The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) was created at a 44-nation conference in 1943. Its mission was to provide economic assistance to European nations after World War II and to repatriate and assist refugees.
![Former mayor of New York Fiorello H. La Guardia, on a tour of United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) camps ... [LCID: 81454]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/65dd7bbd-c14c-4adc-98c0-10bc525dd97d.jpg "Former mayor of New York Fiorello H. La Guardia, on a tour of United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) camps ... [LCID: 81454]")
Former mayor of New York Fiorello H. La Guardia, on a tour of United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) camps in Europe, speaks to survivors. Duppel displaced persons camp. Germany, August 20, 1946.
Item View![Repatriated Austrian Jewish refugees, coming from Shanghai, arrive in Vienna. [LCID: 66052]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/28058d06-1735-4433-9f6e-b8084216f772.jpg "Repatriated Austrian Jewish refugees, coming from Shanghai, arrive in Vienna. [LCID: 66052]")
Repatriated Austrian Jewish refugees, coming from Shanghai, arrive in Vienna. Their transport was organized by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. February 2, 1947.
Item View![Group of displaced persons, under care of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, who are to be repatriated. [LCID: 66360]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/a23f8821-c041-40a0-aed3-782f5b4d072c.jpg "Group of displaced persons, under care of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, who are to be repatriated. [LCID: 66360]")
Group of Austrian Jewish displaced persons under the care of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration who are to be repatriated to Austria from Shanghai, where they had sought refuge. From the Marine Falcon, they bid farewell to fellow refugees. Shanghai, China, 1946.
Item View![A Jewish refugee family prepares food with rations provided by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA). [LCID: 66382]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/71fd01aa-833e-40b6-8796-e5654220a0dd.jpg "A Jewish refugee family prepares food with rations provided by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA). [LCID: 66382]")
A Jewish refugee family prepares food with rations provided by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA). Shanghai, China, 1946.
Item View![Jewish refugees in Shanghai look for names of relatives and friends who may have survived the war. [LCID: 66385]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/302791a4-642d-47bb-b102-6f5efb334b9f.jpg "Jewish refugees in Shanghai look for names of relatives and friends who may have survived the war. [LCID: 66385]")
Jewish refugees in Shanghai look for names of relatives and friends who may have survived the war. Awaiting repatriation, these displaced persons were under United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration care. China, 1946.
Item View![Jewish orphans fleeing Europe are fitted with shoes from the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), en ... [LCID: 66639]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/cf060878-1960-4b3c-9983-6281b4fcaa90.jpg "Jewish orphans fleeing Europe are fitted with shoes from the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), en ... [LCID: 66639]")
Jewish orphans after the Holocaust are fitted with shoes from the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), en route to Allied occupation zones in Germany and Austria. Prague, Czechoslovakia, August 25, 1946.
Item View![A welfare officer of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) assists Polish Jewish orphans en route to ... [LCID: 66640]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/60aad238-0c12-485f-809a-53cb282958d4.jpg "A welfare officer of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) assists Polish Jewish orphans en route to ... [LCID: 66640]")
A welfare officer of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) assists Polish Jewish orphans en route to France and Belgium. Prague, Czechoslovakia, probably 1946.
Item View![Polish Jewish orphans, under the temporary care of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), en route ... [LCID: 68062]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/1f61c44d-acff-483b-8db3-9bf218415776.jpg "Polish Jewish orphans, under the temporary care of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), en route ... [LCID: 68062]")
Polish Jewish orphans, under the temporary care of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), en route to France and Belgium. Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1946.
Item View![A former concentration camp prisoner receives care from a mobile medical unit of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. [LCID: 66625]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/26f5dec4-bce4-40a5-bf9b-0a7bcf6b4aeb.jpg "A former concentration camp prisoner receives care from a mobile medical unit of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. [LCID: 66625]")
A former concentration camp prisoner receives care from a mobile medical unit of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Photograph taken at the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp. Germany, May 1946.
Item View![A United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) worker with a survivor of the Buchenwald concentration camp after ... [LCID: 67766]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/a504ccee-c200-4e98-8a32-6df7c7a1ff4d.jpg "A United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) worker with a survivor of the Buchenwald concentration camp after ... [LCID: 67766]")
A United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) worker with a survivor of the Buchenwald concentration camp after liberation. Germany, June 13, 1945.
The mission of UNRRA was to provide economic assistance to European nations after World War II and to repatriate and assist the refugees who came under Allied control.
Item View![Displaced persons at a camp administered by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA). [LCID: 67938]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/8f1aa9cd-04d8-44a7-9396-1cc10426aa65.jpg "Displaced persons at a camp administered by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA). [LCID: 67938]")
Displaced persons knitting and embroidering at a camp administered by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA). Sweden, after May 1945.
Item View![Jewish refugee children from Budapest talk to a worker from the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. [LCID: 68068]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/be08d606-4f7b-4d44-b144-9bc8eae01cf5.jpg "Jewish refugee children from Budapest talk to a worker from the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. [LCID: 68068]")
Jewish refugee children from Budapest talk to a worker from the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Germany, after May 1945.
Item View![An agricultural training farm preparing Jewish refugees for life in Palestine, sponsored by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation ... [LCID: 68077]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/2f8457c9-fb52-4e42-ae26-f08e698944b4.jpg "An agricultural training farm preparing Jewish refugees for life in Palestine, sponsored by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation ... [LCID: 68077]")
"Welcome" banner over the gate to the Kibbutz Buchenwald hachshara (Zionist agricultural collective).
![Jewish refugee orphans pose for a group photograph at Lindenfels displaced persons camp, administered by the United Nations Relief ... [LCID: 81470]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/bf0b7cb4-43a3-4c81-8a70-0779e024d4c2.jpg "Jewish refugee orphans pose for a group photograph at Lindenfels displaced persons camp, administered by the United Nations Relief ... [LCID: 81470]")
Jewish refugee orphans pose for a group photograph at Lindenfels displaced persons camp, administered by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Germany, April 21, 1948.
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