It depends how your refugee´s pass looks like. In the post-45 era this was an important paper (several pages with photo) for the thousands of german refugees having fled to the western occupation zones to get accomodation, food and any kind of assistance. There are several categories - for instance "A" written on the front page. if it´s only a leaflet it might be the kind of paper Nick Beale is describing.
The correct spelling is "FLÜCHTLINGSAUSWEIS"
Have a look here:
http://www.nibis.de/~gb20/bilder.htm
Cheers
Roland