Case files of the United Restitution Organization - Los Angeles office
Extent and Medium
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155
Creator(s)
- United Restitution Organization
Archival History
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Acquisition
The URO is an American organization functioning as a liaison between Holocaust survivors and German reparations agencies. The inactive case files were transferred from their source, The United Restitutions Organization office, in Los Angeles, California, to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in July of 1990.
Scope and Content
Consists of approximately 2,166 inactive case files of Jewish Holocaust survivors who claimed restitution for suffering and damage resulting from persecution by the Nazis during the period 1933 to 1945. The cases contain information on life in Nazi occupied areas, conditions in concentration camps, and experiences of displaced persons and survivors during and following the Holocaust. Among the documents are sworn affidavits of witnesses, testimonies of the survivors (claimants), and indemnity claims against the German government.
System of Arrangement
Thematic by series and alphabetical thereunder
Corporate Bodies
- Jewish Restitution Successor Organization
- United Restitution Organization
Subjects
- Refugees.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Austria.
- Germany.
- United States.
- Poland.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
- Restitution and indemnification claims (1933-)
- Hungary.
- Holocaust survivors.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Genre
- Personal narratives.
- Document
- Case files.