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Sidney Stecher collection of restitution claim files

Document | Accession Number: 1995.A.0780 | RG Number: RG-28.014

Contains restitution case files for clients of Sidney Stecher. The case files contain personal information about Holocaust survivors including: place of birth, occupation, ghetto and concentration camp experiences, place of liberation, medical information, and attempts to receive restitution from the German government. Files also contain various documents dating from the 1930s and 1940s used as evidence in the claims process.

Date
inclusive:  1955-1970
Language
German
English
Genre/Form
Case files.
Extent
11 boxes

About This Document

Document Creator
Sidney Stecher
Biography
Sidney Stecher (1920-1972) was born in Köln, Germany in 1920. He immigrated to the United States in 1937, and served with O.S.S. during and after the Second World War. His law practice began in the mid-1950s in New York City and continued until his death in 1972.
System of Arrangement
The Sidney Stecher collection of restitution claim files is arranged in a single series by client name.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Holder of Originals
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Allan Jacobson donated the case files to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in May 1995.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing station. There are no additional access restrictions to this material.
Conditions on Use
Material(s) in this collection are protected by copyright and/or related rights, or contain sensitive personal information. Users may not share with a third party material that contains identifiable information of an individual (e.g., names, dates of birth, social security numbers, bank account information from the last 50 years, etc…) until 50 years after the last date in the file. The user is solely responsible for their use of this material.

 
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