United Restitution Organization (URO)

The file contains five circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt) from July and August 1969. The circulars include the following issues: no. 1625, no. 1623, no. 1619, no. 1616, and no. 1615. They mainly deal with recent court judgements made by the German Federal Court (Bundesgerichtshof) on questions of restitution after Nazi persecution, especially regarding newly established juridical regulations and proceedings for claims within the Federal law for restitution („Bundesentschädigungsgesetz”). Furthermore, the issues focus on compensation for hardship and damages to life. The topics include: „Leistungsvorbehalt“, „Härteausgleich“, „Art. VIII SchlussG und Anträge auf Härteausgleich“, „, Wiedereinsetzung gegen Versäumung der Frist in Paragraph 189 a BEG“, „Schaden an Leben, hier: Dauernde Erwerbsunfähigkeit “.