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Restitution -- Germany

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 125 Collections and/or Records:

Wiedergutmachung Collection

 Collection
Identifier: LBIJER 337
Abstract

Various materials in 3 folders concerning Jewish claims and options of compensation for lost property after the end of War World II. Included are correspondence and various writings; minutes of meetings; as well as newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1939-1965

William Graetz Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 4121 / MF 567
Abstract

Personal documents of William Graetz, including military papers, and membership and identity cards. Records of ORT committees, minutes of executive committee meetings, correspondence and reports of the activities of ORT branches during the years 1926-1970 in Argentina, Bessarabia, Bolivia, Brazil, France, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, South Africa, Switzerland, and the USSR, also including letters from Leo Baeck. Records of the Jewish community of Berlin, in 1929 and 1930, including correspondence on juvenile care, financial reports, and meeting minutes. The following individuals are mentioned in this collection: Graetz, William; Baeck, Leo; Syngalowski, Aron; Lvovitch, David; Frumkin, Jacob; Sadler, Ilse.

Dates: 1915-1974

William Werner Bloch Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25619
Abstract

The William Werner Bloch Collection documents chapters in the life of William Werner Bloch, especially his involvement as an American soldier in World War II, as well as the history of his family and the claim for compensation against Germany after World War II.

Dates: 1918-1998; Majority of material found within 1933-1960

Wimpfheimer Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25907
Abstract

The collection holds the documents and correspondence of the Wimpfheimer family from Karlsruhe. The collection covers the Wimpfheimers’ emigration to Switzerland and later the United States as well as their restitution efforts regarding the family’s malting factory in Karlsruhe.

Dates: 1893-2016

Wulkan-Berger Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AR 25947
Abstract

The collection holds the personal documents of both the Wulkan and Berger families from Vienna. While most of the documents cover the time of emigration to the United States and Kenya, the collection also holds documents on the family’s life in Vienna before World War II. Much of the correspondence was written during the 1910s, 1920s, and early 1930s.

Dates: 1848-2020; Majority of material found within 1910s-1950s