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Holding Institution: The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

  1. Indemnification

    1. World Jewish Congress
    2. Institute of Jewish Affairs

    Consists of files pertaining to restitution legislation and claims, including property claims, organized by country. The subseries concludes with nearly 25 boxes of correspondence and other materials pertaining to the Jewish Restitution Successor Organization, the United Restitution Organization, and the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. Box C228. Folder 10. Committee on Reparation, proceedings, 1941-1943 Box C228. Folder 11. Indemnification, Schreir, Fritz, 1942-1943, 1946 Box C228. Folder 12. Reports, decrees, news clippings on restitution, 1942-1944 Box C228. Folder 1...

  2. Maurice L. Perlzweig

    1. World Jewish Congress
    2. Political Department/Department of International Affairs
    3. Executive Files

    Box B1. Folder 1. Correspondence, 1940 Box B1. Folder 2. Correspondence, 1941 January-November Box B1. Folder 3. Correspondence, 1941 December Box B1. Folder 4. Correspondence, 1942 Box B1. Folder 5. Correspondence, 1943 January-June Box B1. Folder 6. Correspondence, 1943 July-December Box B1. Folder 7. Correspondence, 1944 Box B1. Folder 8. Correspondence, 1945 Box B2. Folder 1. Correspondence, 1946 Box B2. Folder 2. Correspondence, 1947 January-April Box B2. Folder 3. Correspondence, 1947 May-December Box B2. Folder 4. Correspondence, 1948 Box B2. Folder 5. Correspondence, 1949 Box B2. Fo...

  3. War Crimes and Retribution

    1. World Jewish Congress
    2. Institute of Jewish Affairs

    Contains mostly country-by-country files pertaining to individual war crime and retribution cases. This subseries contains background materials and related information as well, including files on searches for Holocaust witnesses and witness testimony, together with war crimes trial correspondence. Of particular interest are the files on war crimes and atrocities in individual communities in Poland, as well as the section on the Nuremberg trial proceedings and cases. Box C149. Folder 17. Legal definitions and cases cited, "A" - "B.", undated Box C149. Folder 18. Legal definitions and cases c...