{"id":9873,"date":"2024-12-20T14:36:15","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T14:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/blogs\/?p=9873"},"modified":"2024-12-20T14:38:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T14:38:21","slug":"seasonal-greetings-across-time-messages-from-unhcrs-archives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/blogs\/seasonal-greetings-across-time-messages-from-unhcrs-archives\/","title":{"rendered":"Seasonal Greetings Across Time: Messages from UNHCR\u2019s Archives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>By: Motahareh Mohebi<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u201cThis is the season for exchanging greetings.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>While it is a common practice among organizations, companies, and institutions to send greetings to their colleagues at this time of year\u2014and UNHCR is no exception\u2014some of UNHCR&#8217;s past greetings, now preserved in the archives, are truly heartwarming. Among them is a message from Mr. Auguste Lindt, High Commissioner from 1956 to 1960, addressed to the newly arrived Hungarian refugees in Austria in 1956. It is both nicely and empathetically written.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1360\" height=\"796\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/12\/1956.HC-message-to-Hungarian-refugees.GR_-1360x796.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9875\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/12\/1956.HC-message-to-Hungarian-refugees.GR_-1360x796.jpg 1360w, https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/12\/1956.HC-message-to-Hungarian-refugees.GR_-1280x749.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/12\/1956.HC-message-to-Hungarian-refugees.GR_-980x574.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/12\/1956.HC-message-to-Hungarian-refugees.GR_-480x281.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1360px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>It was not only officials who sent these kinds of messages to refugees; refugees also sent greetings to UNHCR. For instance, Cambodian refugees in Thailand sent a beautifully handwritten message to Mr. Poul Hartling, High Commissioner from 1978 to 1985, in 1980.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1360\" height=\"1977\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/12\/image0000002A-1-1360x1977.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/12\/image0000002A-1-1360x1977.jpg 1360w, https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/12\/image0000002A-1-1280x1861.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/12\/image0000002A-1-980x1425.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/12\/image0000002A-1-480x698.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1360px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The UNHCR Records and Archives section wishes you all the best for 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1360\" height=\"959\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/12\/2024Greetings-Card-Marwa-1360x959.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/12\/2024Greetings-Card-Marwa-1360x959.jpg 1360w, https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/12\/2024Greetings-Card-Marwa-1280x902.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/12\/2024Greetings-Card-Marwa-980x691.jpg 980w, https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/12\/2024Greetings-Card-Marwa-480x338.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1360px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Motahareh Mohebi \u201cThis is the season for exchanging greetings.\u201d\u00a0 While it is a common practice among organizations, companies, and institutions to send greetings to their colleagues at this time of year\u2014and UNHCR is no exception\u2014some of UNHCR&#8217;s past greetings, now preserved in the archives, are truly heartwarming. 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