United Restitution Organisation (URO) London – Administration Files.
Extent and Medium
486 files.
Creator(s)
- United Restitution Organisation
Scope and Content
This fonds contains documents produced by the URO office in London. One can find correspondence and material concerning Belgium in the file nr. 011a-b. “General. Restitution claims in countries outside Germany”, including Belgium (1947-1976); in the file nr. 268 “BRüG, BRüG XIX, Möbelaktion: Belgium BRüG § 5 claims” (1957-1966); in the file nr. 043a-b “Zones & other countries, URO Belgium” (1954-1968) and in the file nr. 161 “Claims Conference Brussels conference (March 7, 1964), Meeting of Senior Officers of the Claims Conference with URO representatives” (1961-1964).
Finding Aids
Inventory of the United Restitution Organisation (URO) London – Administration Files, The Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People Jerusalem (CAHJP), s.d. (In German and English).
Process Info
The EHRI project, in cooperation with the National Archives of Belgium, selected Holocaust-relevant archival descriptions from the finding aid G. DESMET & P. FALEK-ALHADEFF, P.-A. TALLIER (dir.), Bronnen voor de geschiedenis van de Joden en het Jodendom in België (19de-20ste eeuw) - Sources pour l'histoire des populations juives et du judaïsme en Belgique (19e-20e siècles), Brussel, Algemeen Rijksarchief, 2015. Please note that this guide focuses on Belgium-related archival materials in the respective descriptions.
Gertjan Desmet & Pascale Falek
This archival description was created in the framework of the cooperation between EHRI and the Yerusha project.
Subjects
- compensation
- Möbelaktion