UNITED RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (URO).
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- Collection
- UNITED RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (URO).
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 110 metres of textual records. - 4 photographs. - 10 maps. - 7 artefacts.
- Fonds No.
- I0064
- Date
- 1927, [1953]- .
- Collection
- UNITED RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (URO).
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 110 metres of textual records. - 4 photographs. - 10 maps. - 7 artefacts.
- Date
- 1927, [1953]- .
- Fonds No.
- I0064
- History / Biographical
- The United Restitution Organization is a world-wide legal aid organization which assists those victims of Nazi persecution who otherwise would be unable to submit claims against the German and Austrian governments. The URO headquarters are in Frankfurt, Germany. Dr. Nahum Goldmann, President of the World Jewish Congress from 1948 to 1977, led the negotiations with Dr. Konrad Adenauer, West-German Chancellor, prior to the formulation and passing of the BEG (Federal Indemnification Law). In order to assist potential claimants, the URO was established in 1953. In Canada, the URO was founded in 1953 under the aegis of the Canadian Jewish Congress, with its head office in Montreal, offices in Toronto and Winnipeg, and facilities in Vancouver to assist applicants with the documentation of their claims. The URO offices in Vancouver and Winnipeg were closed in the 1970s. The Toronto office and the Montreal head office later closed as well. Claims assistance is now given to survivors in the context of these cities' Jewish federations in survivor assistance offices. The information in this collection constitutes a valuable resource for studies of the Holocaust period
- Custodial History
- In 1989 the URO Montreal office deposited non-current administrative records and settled cases in the National Archives of Canadian Jewish Congress. Additional non-current files were deposited in 1997, 1998, and 2000. Further accruals are expected.
- Notes
- The majority of the records are in German.Names of clients are restricted.There is a finding aid and computer listings.This is a semi-active collection which is added to at intervals - most recently in 1998. The fonds also contains Jewish money from Theresienstadt concentration camp (7 bills).
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Images
Settled Cases.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn418
- Collection
- UNITED RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (URO).
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 74 metres of textual records.
- Fonds No.
- I0064; A
- Scope and Content
- Settled Federal Indemnification Law (BEG) claims. Subdivided by case workers: Aa: Dr. Smulowicz; Ab: Dr. Star (Stahr); Ac and Ad: Mrs. Hiller; Ae: Dr. Saalheimer; Af: Additional files added 1997 - various cases workers; Ag: Additional Mrs. Hiller cases added 1997
- Collection
- UNITED RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (URO).
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 74 metres of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- Settled Federal Indemnification Law (BEG) claims. Subdivided by case workers: Aa: Dr. Smulowicz; Ab: Dr. Star (Stahr); Ac and Ad: Mrs. Hiller; Ae: Dr. Saalheimer; Af: Additional files added 1997 - various cases workers; Ag: Additional Mrs. Hiller cases added 1997
- Fonds No.
- I0064
- Series No.
- A
- Notes
- Additions to this series were made in 1997 and 1998.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Jewellery Cases.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn419
- Collection
- UNITED RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (URO).
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 3.7 metres of textual records.
- Fonds No.
- I0064; B
- Scope and Content
- Claims for jewellery and precious metals under the Federal Restitution Law (BRUEG), by Dr. Barber.
- Collection
- UNITED RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (URO).
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 3.7 metres of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- Claims for jewellery and precious metals under the Federal Restitution Law (BRUEG), by Dr. Barber.
- Fonds No.
- I0064
- Series No.
- B
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Equalization of Burden Law (LAG) Cases.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn420
- Collection
- UNITED RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (URO).
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 0.62 metres of textual records.
- Fonds No.
- I0064; C
- Scope and Content
- Claims for loss of immovable property, by Dr. Barber.
- Collection
- UNITED RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (URO).
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 0.62 metres of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- Claims for loss of immovable property, by Dr. Barber.
- Fonds No.
- I0064
- Series No.
- C
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Slave Labour.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn421
- Collection
- UNITED RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (URO).
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 0.77 metres of textual records.
- Fonds No.
- I0064; D
- Scope and Content
- Claims against Krupp Ag, I.G. Farben, and other factories, by Mrs. Hiller.
- Collection
- UNITED RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (URO).
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 0.77 metres of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- Claims against Krupp Ag, I.G. Farben, and other factories, by Mrs. Hiller.
- Fonds No.
- I0064
- Series No.
- D
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Household Goods Cases.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn422
- Collection
- UNITED RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (URO).
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 0.16 metres of textual records.
- Fonds No.
- I0064; E
- Scope and Content
- Claims for loss of household goods (BRUEG) in France, Belgium, Holland and Alsace-Lorraine, by Mrs. Hiller.
- Collection
- UNITED RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (URO).
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 0.16 metres of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- Claims for loss of household goods (BRUEG) in France, Belgium, Holland and Alsace-Lorraine, by Mrs. Hiller.
- Fonds No.
- I0064
- Series No.
- E
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Special Fund "SF" Cases.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn423
- Collection
- UNITED RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (URO).
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 5.67 metres of textual records.
- Fonds No.
- I0064; F
- Scope and Content
- BEG-SG (Final law) claims, subdivided as: Fa: Article V, which are BEG-SG Article V claims, for residents of Eastern Europe in 1953, handled by Dr. Barber; Fb: BEG-SG paragraph (150 claims), for German language and cultural groups; Fc: Article V claims; Fd: Article II claims. These different types …
- Collection
- UNITED RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (URO).
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 5.67 metres of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- BEG-SG (Final law) claims, subdivided as: Fa: Article V, which are BEG-SG Article V claims, for residents of Eastern Europe in 1953, handled by Dr. Barber; Fb: BEG-SG paragraph (150 claims), for German language and cultural groups; Fc: Article V claims; Fd: Article II claims. These different types of claims are explained in greater detail in the Finding Aid prepared in 1992.
- Fonds No.
- I0064
- Series No.
- F
- Notes
- Additions to this series (Fc and Fd were made in 1998).
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
General = Administrative files.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn424
- Collection
- UNITED RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (URO).
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 6.8 metres of textual records.
- Fonds No.
- I0064; G
- Date
- 1950-1989.
- Scope and Content
- URO correspondence, memos, statistics, reports and other general documents. Subdivided as materials from or about: Ga: Dr. Saalheimer; Gb: Dr. Stahr; Gc: Legal regulations; Gd: Mrs. Hiller. One group of files includes testimonies of witnesses regarding suspected war criminals resident in Canada (19…
- Collection
- UNITED RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (URO).
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 6.8 metres of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- URO correspondence, memos, statistics, reports and other general documents. Subdivided as materials from or about: Ga: Dr. Saalheimer; Gb: Dr. Stahr; Gc: Legal regulations; Gd: Mrs. Hiller. One group of files includes testimonies of witnesses regarding suspected war criminals resident in Canada (1960-1961)
- Date
- 1950-1989.
- Fonds No.
- I0064
- Series No.
- G
- Notes
- This material is mostly in English. Names in the witness files are restricted.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Discontinued Cases.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn425
- Collection
- UNITED RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (URO).
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 7.7 metres of textual records.
- Fonds No.
- I0064; H
- Scope and Content
- BEG claims that were discontinued, subdivided by case worker: Ha: Mrs. Hiller; Hb: Drs. Stahr and Barber; Hc: Dr. Smulowicz.
- Collection
- UNITED RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (URO).
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 7.7 metres of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- BEG claims that were discontinued, subdivided by case worker: Ha: Mrs. Hiller; Hb: Drs. Stahr and Barber; Hc: Dr. Smulowicz.
- Fonds No.
- I0064
- Series No.
- H
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Miscellaneous Cases.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn426
- Collection
- UNITED RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (URO).
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 3.4 metres of textual records.
- Fonds No.
- I0064; I
- Scope and Content
- Other BEG claims. subdivided as: Ia: Vancouver, Ottawa, Toronto files; Ib: Mrs. Hiller's remaining files
- Collection
- UNITED RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (URO).
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 3.4 metres of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- Other BEG claims. subdivided as: Ia: Vancouver, Ottawa, Toronto files; Ib: Mrs. Hiller's remaining files
- Fonds No.
- I0064
- Series No.
- I
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Russian Cases.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn427
- Collection
- UNITED RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (URO).
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 3.4 metres of textual records.
- Fonds No.
- I0064; J
- Scope and Content
- Claims by former Russian citizens, made after 1981. (Previously the German government had refused these any eligibility, declaring any suffering the result of Russian actions.) Claims by Drs. Stahr and Barber
- Collection
- UNITED RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (URO).
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 3.4 metres of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- Claims by former Russian citizens, made after 1981. (Previously the German government had refused these any eligibility, declaring any suffering the result of Russian actions.) Claims by Drs. Stahr and Barber
- Fonds No.
- I0064
- Series No.
- J
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
Visual Materials.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn428
- Collection
- UNITED RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (URO).
- Description Level
- Series
- Fonds No.
- I0064; K
- Scope and Content
- Ka: Maps, especially of concentration camp locations, Poland, etc.; Kb: photographs; Kc: Jewish money from Theresienstadt.
- Collection
- UNITED RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (URO).
- Description Level
- Series
- Scope and Content
- Ka: Maps, especially of concentration camp locations, Poland, etc.; Kb: photographs; Kc: Jewish money from Theresienstadt.
- Fonds No.
- I0064
- Series No.
- K
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
United Restitution Organization = Addition.
https://www.cjhn.ca/link/cjhn429
- Collection
- UNITED RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (URO).
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 13 metres of textual records.
- Fonds No.
- I0064; L
- Date
- 1953c-1999.
- Scope and Content
- 39 additional boxes of client files and about half a dozen publications on restitution. The files include Russian, BEG, FEB, Austria and Article 2 claims.
- Collection
- UNITED RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (URO).
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- 13 metres of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- 39 additional boxes of client files and about half a dozen publications on restitution. The files include Russian, BEG, FEB, Austria and Article 2 claims.
- Date
- 1953c-1999.
- Fonds No.
- I0064
- Series No.
- L
- Custodial History
- This collection was stored in the URO offices in the Canadian Jewish Congress Samuel Bronfman House (SBH) building. The transfer was made at the time of URO's move to smaller quarters outside SBH
- Notes
- P00/05.German, Russian, and English.Client confidentiality.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
UNITED RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (URO) = Addition 2001.
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- Collection
- UNITED RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (URO).
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- Env. 1 metres of textual records.
- Fonds No.
- I0064; M
- Date
- 1960c-2001.
- Scope and Content
- 4 file card boxes containing approximately 8 000 cards for BEG settled cases. Some cards are duplicated in the white and pink series, and neither is complete. They contain information not entered on CJC computers. 1 metal box (approx. 14" by 6" by 5") containing a few hundred cards referring to Win…
- Collection
- UNITED RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (URO).
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- Env. 1 metres of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- 4 file card boxes containing approximately 8 000 cards for BEG settled cases. Some cards are duplicated in the white and pink series, and neither is complete. They contain information not entered on CJC computers. 1 metal box (approx. 14" by 6" by 5") containing a few hundred cards referring to Winnipeg survivor restitution cases. We have been informed that the associated case files have been discarded.
- Date
- 1960c-2001.
- Fonds No.
- I0064
- Series No.
- M
- Custodial History
- This addition was donated by URO via Charlotte Freedman. It was donated at the time of the closing of the URO Montreal office, as files are being taken over by the Federation staff.
- Notes
- P01/add and P01/addURO.The cards are restricted.The cards provide information about outcome of cases and contact numbers with clients.
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
CASE FILES.
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- Collection
- UNITED RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (URO).
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- Env. 1 metres of textual records.
- Fonds No.
- I0064; N
- Date
- 1950-2003.
- Scope and Content
- 1 metre of additional case files (BEG, ArtII, Hiller, Verschl, Russian, etc.).
- Collection
- UNITED RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION (URO).
- Description Level
- Series
- Physical Description
- Env. 1 metres of textual records.
- Scope and Content
- 1 metre of additional case files (BEG, ArtII, Hiller, Verschl, Russian, etc.).
- Date
- 1950-2003.
- Fonds No.
- I0064
- Series No.
- N
- Custodial History
- This collection was donated by Paula Wajnberg at the time of the closing of the Montreal office
- Archival / Genealogical
- Archival Descriptions
- Repository
- Canadian Jewish Archives
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