War Refugee Board: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	WRB
Date	January 22, 1944 - c. 1945
Areas Of Involvement	Concentration camp • Jew • extermination camp
Related People	Henry Morgenthau, Jr.

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The board of directors of the War Refugee Board in March 1944 (left to right): U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, and Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson.

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