URO Buenos Aires, United Restitution Office

Identifier
irn47118
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.83
  • RG-72.012M
Dates
1 Jan 1953 - 31 Dec 1966
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
  • English
  • Spanish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn47118

Extent and Medium

16,755 digital images, JPEG

14 microfilm reels, 35 mm

Archival History

Yiṿo in Argenṭine

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Yiṿo in Argenṭine (Fundación IWO). The original records were donated to the Fundacion IWO by the Delegación de Asociaciones Israelitas Argentinas(daia).

Scope and Content

Contains records relating to the activities of the Buenos Aires office of the United Restitution Organization (URO), the legal aid society for claimants outside Germany for restitution and compensation.

System of Arrangement

Reel 1-13 are client restitution files arranged alphabetically by name A-Z; Reel 14 contains administrative records by year from 1953 to 1966.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Yiṿo in Argenṭine

Corporate Bodies

  • United Restitution Organization
  • Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Claims--Argentina--Buenos Aires.
  • Restitution and indemnification claims (1933-)
  • Holocaust survivors--Legal status, laws, etc.--Argentina--Buenos Aires--Registers.
  • Buenos Aires (Argentina)--Politics and government.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Reparations.

Genre

  • Document
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