Jewish Restitution Successor Organization Collection 1948 - 1973 Bulk dates: 1950 - 1959

This collection contains documents concerning restitution cases for individuals from North Rhine Westfalia and Bavaria and indemnification claims for destroyed synagogues in Hessen, Germany. Memoranda among JRSO and its member institutions, as well as financial reports, can be found in this collection.Restitution claims for individuals and communities include those of Altenstadt, Himbach, Muehlheim/Ruhr and Schotten.Jewish Restitution Successor Organization Collection, LBI-NY/MF 271; originals on deposit at JRSO.The Jewish Restitution Successor Organization (JRSO) was incorporated in 1947 and “aided in the relief, rehabilitation and resettlement of Jewish victims of Nazi persecution” (Report, pg 4.). JRSO comprised the following organizations: Agudas Israel World Organization, American Jewish Committee, American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Anglo-Jewish Association, Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Sueddeutschen Landesverbaende Juedischer Gemeinden, Board of Deputies of British Jews, The Central British Fund for Jewish Relief and Rehabilitation, Conseil Représentatif des Juifs de France, The Council of Jews from Germany, The Jewish Agency for Israel, Jewish Cultural Reconstruction Corporation and World Jewish Congress.Some of JRSO’s activities included the recovery of heirless property, monetary claims filed against the German government, pensions and hardship funds, restitution of communal property, indemnification claims for destroyed synagogues and communal property, recovery of cultural objects, maintenance of abandoned cemeteries and legal aide. Funds obtained from restitution and indemnity claims were allocated to other service organizations: Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI), American Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) and Council of Jews from Germany.Saul Kagan & Ernst Weissmann, Report on the operation of the Jewish Restitution Successor Organization (1947-1972), New York, 1973.Processeddigitize