Metadata: URO archives
Collection
- Country:
- Belgium
- Holding institution:
- Jewish Museum of Belgium
- Holding institution (official language):
- Musée Juif de Belgique
- Postal address:
- Miniemenstraat 21 / Rue des Minimes 21, 1000 Bruxelles
- Phone number:
- +32 (0)2 512 19 63
- Web address:
- http://www.new.mjb-jmb.org
- Email:
- info@mjb-jmb.org
- Reference number:
- JM-Brussels-URO
- Title:
- URO archives
- Title (official language):
- Fonds URO
- Creator/accumulator:
- United Restitution Organisation
- Date(s):
- 1910/1959
- Extent:
- 5 boxes
- Scope and content:
- This fonds consists of documents concerning 72 cases of individual compensation, dealt with directly by Alexander Philipsborn, as well as law firm documents. They mainly include correspondence, requests for payments and compensation, and applications for official recognition as refugee. (See boxes 12 to 14)
- Archival history:
- The URO archives were transferred to the COREF after the dissolution of the Belgian section in 1959.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The United Restitution Organisation (URO) was founded in London in 1948 for the purpose of helping victims of the Nazi regime in their efforts to obtain compensation and restitution of looted goods. Several offices composed of experts and lawyers were established in Germany, Austria and other countries where applicants had found refuge. The head office of the URO was situated in Frankfurt am Main, other offices were created in various other countries. A Belgian branch was set up in 1954 thanks to the determination of Alexander Philipsborn. Its offices were located in the rue du Congrès 55 in Brussels. This section was closed in 1959 following the departure of Philipsborn to the United Kingdom. (J. Mlsova Chmelikova, “L’expérience d’un réfugié marque pour toute la vie. Trois fonds d’archives du Musée Juif de Belgique”, MuséOn, no. 1, April 2009, pp. 58-67.)
- Access, restrictions:
- Access requires the authorisation of the archivist of the Jewish Museum of Belgium.
- Finding aids:
- There is a preliminary inventory of the Jewish Museum of Belgium.
- Yerusha Network member:
- State Archives of Belgium