Interpretive Guide to the United Restitution Organization Claims Files
This link
leads you to an independant website developed by the Canadian
Jewish Congress CC National Archives (now called the Alex Dworkin
Canadian Jewish Archives) as a guide to understanding
Holocaust indemnification claims documents such as those found in
the files of the United Restitution Organization.
The United Restitution Organization (URO) was founded in 1948 to
provide legal aid to Holocaust survivors who sought restitution or
compensation from the German government after World War II. The
closed North American case files of the URO are now located in
archives in Montreal, Quebec and Washington, DC. They are a rich
source of information about the experiences of Holocaust survivors
both during and after the war.
The guide is intended to serve as a resource for:
- Archives and survivor assistance offices
- Survivors or family of survivors carrying out personal
research
- Survivors or family of survivors who are making further
claims
- Academic researchers and others interested in the subject.
Link here to the Interpretive Guide to
the United Restitution Organization Claims Files, located at
http://www.cjarchives.ca/archives/uro/.