Documentation regarding Jews, from Courts of Law in Westphalia

Documentation regarding Jews, from Courts of Law in Westphalia
 
 Decisions regarding the Todeserklaerungen (Declaration of Death) of Jewish victims, given in Courts of Law in Westphalia
 
 In the Collection are files including applications to Courts of Law in Westphalia for the recognition of death of local Jews who were deported to the East by the Nazis, and for whom no official Declaration of Death had been given. These applications (requests) were submitted in most part by the relatives of those who had perished, [and] who requested to receive claims for compensation from Germany. The files include the applications including details regarding those who perished and their deportation; correspondence with German authorities, in most part with municipalities and Population Registration offices, confirming the personal details of those who perished; copies of personal documents of those who perished, such as birth certificates and marriage certificates; testimonies that those who perished had been deported; decisions by the Court[s] of Law, and other correspondence
 
 This sub-collection includes the following Courts of Law:
 
 - Landgericht Arnberg
 JM/14910 (frames 178-248)
 - Landgericht Hagen
 JM/14910 (frames 249-363)
 - Landgericht Ahaus
 JM/14910 (frames 364-605)
 - Landgericht Bochum
 JM/14911 (frames 2-443); JM/14912 (frames 2-320)
 - Amtsgericht Ahaus
 JM/14911 (frames 444-473)
 - Amtsgericht Bochum
 JM/14914 (frames 68-212)
 - Amtsgericht Borken
 JM/14914 (frames 213-256)
 - Amtsgericht Coesfeld
 JM/14914 (frames 257-283)
 - Amtsgericht Grossau
 JM/14914 (frames 284-336)
 - Amtsgericht Hamm
 JM/14914 (frames 337-599); JM/14915 (frames 2-206)
 - Amtsgericht Oelde
 JM/14919 (frames 466-629)
 - Amtsgericht Hattingen
 JM/14920 (frames 222-234, 269-273)
 - Amtsgericht Bigge
 JM/14920 (frames 274-294); JM/14925 (frames 2-9)
 - Amtsgericht Iserlohn
 JM/14920 (frames 295-323)
 - Amtsgericht Schwerte
 JM/14923 (frames 48-138)
 - Amtsgericht Soest
 JM/14923 (frames 139-167)
 - Amtsgericht Witten
 JM/14923 (frames 394-408)
 - Amtsgericht Unna
 JM/14923 (frames 410-459)
 - Amtsgericht Vreden
 JM/14923 (frames 460-498)
 - Amtsgericht Wattenscheid
 JM/14923 (frames 499-515)
 - Verwaltungsgericht Arnsberg
 JM/14923 (frames 516-624).