the Dcp.~rtuent of Relief Services ,,i th overall responsibility for the program,

• c...,ntrc!.l H•:::-.u:1qu' rtors Yrill be responsible for:

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'1 . :Hanning the employi.Lnt prOEPm, ,.nd fer the dcvolopr.10nt and co-or:1in .tion of b:1.sic :policies ~-nd procedures ,·,i thin the three Zones ;

2. 0vi..;r".11 ;mpE..rvisicn of the proLram a.nc1 evo.luntion of cpero..tions through fi1..:"ld insp,ctions , with dclcfation to tho Zones of responsibility for op<;rt tie,n3 ;.

3, Negotio.ti A1s vi th the .i~llied Control Council on enployment problems cl'fecU.11[ all Zones;

4-• Provision of specialised and tecl:mical serv.ices _for the Zones ;

5 . Pl~umin[ ,the movcrr.: .. nt of DP labor among the Zones and into countri es other th?.rl Gc;nn my in accordance vii th ae:reements mndc between Central Headquo.rters end Governments .

Zone huo..dqµn.rtors will. be responsible ·for :

1 , The development of policies and procedures for the Zone within t he fOneral fr8.mcv:ork established by Central He~dq_u'..1..rtens ;

2 . Operation :::i.uc1 supervision of -:i.11 acpocts of the progr-un ·wi thin the Zone ;

3, Negotiations with mi litary '.luthorities within Germ:my on the Zone level ;

4, Co-ordinc.tion of policies and procedures o.mong the District offi ces, with delegation to th8 District offices of m'lxi mum respons i bilit y for operations withL~ tho Districts .

F . E. Morgon Lieutenant ·Gener a l

Chief of Operati qns , Ger many

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VOLUNT,~Y SOCIETIES lli THE BRITISH ZOO

;.NNEX B N oveir.ber 1; ~.rro.. ti ve Report

DuririE November the bbour of establishing rsc9rd 9 of s.11 voluntary society persc.nncl -~:orking unrler UNRR.u .. in the British Zone was continued and is expected to be cci,!pleted shortly. Identity cards· for voluntary society personneJ· h:i.v-=:: bt-vn print8d und distributed to \.:C..Ch n.ccredi ted· reprosento..ti\re . Mail c"..rds ho..vt been printed and o.r.e being set out to o.11 voluntary society pcrswnel in oder th'.lt thJ y I1-"'-Y keep the Mail Unit at UNR..!J, .1:..dn:i.nistr3.tiv--, H0n.dquo..:rters for the British Zone , o..t Spenfe, infor1:1ed of any ch·:.11ce of addr~ss .

. . J.n administr"..tiv::: o.cc~t-!' •,1:...:. s pr~porec1 which covers all the administrative

details concerning volunt.-;ry uccicty personnel workinf in the British Zone . It 'includes re n:ulo.tions an C1<1cu1 e11tat::.on , tr'.lllspor:t , movement , mail and reporting. This vrill be distr::..outed t, '.:tl, UNRRL ".J).d volunt ri.ry society personnel , . .

Reports v:ere receiv•Jl1 c.:.urin~ tht;; ;,1onth from th~ YHC.A/YWCA, the International Red Cross , o.nd the 11., ,0ric n ~ olish "if r Rl}lit:f. Ncne were received from the Nether-lands Red Crm,s or ;1.1..-:;ricr 1 oint Di:::,t:ribution Committee ,

The UNRRi:.. ·1.,Te8rr~11t v, ith l;h':3 British RGJ Cross and the Council of Br itish Societic~ for Rt-lief _·tbro" .. J was duly si1:r ed on November 8 and bec2r,1e dper-:..tive on th ..... t 'i.'1.tc . The r"lL.tionships betvreen UNRRA and the Polish Red Cross "tnd b-J t,,;Jen LlJ>TR'Rl .. o.nci tho ; .. merican Polish Wor Relief vrere regularisLC1 by r'OL"tL .. l ex-chm1.ecs of l"'tters ,Jefining the scope of thei r work within the British Zone, The .:'.l'ltJric3.n Joint Distribution Cormni ttee obtained pt:rnission to Je:ploy the ir r..~prc sento.tiv• .. rn within the British Zone . The It'lli3n Red Cro:o::; s0nt 1l~ rc1Jresent'1.tives to work in the Zam, . The World TI!iO; .. int.rcduc(,d u ne-.v te· m of two persons into 30 Corps Distric t .

The Voluntc..ry Society Li~ison Officer, Miss .,,nne Wood , made tvro tri ps during Nowmher: une to ·1 Corps for tvm d.2.ys and the second to 30 Corps District (Belsen) and 8 Corps District for 5 days . t 1 Corps District discussio1 s wvre hJld with the UNRR·, District Director o..nd the Corps District Welfare , H0<1lth o.nd Supply Officers ; thJ military welfo.re officer for displaced persons; the Yl'ACl .. te'J.J:1; 0'.:,ld th0 Netherlands Red Cross search team, together vrith th1;; tvro directors of th :fotherl" ds Tr"..cing Bure'.lu in Holln.nd . :.rrcme:emt.::nts vmre m'l.de for the Deputy Commissioner of the British Red Cross to visit o.nd consult Corp::; f'istricts in the placing of the 6 British Red Cross te2.IUs to be utilised in 30 Corps, Flnns v,;,,n, nlso made for holding , in the near future-, a .meeting of thu :.ccpresent'•ti vc s ':i..ncJ tenm le?..ders of all voluntary socie.ties workin[ in 1 Corps District with "- raprcsentative · group of UNRRli personnvl. '1.'he work ~..na policit,s of th0 Corps District Supply Corm,1ittee were disc ssuu '."!.lid cert' .. in :nc01mn1::ndations mn.de. The utilisation throuc::rhout t11v corps of ';J. H .... rv1icr:::.fts .1·1.dvisor , provided by COBSRi~ , vras approved by the Corps Cff.icvr;J.

The better use of SM,re ch~ Childrer.. FunrJ teruns --,,2..s discussed . On nnny of these points it vras possible to t'l...1<:e irrmcdi8te o.ction; for instance , steps ,·rere taken ~t once to send ".. convoy to Lubecit to pick up adaitional YMCJ,._ supplies; irran-::'r:iiD.te steps ,verc taleen to arr::mge for the Zone Supply Officer and the Zone Director of the Polish Red Cross , Colonel Misi::1.k, to attend the next meeting of the Corpn Supply Comaittee in order to clear up certain policy prohle .. s . Others n ,:,r'J.,:.d ~o bJ rl:i_.scusc...,cJ. further and to have decisions made on them ~t Zone lP-ye~.

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On Miss VJoodsi second trip to 8 CQrps District , discussions were o.gnin held vith th0 Corps District "Director and the Hen.1th and Welfare Officers c.nd ,~ concluding me,.::;ti11g on the; work of the Corps Supply CortTiittee •. The YHCL Yr'.;.rehouse tear.i at Luteck vras visited o.nd probler.1s of distribution discussed . Miss "i{ood attended by invitn.tion a meeting of the entire YMCA

- staff for the British Zone at Hz,,mburg . i~ visit v,ras m3.de to the Polish Children I s Orphan,~g0 at TraveDunde operated under UNRRf;, supervision by the Save the Ch:i.ldnm Pund , nn~ consider:i.ble discussiqns were held nith members of .this teo.r.1 on their d0velopme:nt of hospit'.lls and clinfos and their care o;f cbildrcm fo rel-:ition to UNI-u.l.,'.~ and the Polish OrphDns Cortnnittee. L.rrpnger.ients wore made for the officers concerned to meet in the immediate future -vr~th the UNRRA Corps District HG'llth and Welfare Officers in order to cleor up some outst:.1nding policy problems • .

,· Pl.::u1s "iri:-re r:1ade'.:nd '--' d"'finite date , Decc:aber 7, fixed for cl 1:ieeting

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.of, roptcs.entc.tiv8s '>nd tE;;u.ffi l·Jetders of all socil-tiE-s and national committees ' ' vmrkirtg within th," d-orps~ :~t Belscn Miss Wood met ,1ith the AJDC,. tho JCRI\. 1 tho

B:r;itish Red Cross teams nnd the Vdic'..ln Mission and vms shmm or had descr ibed to her several aspects of their work , She ,ms also requested to r:iect unofficially vrith the Jewish Committee and discuss vrith them their work and problems .

_1 • • !3ritish Red Cross

11 formal o.grt;)emont between UNRRA and the British Red Cross was signed by L:idy Falr:1outh and Lo.dy Lir:1erick for COBSRA and BRC respectively on the one hand, and Sir Raphael Cilento for UNRRA on the other , on November 8 .

-Under ·this D.g:c·eo1~1"'nt, the BRC o__nd COBSRt. assi2ned 30 teams to displaced persons wor.l<: under lJN:1:,\-J,. Opt;raciono.1 c_ontrol while at the· snme time themselves

: mai ntaininf aJr:1.:.n'istr'ttive responsibility. Discussions have been held bet,v-een lJTIBRA nnd the BRC on thc- implementation of this agreement . Several teams :tr8 Ilf.iYr .i.n precess of Bovement to new assignments , and the. tr::msi tion to UNRIU~_-oper;_i:cion~l control is proceeding s~oothly.

A. de scrj pt ion of thc ort::':l.l~isatbn of the British Red Cross Society and affiliat&d teoras ls given below.

The, IlRC c.: vil.i.M Re;J.icf Unit , -...vhich has been operating in North West Europe s::.nce J.ll[Ut:t 19h4, consists of sections pln.ced in the field by Brit ish volu,nt.c.ry tocidies und0r an agreement with the War Office and under the direct.ion of the DEJputy Comrnissioner , Civilian Relief , Lt . Colo K,1-ic, Agnew rvhosc h0adq1i-::,_rters is o.t Vlotho , near Bad Oeynaausen .

The two main types of Section are :

1 ~ Relief Sections . (of British Rea Cross :md Order of St . John ; Guides International S0rvices; Friends /1Jllbulanc8 Unit; Friends Relief Service., Catholic Cormnitte1:; for Relief Lbron.d ; Intern"tion.:11 Voluntary Service for Peace; Jevrish Co:ilbittee for Ro lief i,bro d ; So.lvo.tion ;.rmy; Save the Children Fund; ,:-,nd Scouts Intcrno.tionn.l Service) .

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Full Establishm0nt : ( a) Pe;r-sonnel

( b) :M]) Tr':lnsport :

2 lunbulcmces 2 15 cwt trucks 1 3 ton-truck

Total

1 Section leader 1 c:}uo.rtermaster 1 ST Nurse or

Nursing au~iliary. 3 Welfare workers

'1 Transport Officer 1 Caterer 1 Clerk- _;'.ccountant ~ Drivers- Mechanic

12

/Relief

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Relief Section~· ·,re quC>clif'ied to undertt::tko Displc..ced Persons Co.Dp _;.aministr'.ltion p0.rticularly in this welfci.re ,,spect . Thc,y h'.'.l.ve ::1.ll had consider:1.ble experi,.mce of this work in Gl-rn:my, sone ''.dministcred rcfupcle camps in Normmdy, Dcl[iun "l.l1d H,)11-md bd'ore tU1.tt::rt .kine cJ.ispl::l.cecl -persons work for military goverm.,(?nt C>ct the bLginning of 1911-5 •

2 . Hospital Sections (of British Red Cross and OrdL:r of St . John; Catholic Cor:uni ttee for Relief ;.bro2.t1; Interndion£,l SLrvices ; "'nd So..ve the Children 1<1und) .

Full Estnhlishrncnt: (a)· Personnel : (b) 2 doctors 11- SR -Nurses 8 Nurs ::.J1[ ·:uxiJ_j ri,, s 1 dispenser 2 C'"-terers 1 clurk•-·1.ccount:mt 4 nursing-oTdcrlics 2 clrivers

T'ut'.ll : ·2/1-

1'/ID Trmsport 2 n.mbulances 2 15-cnt trucks 1 3- ton truck

£>1.ch of thase Sections is fully equipped to set up and ;no..intain a 50-bed hospit~.1 , or tci cstnblish ~,nc1 control J 'Ll'[<Jr hospital units vrith displaced persons or Gen:nn ,uxiliary st::>Sf. In t'1e: :lcploycent e.w1 int,-rno.l o.clministration of these Sections , the Deputy Con:. ii:;sicn0r is :tdvis...:.c1 by the BFC HcC1.dqu2.rters Matron . Seven Hospital Section;,, ·1.rc ,w:1ilal1lE; for <Jispl·,c,,r1 persons opC;rations .

IL Itali~n Reel Cross

;,.s a result of :t J11isundcrstc11dints in Rome, this Sociuty has sent forward o. mission of 11+ mern1,urs in ·1n aT:1bul·mce :'\.nd car, to[_'0ther vtith a lo.r2e lorry and trailer c.ont1.ining 7 tons of supplies (clothes ; boots , ciiarettes , etc . ) before m,tters of security lnc1 been cle:',.reL1 within th0 British Zone end before any calling fornard nrd0r bad be-=-il ~isv,tchcc1c S.'o m~Jw ITL'ltters still more difficult , durinf th..., interio __Je1·iod tlie l"'-St considero.ble It".lim repatriation 1:1.ove lnd taken pl: .co, "Ind the number of It'.1.1:i.nn displ·tcu1 pl rsons reu:i.ining in the British Zonl., i.c: nm. v,_ ry small. The utilis":tion of this mission is therefore rcnderc.:J very ;.;i:i'.'t'icult.

T,vo search teams h'....vc , how0ver , teun constituted :md will proc ..... cd to two of the throe Corps Districts , to bG s.tto.chud to tho Senior S01.rch Officer . Evt;ry d'f'ort , hcwr-.:v..;r , is bE;inr 1J1~, .. to loc·1.t"' Italian cisplaced p.,rsons so tlnt they nny lnvc tho benl::f'it of at le::cst some of the Red Cross supJlies . Tvro rao.abors hc.vl., l, ;1cH s'nt hc1", to Italy ::ts unsui t· ble for nny appointment , Attc1apts ::ire bcin[ ·r ,L:'-' to f:Lil ;,,u'it::>J:ilt.: assicnmunt::- for the remaininc n.embers.

III Noth0rlands Red Cross

Durini;: November , two ,1irectors of the Netherl~c1s Nationnl Se"..rch Bureau '1.rrivcd to inspt,ct th0 three: Netherlnnds R(jd Oross t1..nms working in the Bril;ish Zeno under the Zone S.Jo.rch Bureau . Miss i.JJ.n VTood held n. conference with ~hem 2..t thu end of their tour ::mJ reporto'! to thL, Su 0'.I'ch Bureo.u , It was agreed that t,i:1 tc ms woulcl be l'.'L..COnstituted on more suit:,ble lines , tho.t is, one officer , 1 urivt::r-m~ch"nic, w.1L1 0,10 v ,Ju vehicle per te~.r.1. This is 'tt present being effected,.

IV Grode H .. x1 C:.oss

Tho remaining Gr0ek c1isplo.ced porscns in ':;h0 British Zon, h':'..v_, now been re·pn.tri'.l.\ed . Two uGmbers of thv society ho.VG \rrivod via Frmkfurt to undertake some tempor'\ry seo.rch work in co-oper'ltion vrith the Greek Li.'.lison Officer :md the SoC\rcll Duroau c

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