United Restiution Organization Misecellaneous Records

Organization for furtherance of Jewish restitution claims after World War II. http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3d5nd9wc Office files, correspondence, and mimeographed directives, relating to Jewish restitution claims against the West German government. Includes draft of a proposed revision of the German restitution law. The first three boxes contain a set of "URO Rundschreiben", nos. l-l500/67 dealing with indemnity regulations on the basis of health damage, loss of family, pension rights, employment discrimination, etc. The set is not complete, but missing numbers are carefully marked. The remaining three boxes contain office files, mimeo-graphed regulations and German legislative resitution proposals. The entire collection is useful in giving an overview of official restitution policies and of their application.