United Restitution Organization (URO)

The file contains five circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt) ranging between July and September 1968. The circulars include the following issues: no. 1575, no. 1573, no. 1567, no. 1571, and no. 1570. They mainly deal with recent court judgements made by the German Federal Court (Bundesgerichtshof) on questions of restitution after Nazi persecution, especially regarding juridical regulations and proceedings for claims within the Federal law for restitution („Bundesentschädigungsgesetz”), professional damages and health damages following Nazi persecution, and the costs of emigration. The topics include: „Härteanträge c Paragraph 165 BEG“, „Berufsschaden, hier: Anfechtung eines Vergleichs“, „Auswanderungskosten in ausländischer Währung“, „Gesundheitsschaden, hier: Zusammentreffen von vMdE und nicht-vMdE“, „Paragraph 30 BRÜG“.