Social Security Papers of the Spiegel Family

The collection contains primarily documentation about pension payments for Norma Ruth Spiegel and her son Alan Jay Spiegel. Box 1, Folders 1 and 2 mainly contain papers relating to the widow’s and waif’s pensions received by Norma and Alan Spiegel from Entschädigungsamt Berlin (Berlin Compensation Office) as beneficiaries of their husband and father Siegmund Spiegel, who was persecuted by the Nazis. In addition, Box 1, Folder 1 contains a confirmation from 1952 regarding Sigmund and Norma Schlusselberg’s change of their surname to Spiegel.

Also included are certificates that document income, education and training, health insurance and medical records, as well as information on the social security earnings of Siegmund Spiegel. Box 2, Folders 5 and 6 contain information and correspondence regarding the ”International Agreement on Social Security between the Federal Republic of Germany and the United States”, which became effective in the year 1979. Legal correspondence was conducted primarily with the family’s economic advisor, Dr. Werner Feilchenfeld.