Decisions regarding the Todeserklaerungen (Declaration of Death) of Jewish victims, given in Courts of Law in Westphalia 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. Repertory: Amtsgericht (district court) Borken Siftedt: Death declarations 193-568 Signature Title / Content Relevant Content 193 Rosa und Sophia Frank complete 196 David & Bertha (née Gottschalk) und Minna Martha complete 197 Helene & Herbert Rosenbaum complete 198 Abraham Frank complete 199 Helene Frank (née Humberg) complete 200 Siegfried Frank complete 201 Julius Schafheimer complete 204 Else (née Metzger), Marga und Friedel Levie complete 205 Josef & Elfriede Schwarz complete 206 Selma (née Metzger) Stern complete 209 Abraham & Dina (née Steinmann) und Johanna Rosenbaum complete 210 Karl & Irma (née Tobias), Marga und Manfred Frank complete 462 Rosa Friesen (mit ausführlicher Korrespondenz aus KZ) complete 491 Ruth (née Marck) Haas complete 492 Amalie (née Landau) Frank complete 528 Johanna (née. Eisenberg), Benno, Rahel und Issac Rojt, aka Roth complete 565 Bertha (née Gottschalk) Metzger complete 567 Benjamin Saffra complete