Selected records from the District Office of Liquidation in Kielce Okręgowy Urząd Likwidacyjny w Kielcach (Sygn. 336)

By virtue of the decree of March 8, 1946 regarding abandoned and deserted properties, the Main Office of Liquidation seated in Łódź was established, as well as the District Office of Liquidation (OUL) in all provinces, including the Kielce province. Its objective was: 1) to protect abandoned property untill it was taken over by authorities or authorized persons. 2) To manage and compile an inventory of abandoned and deserted properties. 3) To lease and let the above mentioned properties. 4) To sell the estate when the cost of its maintenance was inadequately high compared to its value. The OUL in Kielce had two branch offices in Radom and Częstochowa and district offices operating in counties.

Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Państwowe w Kielcach, Poland, Sygn. 336. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the digitized collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in Jan. 2016. This is a cooperative project based on the agreement between USHMM and Yad Vashem, Israel.