Correspondence with United Restitution Organization (URO) - Offices Berlin, Cologne, Hanover

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/1430
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 109936
Dates
16 Jun 1956 - 7 May 1965
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United Restitution Organization

Biographical History

Established in 1948 the United Restitution Organisation (URO) was an international organisation under private law. Its remit was to provide legal aid service for the restitution claims of victims of the Nazi persecution living outside Germany.

Scope and Content

Correspondence regarding restitution related enquiries on individual fates as well as on certain or regional aspects of the Nazi persecution and expropriation of Jews (partly including the postwar era); a visit of state officials from North-Rhine Westphalia at The Wiener Library; and the sending of published and unpublished information material.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

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Subjects

Places

  • Hanover
  • West Germany [1949-1990]
  • Third Reich [1933-1945]
  • Cologne
  • Berlin, West
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