Selected records of the Office of Revendication in Warsaw Biuro Rewindykacji w Warszawie (Sygn.287)
Extent and Medium
4,143 digital images, PDF
Creator(s)
- Biuro Rewindykacji i Odszkodowa? Wojennych
Biographical History
Biuro Rewindykacji i Odszkodowań Wojennych (Office of Revindication and Compensation) was established on May 28, 1945 at the request of the Minister of Industry, as the internal organizational unit of the Ministry of Industry. Initially, the task of this Office was to recover the Polish property, exported by the Germans, and to implement of compensation for the losses of war, incurred by individual industrial plants. Pursuant to the resolution of the Council of Ministers of January 10, 1946. The office was transferred to the Central Planning Office, and by order of the Minister of Industry and Trade of November 8, 1948 it was transferred to the Ministry of Industry and Trade - as the Revindication Office. At the beginning of 1949 the Office's tasks were broadened, which was reflected in its name: UNRRA Office for Recovery Affairs. Pursuant to the provisions of the resolution of the Council of Ministers of March 8, 1949, the office became part of the Ministry of Foreign Trade, under the name Office of Revindication and UNRRA Affairs, Recovery and Relief. In 1945-1949, there were foreign offices of the Office (in Berlin, Vienna, Prague), later incorporated into the branches of the Ministry of Industry and Trade. The decision to liquidate the Office was made on October 24, 1950.
Archival History
Archiwum Akt Nowych
Acquisition
Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Source of acquisition is the Archiwum Akt Nowych, Poland, Sygn. 287. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in December 2017. Note: This is a cooperative project based on the agreement between USHMM and Yad Vashem, Israel.
Scope and Content
Requests of Poles for reparation for forced labor, submitted to the Association of Poles in Lübeck, press releases concerning war damages, materials related the criminal activity of the Haupttreuhandstelle Ost (Central Trust Office "East") and German companies (Georg Bunder) in the General Governorship (GG) in 1939-1945; organizational sketch of the Haupttreuhandstelle Ost, revindication reports, certificates, correspondence (1947).
System of Arrangement
Selected records arranged in three series: 1. Questionnaires related to request for reparation, 1945 (Organized in alphabetical order by last names); 2. Clippings related to war damages; 3. Reports, correspondence and other materials related to the criminal activities of the Haupttreuhandstelle OST (Central Trust Office "East") and German companies, 1939-1947.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych
Corporate Bodies
- Germany. Haupttreuhandstelle Ost
- United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Subjects
- Germany--Foreign relations--20th century.
- Polish people--Crimes against--Poland--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Poland.
- Poland.
- Nationalist -- Associations, institutions, etc.
- Forced labor--Germany--History--20th century.
- Germany
- World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage--Poland.
- Executive departments.
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Lübeck (Germany)
Genre
- Questionnaires.
- Document
- Certificates.
- Reports.
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Correspondence.