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. Repertory: Amtsgericht (district court) Witten Sifted: 700 death declarations; K. = crate number (no individual signature!) Signature Title / Content Relevant Content 553 Charlotte Vankelcom (née Marx) complete 560 Sophie Loewenstein (née Dickhoff) complete K. 1039 Joshua & Henriette (née Cohen) Sommer complete K. 1040 Fritz & Edith (née Guttenberg) and Rob Saenger Ludwig & Hedwig (geb. Loewenthal) and Ruth Saenger complete K. 1040 Adolf & Else (geb. Rosengarten) Wilzig; Bertha Wilzig; Louis & Bluma (née Missinska) Wilzig complete K. 1043 Hermann & Emma (née Herzberger) Strauss complete K. 1045 Samuel Wilzig complete K. 1045 Ilse Becker (née Meyer) complete K. 1046 Dina Meyer (née Leiser) complete K. 1048 Herbert Klein complete K. 1048 Anna Marx (née Ganz) and Elisabeth Marx K. 1050 Betty Klein (née Kahn) and Juliane and Ruth Klein complete K. 1051 Paula Kahn complete K. 1052 Adolf Kahn complete K. 1054 Bernhard Gruenbaum complete K. 1054 Julie Sara Loewenstern (née Gruenbaum); Helene Sara Meyer (née Loewenstern); Kurt Mayer complete 1147 Leo Mayer complete 1201 Alfred, Ursula and Denny Wilzig complete 1300 Moses Lustig complete