Collection of the Adviescommissie voor de Zuivering van Notarissen in de provincie Noord-Holland - Committee for the Investigation of Notaries in the Noord-Holland region of the Netherlands, 1944-1951 Establishment of the committee by the Military Government in the Netherlands on 20/07/1945; committee's function: investigation of the conduct of the Notaries in the Noord-Holland region during the Nazi occupation period; investigation by the committee of suspicions of collaboration by judicial officials with the Nazis regarding the deportation of Jews and the expropriation of Jewish property; basing the decisions of the Ministry of Justice on the findings of the Adviescommissie voor de Zuivering van Notarissen in de provincie Noord-Holland; Included in the file: Militaire Gezag Law, regarding the establishment of a committee of investigation in the Netherlands in 1944; list of appointments to the committee in 1945; circulars and notes of the committee regarding administration matters in 1945; correspondence by the committee with Notaries in the Noord-Holland region and with representatives of the Military Government in the Netherlands, including questionnaires submitted to those who were investigated during 1945-1946; correspondence by the committee with the Dutch Ministry of Justice, regarding legal recommendations, 1945-1948; announcement published in a newspaper in the Netherlands in 1945, that the public is requested to submit testimony regarding Notaries who collaborated with the Nazis; protocols of meetings and survey reports of the Adviescommissie, regarding Notaries in Amsterdam, Haarlem and Alkmaar, prepared during 1945-1946; administrative documentation and accounts of the Adviescommissie, 1945-1946; historical survey of events in the Netherlands during 1940-1945.