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THE UNFORTUNATE PLIGHT OF THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES AFTER THE SECOND WORLD WAR WAS SOMEWHAT RELIEVED BY THE ACTIVITIES OF THE UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND REHABILITATION ADMINISTRATION [UNRRA] , WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN NOVEMBER 1943

WORKING IN TEAM UNITS THE AGENCY IS RECORDED TO HAV DISTRIBUTED SOME 15 MILLION TONS OF FOO AND SPANT OVER 4 BILLION DOLLARS ON REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PERSONS IN SOME 39 COUNTRIES IN WAR-TORN EUROPE

THESE “GOOD-FOR’S” ARE PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN ISSUED IN WHAT WAS FORMALLY KNOWN AS LITHUANIA DURING THE GERMAN WITHDRAWAL AND THE SUBSEQUENT UNION WITH THE U.S.S.R.

THESE NOTES ARE DATED 1946 AND BEAR THE HAND STAMP OF TEAM 569 SCHEINFELD