Lessmann, Leo Isaak, residing in Tel Aviv, Israel, reparations file. · URO Personal Files: Cataloging Large Archival Collections with AI

File: URO-TA-Pers-2295
ID: 997013170236105171
Title: Lessmann, Leo Isaak, residing in Tel Aviv, Israel, reparations file.
Main applicants and victims of persecution: Lessmann (née Sengelmann), Julie (Julchen, Ernestine), 1868-1946, victim, relative; Lessmann, Leo (Isaak), 1891-, URO applicant, heir
Genres: Administrative records; Letters (correspondence); Questionnaires; Court decisions and opinions; Receipts (financial records); Financial records; Personal document
Years: 1957-1968
Content: Leo Isaak Lessmann, residing in Tel Aviv, Israel, emigrated from Berlin in March 1939 and sought compensation for harm to belongings, specifically the 25% share of the goodwill of the firm M. Lessmann K.G., previously belonging to his mother, Julie Lessmann geb. Sengelmann. A settlement was reached for the firm under §§ 142 to 148 BEG, granting a compensation of DM 34,000, which was paid out in installments, including a final payment of DM 13,600 in May 1968 to Julie Lessmann's heirs. The case was handled by the United Restitution Organization (URO) offices in Tel Aviv and Berlin.
Additional biographic data on victims of persecution: Lessmann (née Sengelmann), Julie (Julchen, Ernestine), born 07.12.1868 in Hamburg (Germany), died 18.11.1946 in London (United Kingdom), citizenship: German, former profession: branch manager.; Lessmann, Leo (Isaak), born 13.10.1891 in Hamburg-Altona (Germany), citizenship: German, former profession: publisher.; Bachmann (née Lessmann), Gertrud (Trude), born 13.12.1892.; Gottschalt (née Lessmann), Sophie, born 17.06.1895/17.06.1896.
Other related individuals: Bental, O., URO employee; Döhring, URO employee; Fröhlich, URO employee; Hamburger, URO employee; Hoffmann, Olga, URO employee; Kemp, URO employee; Knopf, Harry, URO employee; Krüger, German legislative; Levy, URO employee; Rosenbaum, Fritz, URO employee; Rothschild, URO employee; Strauss, URO employee; Wolff, Werner, legal advisor; Rubin (Lessmann), Marek (Max), relative; Bachmann (née Lessmann), Gertrud (Trude), 1892-, victim, heir; Gottschalt (née Lessmann), Sophie, 1895-, victim, heir
Related categories: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) — Reparations; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) — Economic aspects; Jewish property — Germany; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) — Germany; World War, 1939-1945 — Deportations from Germany
Languages: German; Hebrew
Related places: Hamburg (Germany); London (United Kingdom); Hamburg-Altona (Germany); Berlin (Germany); Tel Aviv (Israel); Netherlands
Additional notes: Contains biography.; Contains family tree of the Lessmann family.
Related organizations: URO Berlin; URO Tel Aviv
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