P. Jankowski was a Russian refugee in Germany and holder of a Nansen passport. Wanting to help Russian and Armenian refugees who had lost their official papers to certifiy their identity, during 10 years he formed an archive of military and prisoner records, death certificates, etc. which according to him were not available through the USSR. He proposed to entrust the Nansen Office with these records.

After having received comments from its delegate in Germany, Mr. Stobbe, the Nansen Office informed P. Jankowski that it was not in a position to collaborate with him.

From the Nansen International Office for Refugees in Liquidation:
1) Accounting book from the Representation of Lebanon and Syria 1939-1947;
2) Correspondence Register 1939;
3) Banque de Commerce - Varsovie 1939;
4) Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas 1939;
5) Crédit Lyonnais 1939;
6) Crédit Suisse 1939;
7) Lloyds Bank (Fonds humanitaire) 1939;
8) Société Générale 1939;
9) Comptes Bulgarie 1939;
10) Comptes Grèce 1939;
11) Comptes Tchécoslovaquie 1939;
12) Comptes Yougoslavie 1939;
13) Economat - Frais de Liquidation 1939;
14) Comptabilité - Divers documents par Pays 1937-1938;
15) Rapport à l'Assemblée 1939;
16) Oeuvre en Syrie - Récupération et Remboursements 1935-1940;
17) Matters for the attention of the Liquidator (Indeminités de licenciement) 1934-1939;
18) Remboursements en Grèce 1939.

File mainly contains food statistics and various reports. File was created after the transfer of the League Secretariat to Geneva.

File contains:

• an "Inventory of the records (Archives) of the Office" dated 1 November 1938
• a document dated December 1938 entitled "High Commission of the League of Nations for Refugees - List of dossiers transferred from the Registry of the Nansen International Office for Refugees to the Registry of the High Commissioner in London"
• various correspondence regarding the transfer of the archives of the Nansen Office to the League of Nations.