United Restitution Organization (URO)

The file contains 18 circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt) ranging between July and September 1962. The circulars include the following issues: no. 1015, no. 1013, no. 1008, no. 1007, no. 1010, no. 1006, no. 1005, no. 1002, no. 1001, no. 1000, no. 998, no. 997, no. 992, no. 990, no. 989, no. 988, no. 987, and no. 979.They mainly deal with recent court judgements on questions of restitution, especially regarding newly established juridical regulations on currency conversion, on insurances, and on claims for restitution for Nazi persecution in Austria, Romania and Italy (“Ferramonti”). One case also deals with the persecution of Sinti and Roma. Furthermore, this file contains various cases of claims for professional disadvantages following the Nazi persecution (“Berufsschaden”). Among the topics are, for example: "Wiedereinsetzung", "Österreich", "Versicherungsschaden", "Wiedereinsetzung für Rumänienfälle", "Schaden an Leben", "Zigeuner", "Kaufkraft des US Dollars", "Judenverfolgung in Italien, Ferramonti".