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Lisbon, Portugal; November 4, 1941: Report prepared by Dr. William Hills Sheldon. Continued from afsc_01_05_07.
Report on the status of nearly 1 million refugees from Europe in Morocco. Author provides estimates for the number of refugees of different nationalities. The United States issued visas for most Jewish refugees, but some were sent to concentration camps in North Africa, from whence they were forced to work on the Trans-Saharan Railway. Report also contains a summary of needed medicines.
American Friends Service Committee Archives
afsc_01_05_08, afsc_01_05_09