To the rescue of refugees: the humanitarian work of Fridtjof Nansen and the High Commissioner
The High Commissioner for the Refuges was created by the League of Nations and whose leader was the Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen. Their works was helping refugees after the Great War, focusing mainly on two large groups: the Russian (who had been affected by a famine caused by the civil war) and the Ar...
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Ediciones Universidad de Valladolid
2024
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.uva.es/index.php/invehisto/article/view/9055 https://doi.org/10.24197/ihemc.44.2024.663-686 |
| Summary: | The High Commissioner for the Refuges was created by the League of Nations and whose leader was the Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen. Their works was helping refugees after the Great War, focusing mainly on two large groups: the Russian (who had been affected by a famine caused by the civil war) and the Armenian (who had suffered numerous persecutions and massacres in the Ottoman Empire). The humanitarian activities carried out by Nansen allowed him to win the Nobel Peace Prize, and even, once he died in 1930, the Nansen Internacional Office was created, which wanted to continue his philanthropic activities. El Alto Comisionado para los Refugiados fue una institución conformada por la Sociedad de Naciones y que tuvo como dirigente al noruego Fridtjof Nansen. Su labor fue la ayuda a refugiados tras la Gran Guerra, centrándose en dos grandes colectivos: los rusos (quienes se habían visto afectados por una hambruna ocasionada como consecuencia de la guerra civil) y los armenios (que habían sufrido numerosas persecuciones y masacres en el Imperio Otomano). Las actividades humanitarias llevadas a cabo por Nansen le permitieron ganar el Premio Nobel de la Paz, e incluso, una vez fallecido en 1930, se creó la Oficina Internacional Nansen, la cual quería proseguir con sus actividades filantrópica. |
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