Nansen and his humanitarian work

Photos of Nansen's work with refugees and prisoners of war.

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Fridtjof Nansen eating food with orphaned boys in a summer camp. The camp was run near the Arpa-tsjaj River outside Alexandropol. Fridtjof Nansen is between Miss Belle Bass from New York who is head of the orphanage and Joseph Beach, from Bangor, Maine, head of Near East Relief, Kumajri, Armenia, 23 June 1925. Credits: "Photographer: unknown / Owner: National Library, bldsa_6d166"
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A sample of the Nansen Passport issued in France (The National Library has only a photographic reproduction). Credit: "Photographer: UNHCR / Owner: National Library, bldsa_6e001"