Repertory: Amtsgericht (district court) Wattenscheid In the Collection are files including applications to Courts of Law in Westphalia for the recognition of death of local Jews who were deported to the East by the Nazis, and for whom no official Declaration of Death had been given. These applications (requests) were submitted in most part by the relatives of those who had perished, [and] who requested to receive claims for compensation from Germany. The files include the applications including details regarding those who perished and their deportation; correspondence with German authorities, in most part with municipalities and Population Registration offices, confirming the personal details of those who perished; copies of personal documents of those who perished, such as birth certificates and marriage certificates; testimonies that those who perished had been deported; decisions by the Court[s] of Law, and other correspondence. Signature: 259 Title / content: Emil Fryda Relevant content: complete Signature: 265 Title / content: Betti Fryda Relevant content: complete Signature: 442 Title / content: Hugo Steinwasser Relevant content: complete Signature: 636 Title / content: Siegfried Loewy Relevant content: complete Signature: 764 Title / content: Jecheskiel Meiseles Relevant content: complete Signature: 768 Title / content: Wilhelm and Ella (née Krauss) Meudel Relevant content: complete Signature: 985 Title / content: Moritz and Helene (née Marx) und Mali Weinthal Relevant content: complete Signature: 1040 Title / content: Hannchen Sondheimer Relevant content: complete Signature:1052 Title / content: Johanna (née Rosenberg) Spiero, Hugo and Martha (née Spiero) Groß, Heinz und Inge Groß, Julius and Grete (née Spiero) und Rudolf Liebreich Relevant content: complete Signature: 1159 Title / content: Samuel Mordko Wassermann recte Rosenmann, Frieda Regina Lea Rosenmann, Rosa Ruth Rosenmann Relevant content: complete