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O.20 - Max Lowenthal Collection: Department for Jewish Restitution in Germany, Headquarters of the US Forces, US Occupation Zone in Germany, January-April 1947

O.20 - Max Lowenthal Collection: Department for Jewish Restitution in Germany, Headquarters of the US Forces, US Occupation Zone in Germany, January-April 1947 Postwar documentation regarding the restitution of Jewish cultural property looted during World War II; in the US Occupation Zone in Germany. Documentation regarding the incorporation of the Jewish Restitution Commission.

File Number : 23

Type of Material : Document(s), Telegram, Correspondence, Official Documentation, Draft, Letter(s)

O.20 - Collection of Max Lowenthal who served in the Department for Jewish Restitution in Germany, Headquarters of the US forces in the US 0ccupation Zone in Germany

O.20 - Collection of Max Lowenthal who served in the Department for Jewish Restitution in Germany, Headquarters of the US forces in the US 0ccupation Zone in Germany Max Lowenthal was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1888; a graduate of Harvard Law School, an attorney and a lifelong public servant; he served as an advisor and personal friend of President Harry S. Truman. In 1946, General Lucius D. Clay, the Deputy Governor of the US Military Government in Occupied Germany, asked various representatives of American Jewish organizations to suggest an advisor who could help Clay in drafting legislation...

Type of Material : Survey Report, Official Documentation

Language : English

O.20 - Max Lowenthal Collection: Documentation regarding, primarily, the draft Restitution Law from 23 September 1946

O.20 - Max Lowenthal Collection: Documentation regarding, primarily, the draft Restitution Law from 23 September 1946 Page 2: Brief note by Max Lowenthal, (probably 1946); Pages 3-6: Teletype message from the Office of Military Government of the United States (OMGUS) in the US Occupation Zone in Germany, Berlin Department, addressed to the US War Department, concerning the question of restitution of unclaimed or unidentifiable Jewish cultural and religious property, 16 October 1946; Pages 7-8: Memorandum from the American Jewish Conference, addressed to Max Lowenthal, concerning the Jewish...

File Number : 9

Type of Material : Telegram, Correspondence, Protocol, Draft, Laws and Decrees, Document(s), Statistics, Official Documentation, Letter(s)

Language : English, German

O.20 - Max Lowenthal Collection: Documentation regarding the draft Restitution Law, 09 April 1946-13 August 1947

O.20 - Max Lowenthal Collection: Documentation regarding the draft Restitution Law, 09 April 1946-13 August 1947 The file contains: Pages 2-8: Letters of introduction for Max Lowenthal, from Robert Patterson, US War Department, addressed to the US Forces Generals Joseph T. McNarney, Mark Clark and Lucius D. Clay at the Office of Military Government of the United States (OMGUS) in the US Occupation Zone in Germany, 09 April 1946-09 August 1946; Page 9: Invitation by the American Jewish Conference to a luncheon in honor of General Hilldring, addressed to Max Lowenthal, 13 August 1946; Pages...

File Number : 8

Type of Material : Document(s), Official Documentation, Correspondence, Laws and Decrees, Draft, Letter(s)

O.20 - Max Lowenthal Collection: Daily activity reports (personal notes), probably written by Max Lowenthal, 08-11/08/1946

File Number : 7

Type of Material : Protocol, Official Documentation

O.20 - Max Lowenthal Collection: Letter of introduction and recommendation for Max Lowenthal addressed to a US Army General, 09/08/1946

File Number : 6

Type of Material : Letter(s), Official Documentation

Language : English

O.20 - Max Lowenthal Collection: Petition (possibly written by Max Lowenthal) addressed to James F. Byrnes, US Secretary of State, in which he appeals for a direct and immediate implementation of the "Pro-emigration-to-Palestine" policy, referring to a statement by US President, Harry S. Truman, 04 June 1946 Petition addressed to James F. Byrnes, US Secretary of State, appealing for direct and immediate implementation of President Truman's "Pro-emigration-to-Palestine" policy statement, from 04 June 1946; the policy would permit 100,000 Jewish displaced persons in Europe to emigrate to Mandatory Palestine...

File Number : 5

Type of Material : Letter(s), Official Documentation, Telegram

Language : English

O.20 - Max Lowenthal Collection: Correspondence, memos and reports by Max Lowenthal with the Office of Military Government of the United States (OMGUS) in the US Occupation Zone in Germany, the US War Department, the American Jewish Conference and other Jewish organizations, regarding questions of Jewish property restitution, including a reference to a draft Restitution Law, August 1947

File Number : 4

Type of Material : Draft, Correspondence, Protocol, Letter(s), Official Documentation

Language : English

O20 - Max Lowenthal Collection: Correspondence of Max Lowenthal with the Office of Military Government of the United States (OMGUS) in the US Occupation Zone in Germany and the World Jewish Congress, regarding the Restitution Law in the US Occupation Zone in Germany, November-December 1947

File Number : 3

Type of Material : Correspondence, Letter(s), Official Documentation

Language : English

O.20 - Max Lowenthal Collection: Documentation regarding the draft of a Restitution Law and the establishment of the term "genocide" in International Law, December 1944-April 1947

O.20 - Max Lowenthal Collection: Documentation regarding the draft of a Restitution Law and the establishment of the term "genocide" in International Law, December 1944-April 1947 This file contains: Pages 2-3: Handwritten note from Professor Raphael Lemkin to Max Lowenthal, 22 September 1946; Page 4: Letter from Max Lowenthal, regarding a draft Restitution Law, 26 September 1946; Page 5: Letter from Eugene Klein, Office of Military Government of the United States (OMGUS) in the US Occupation Zone in Germany, Office of US Chief of Counsel, Berlin Branch, addressed to Max Lowenthal, 23...

File Number : 24

Type of Material : Official Documentation, Letter(s), Draft, Newspaper Clippings, Correspondence, Reports, Newspaper, Protocol

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