United Restiution Organization Misecellaneous Records
Biographical History
Organization for furtherance of Jewish restitution claims after World War II.
Scope and Content
Office files, correspondence, and mimeographed directives, relating to Jewish restitution claims against the West German government. Includes draft of a proposed revision of the German restitution law. The first three boxes contain a set of "URO Rundschreiben", nos. l-l500/67 dealing with indemnity regulations on the basis of health damage, loss of family, pension rights, employment discrimination, etc. The set is not complete, but missing numbers are carefully marked. The remaining three boxes contain office files, mimeo-graphed regulations and German legislative resitution proposals. The entire collection is useful in giving an overview of official restitution policies and of their application.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
6 ms. boxes
Archivist Note
Status: October 1980, revised most recently August 2016 by Agnes F. Peterson
Sources
The Hoover Institution Archives: Annotated list of archival materials relating to the Holocaust (Inclued materials relating to Jews, Jewish communities in various countries, Zionism, and antisemitism)
Rules and Conventions
EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0