Documentation regarding Jews, from Courts of Law in Westphalia Decisions regarding the Todeserklaerungen (Declaration of Death) of Jewish victims, given in Courts of Law in Westphalia In the Collection are files including applications to Courts of Law in Westphalia for the recognition of death of local Jews who were deported to the East by the Nazis, and for whom no official Declaration of Death had been given. These applications (requests) were submitted in most part by the relatives of those who had perished, [and] who requested to receive claims for compensation from Germany. The files include the applications including details regarding those who perished and their deportation; correspondence with German authorities, in most part with municipalities and Population Registration offices, confirming the personal details of those who perished; copies of personal documents of those who perished, such as birth certificates and marriage certificates; testimonies that those who perished had been deported; decisions by the Court[s] of Law, and other correspondence This sub-collection includes the following Courts of Law: - Landgericht Arnberg JM/14910 (frames 178-248) - Landgericht Hagen JM/14910 (frames 249-363) - Landgericht Ahaus JM/14910 (frames 364-605) - Landgericht Bochum JM/14911 (frames 2-443); JM/14912 (frames 2-320) - Amtsgericht Ahaus JM/14911 (frames 444-473) - Amtsgericht Bochum JM/14914 (frames 68-212) - Amtsgericht Borken JM/14914 (frames 213-256) - Amtsgericht Coesfeld JM/14914 (frames 257-283) - Amtsgericht Grossau JM/14914 (frames 284-336) - Amtsgericht Hamm JM/14914 (frames 337-599); JM/14915 (frames 2-206) - Amtsgericht Oelde JM/14919 (frames 466-629) - Amtsgericht Hattingen JM/14920 (frames 222-234, 269-273) - Amtsgericht Bigge JM/14920 (frames 274-294); JM/14925 (frames 2-9) - Amtsgericht Iserlohn JM/14920 (frames 295-323) - Amtsgericht Schwerte JM/14923 (frames 48-138) - Amtsgericht Soest JM/14923 (frames 139-167) - Amtsgericht Witten JM/14923 (frames 394-408) - Amtsgericht Unna JM/14923 (frames 410-459) - Amtsgericht Vreden JM/14923 (frames 460-498) - Amtsgericht Wattenscheid JM/14923 (frames 499-515) - Verwaltungsgericht Arnsberg JM/14923 (frames 516-624).