In 1920, the task of repatriation was handed over to the newly founded League of Nations, which appointed the Norwegian diplomat and scientist Fridtjof Nansen as its "High Commissioner for Repatriation of the War Prisoners".
1920年，遣返工作移交给新成立的国际联盟，并任命挪威外交家兼科学家弗里乔夫·南森为“遣返战俘高级专员”。