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- 1940-1958 (Creation)
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c 350 frames
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Biographical history
The United Restitution Office was founded in 1948 by an initiative of the Council of Jews from Germany. This organisation persuaded the main representative organisations of Jews in Britain, USA and France to set up offices in their respective countries to deal with claims for restitution from the German government especially from poorer claimants who were without the means to do it alone.
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Archival history
A report dated 22 July 1958, filmed at the beginning of the collection, states that the material was gathered under the supervision of J.J. Jacobson of the American Joint Distribution Committee in Paris.
GB 1556 WL 544 1940-1958 Collection level c 350 frames United Restitution Office
The United Restitution Office was founded in 1948 by an initiative of the Council of Jews from Germany. This organisation persuaded the main representative organisations of Jews in Britain, USA and France to set up offices in their respective countries to deal with claims for restitution from the German government especially from poorer claimants who were without the means to do it alone.
A report dated 22 July 1958, filmed at the beginning of the collection, states that the material was gathered under the supervision of J.J. Jacobson of the American Joint Distribution Committee in Paris.
United Restitution Office
The copy correspondence and papers in this collection document the systematic theft of Jewish property following the ransacking of Jewish lodges, libraries and archives; the subsequent confiscation of all art works in Jewish hands throughout Europe and their dispatch to Germany in special trains; and the plunder of the homes of Jews deported to the East collectively known in Germany as 'Möbelaktion'.
The material was gathered chronologically together in one volume and paginated. The legibility of many of the documents is poor.
Open
Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
German
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Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
Wiener Collection, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Entry compiled by Howard Falksohn. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. October 2007 Wars (events) Antisemitism Civil and political rights Human rights Human rights violations International conflicts Jews Nazism Political doctrines Racial discrimination Religious groups Right to property Third Reich Totalitarianism United Restitution Office War World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945)
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United Restitution Office
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Scope and content
The copy correspondence and papers in this collection document the systematic theft of Jewish property following the ransacking of Jewish lodges, libraries and archives; the subsequent confiscation of all art works in Jewish hands throughout Europe and their dispatch to Germany in special trains; and the plunder of the homes of Jews deported to the East collectively known in Germany as 'Möbelaktion'.
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System of arrangement
The material was gathered chronologically together in one volume and paginated. The legibility of many of the documents is poor.
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Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Copies can be made for personal use. Permission must be sought for publication.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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German
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Finding aids
Description exists to this archive on the Wiener Library's online catalogue www.wienerlibrary.co.uk.
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- Interethnic relations » Ethnic discrimination » Antisemitism
- Civil and political rights
- Human rights
- Human rights violations
- International conflicts
- Religious groups » Jews
- Political doctrines » Totalitarianism » Nazism
- Political doctrines
- Religious groups
- Civil and political rights » Right to property
- Political doctrines » Totalitarianism
- International conflicts » War
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English