Selected records of the Office of Revendication in Warsaw Biuro Rewindykacji w Warszawie (Sygn.287)

Identifier
irn593166
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2017.497.1
  • RG-15.558
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1951
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Polish
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

4,143 digital images, PDF

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Biuro Rewindykacji i Odszkodowań Wojennych (Office of Revindication and Compensation) was established on May 28, 1945 at the request of the Minister of Industry, as the internal organizational unit of the Ministry of Industry. Initially, the task of this Office was to recover the Polish property, exported by the Germans, and to implement of compensation for the losses of war, incurred by individual industrial plants. Pursuant to the resolution of the Council of Ministers of January 10, 1946. The office was transferred to the Central Planning Office, and by order of the Minister of Industry and Trade of November 8, 1948 it was transferred to the Ministry of Industry and Trade - as the Revindication Office. At the beginning of 1949 the Office's tasks were broadened, which was reflected in its name: UNRRA Office for Recovery Affairs. Pursuant to the provisions of the resolution of the Council of Ministers of March 8, 1949, the office became part of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, under the name Office of Revindication and UNRRA Affairs, Recovery and Relief. In 1945-1949, there were foreign offices of the Office (in Berlin, Vienna, Prague), later incorporated into the branches of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The decision to liquidate the Office was made on October 24, 1950.

Archival History

Archiwum Akt Nowych

Acquisition

Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Akt Nowych, Poland, Sygn. 287. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in December 2017. Note: This is a cooperative project based on the agreement between USHMM and Yad Vashem, Israel.

Scope and Content

Requests of Poles for reparation for forced labor, submitted to the Association of Poles in Lübeck, press releases concerning war damages, materials related the criminal activity of the Haupttreuhandstelle Ost (Central Trust Office "East") and German companies (Georg Bunder) in the General Governorship (GG) in 1939-1945; organizational sketch of the Haupttreuhandstelle Ost, revindication reports, certificates, correspondence (1947).

System of Arrangement

Selected records arranged in three series: 1. Questionnaires related to request for reparation, 1945 (Organized in alphabetical order by last names); 2. Clippings related to war damages; 3. Reports, correspondence and other materials related to the criminal activities of the Haupttreuhandstelle OST (Central Trust Office "East") and German companies, 1939-1947.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych

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This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.