United Restitution Organization (URO)

The file contains 18 circulars (“Rundschreiben”) by the United Restitution Organization (Frankfurt), ranging between April and July 1963. The circulars include the following issues: no. 1127, no. 1126, no. 1125, no. 1124, no. 1121, no. 1120, no. 1118, no. 1114, no. 1112, no. 1110, no. 1106, no. 1104, no. 1099, no. 1098, no. 1097, no. 1096, no. 1093, and no. 1092. They mainly deal with recent court judgements on questions of restitution, especially regarding newly established juridical regulations, and cases of claims for professional disadvantages following the Nazi persecution (“Berufsschaden”), as well as recent judgements regarding the definition of the term “Vertriebener” by taking the example of the claims by Josef Tauber, the status of refugees, the changes of nationality, and the claims of Austrian citizens. Among the topics are the following: "Versorgungsbezüge aus unzumutbarer Tätigkeit und Bemessung des Hundertsatzes von Renten", "Tragweite der Rechtskraft des Urteils", "Wirksamkeit der Verzichtserklärung", "Anspruchsberechtigung österreichischer Staatsbürger", "Neufestsetzung der Rente", "Begriff des Vertriebenen", "Sterntragen", "Rückständige Rentenbeträge", "Schaden an Leben", "Flüchtlings-Eigenschaft (französische Staatsbürgerschaft)", "Schaden an Leben".