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  Feit (née Schulz), Jehudith, residing in Tel Aviv, Israel, reparations file.

  Jehudith Feit, residing in Tel Aviv, Israel, seeks restitution for precious metal items and jewelry seized in Mościska, Poland, in August and October 1942. The items belonged to her parents, Jehuda Schulz and Ester Schulz, who went missing following their deportation to Belzec concentration camp. The applicant's siblings, Frieda Gold (née Schulz), Fanny Brod (née Schulz), Hermann Schulz, and Regina Schiffmann (née Schulz), also went missing in 1942. Jehudith Feit emigrated to Palestine in 1935. She was granted a hardship compensation of 2,400 DM for precious metal items in accordance with § 44a of the Federal Restitution Law (BRÜG). The case was handled by the United Restitution Organization (URO) offices in Tel Aviv and Berlin.
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  Ekerling (née Tyras), Fradel, residing in Tel Aviv, Israel, reparations file.

  Fradel Ekerling from Tel Aviv, Israel, filed a restitution claim for precious metal items and jewelry surrendered in 1940 in Krakow, Poland, by her parents, Abraham and Anna Tyras. Her mother, Anna Tyras, perished in the Bochnia Ghetto in 1942. Her siblings, Regina Tyras, Mosche Tyras, and Mordechai Tyras, also perished during the persecution, along with the spouses and children of Mosche and Mordechai. The claim was jointly filed with her surviving brothers, Ignatz Tyras and Leo Tyras, both residing in New York, USA. Fradel Ekerling survived the persecution and married her second husband, Menachem Groder, in Germany in 1946 before immigrating to Israel. The applicants were granted a hardship compensation (Härteausgleich) of DM 2,400 in 1972, in accordance with § 44a of the Federal Restitution Law (BRÜG). The United Restitution Organization (URO) offices in Tel Aviv, Berlin, and Munich were involved in the case.
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  Sender, Zwi, residing in Ramat Gan, Israel, reparations file.

  Zwi Sender, residing in Tel Aviv, Israel, sought compensation for harm to profession and health due to Nazi persecution. Before the persecution, he lived in Vienna and moved to Kaschau (Košice) in 1933, where he worked as a car mechanic until 1939. After his father lost his job due to persecution, the family moved to Budapest, from where Zwi emigrated to Palestine in April 1940. He lived in Palestine until 1942, then in New York until late 1948, returning to Israel in 1949. Following Zwi Sender's death on August 9, 1964, his widow Sara Sender continued the claims for herself and their children, Stanley and Rachel. After Sara's death around June 1975, their children, Simon Sender and Rachel Beth Halachmi, along with Zwi's mother, Rosa Sender, pursued the case. The United Restitution Organization (URO) offices in Tel Aviv, Frankfurt/Main, Berlin, and New York were involved in the case.
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  Scherek (née Reich), Elisabeth, residing in Tel Aviv, Israel, reparations file.

  Elisabeth Scherek residing in Tel Aviv, Israel, seeks compensation for harm to profession on behalf of her late husband Gabriel Leo Scherek, who was forced to give up his law practice in Berlin and worked for the Keren Hajessod from 1934 to 1939. Compensation is also sought for harm to liberty suffered by Dr. Scherek, who was arrested by the Gestapo in Baden-Baden in 1937 and held in investigative custody for ten weeks on high treason charges before the case was dropped. Restitution is also sought for precious metal items, and compensation is also sought for harm to health and for insurance policies. Elisabeth Scherek (née Reich, formerly Gonsior), born in Posen (now Poznań, Poland), moved to Berlin in 1920. Her son Heinz Gonsior emigrated to London in 1939. Her husband Gabriel Leo Scherek, emigrated to Palestine in March 1939. Dr. Gabriel Leo Scherek received compensation of DM 340 for harm to liberty for his 68 days of investigative custody in 1937. For harm to his profession, he received a lump-sum payment of DM 7,200 and a monthly pension of DM 600 starting November 1, 1953. In 1961 Scherek received DM 14,050 for damage to property and assets. After his death, his heirs, Elisabeth Scherek and Alfred Scherek, received DM 7,975 in restitution for relinquished precious metals on behalf of their mother, Rebecca Scherek. In 1967, a settlement granted Elisabeth Scherek a widow's pension of DM 250 per month, starting from January 1, 1963, based on her husband's employment with a Jewish organization. The case was handled by the United Restitution Organization (URO) offices in Tel Aviv, Cologne, Berlin, and Jerusalem, with involvement from the Advisory Committee for Pension Claims of Jewish Community Employees, a body of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany.
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  Borinski, Anneliese, residing in Kibbutz Maayan Zwi, Israel, reparations file.

  Anneliese Aloni, née Borinski, residing in Kibbutz Maayan Zwi, Israel, sought compensation for harm to profession, which was loss of employment as a teacher for the Jewish Community in Berlin. Before the war, she worked as a children's nurse in Altona and Hamburg and completed her teacher training in Berlin in 1939. Subsequently, she was forced to work in the Umschulungslager (retraining camps) Ahrensdorf and Neuendorf and was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp on April 19, 1943, where she remained until its evacuation in January 1945. After escaping a death march near Leipzig in April 1945, she was taken to Buchenwald and then brought to Switzerland with a Red Cross children's transport in June 1945, before immigrating to Palestine. The file documents a protracted legal dispute regarding her pension payments under § 31d of the BWGÖD, culminating in a Federal Administrative Court ruling on March 25, 1971, that child allowances could not be deducted. The United Restitution Organization (URO) offices in Tel Aviv, Cologne, and Berlin, along with the Delegation der Kibbuzverbände in Israel, were involved in her case.
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  Nachmann (née Nawratzly), Margot, residing in Chibat Zion, Israel, reparations file.

  Margot Nachmann, née Nawratzly, residing in Chibat Zion, Israel, seeks compensation for harm to profession, stemming from her dismissal in September 1933 from her position as a bookkeeper and secretary at the Reichskuratorium für Technik in der Landwirtschaft in Berlin, Germany. She emigrated from Germany to Palestine (now Israel) in 1935. Her claim for a pension under the BWGÖD was rejected on April 25, 1957, because her former employer was deemed a registered association and not a public law corporation. However, she received an advance payment of 8,000 DM for harm to her profession under the BEG. The case was handled by the United Restitution Organization (URO) offices in Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Berlin.
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  Kremin (née Laub), Frieda, residing in Bne Brak, Israel, reparations file.

  Applicant Frieda Kremin, née Laub, residing in Bnei Brak, Israel, seeks compensation for harm to profession and harm to health suffered during the Nazi era. She emigrated from Berlin to Palestine in 1934 due to Nazi persecution. Finding it difficult to adjust, she returned to Germany in 1937 but was forced to leave again after two months and went back to Palestine. A decision on March 24, 1964, granted her a capital payment of DM 1,440 for health issues recognized for the period from January 1, 1934, to December 31, 1939, with a 25% reduction in earning capacity, based on §§ 28 ff. BEG. An initial payment of DM 540 was made, with DM 900 withheld pending a decision on her professional harm claim. For the claim for harm to profession, the authorities proposed a settlement of a minimum pension of DM 100 per month starting from January 1, 1963. The United Restitution Organization (URO) offices in Tel Aviv and Berlin handled the case. The Irgun Olej Merkas Europa provided a certificate of need for the applicant.
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  Peleg (Tawszunski), Chaim, residing in Givataim, Israel, reparations file.

  Chaim Peleg, residing in Givataim, Israel, seeks restitution for precious metal items and jewelry seized during the Nazi era in autumn 1941 in Eišiškės, previously belonging to his parents, Leib (Arie) Tawszunski and Feiga Tawszunski née Jurkanski, who perished in autumn 1941 in Eišiškės during the persecutions. The applicant emigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1937. He was granted a hardship compensation of 2,400 DM for the seizure of jewelry and precious metal items, in accordance with § 44a of the Federal Restitution Law (BRüG). URO Tel Aviv and URO Berlin were involved in the case.
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  Leibowitz (Goldberg), Arie, residing in Tel Aviv, Israel, reparations file.

  Arie Leibowitz, residing in Tel Aviv, Israel, seeks compensation for harm to life suffered in the Nazi era by his father, Aron Goldberg, a lawyer who went missing in late 1944 after being in the Lemberg Ghetto. His paternal aunt, Frieda Goldberg, went missing during the war. His maternal uncle, Ilja Armarnik, perished in a concentration camp shortly before the end of the war. The applicant, Arie Leibowitz, was born in Krynica, Poland, on March 17, 1945. After the war, he lived with his mother in Czechoslovakia and later in a DP camp in Germany before immigrating to Israel in August 1947. He agreed to a settlement of DM 20,000, which was later rejected by the defendant. The applicant's lawyer, in a motion dated August 7, 1969, requested a monthly pension of DM 450 starting from July 1, 1968. A hardship compensation application was also filed for the applicant under § 171 BEG. URO offices in Munich, Tel Aviv, Haifa, and London, as well as the Jewish Agency for Palestine, were involved in the case. The case proved difficult due to familial disputes between Aries mother Sonia-Sofia Leibowitz and the family of her first husband Aron Goldberg.
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  Tamari (née Schneider), Hadassa, residing in Assereth, Israel, reparations file.

  Hadassa Tamari, residing in Assereth, Israel, sought compensation for harm to health and harm to profession suffered due to Nazi persecution, which led to her emigration from Germany to Palestine in 1933. Before emigrating, she worked as a shop assistant in Düsseldorf. After her arrival in Palestine, she lived in a kibbutz until 1946, performing heavy agricultural and quarry work, and later ran a small farm with her husband. Following her death on May 12, 1968, her husband Yeshai Tamari and children Schaj Tamari, Ruth Armosa, and Eytan Lifschitz continued the claim as her heirs. On October 26, 1965, Hadassa Tamari was awarded a capital compensation of DM 40,000 for harm to her profession. She later elected to receive this as a pension. The restitution process was handled by the United Restitution Organization (URO) offices in Tel Aviv and Cologne, with the URO London office also involved.
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  Roeder, Richard, residing in Jerusalem, Israel, reparations file.

  Dr. Richard Roeder residing in Jerusalem, Israel, sought compensation for harm to profession due to his forced retirement as a city doctor (Stadtarzt) in Berlin by the Nazi regime. He also sought compensation for harm to liberty suffered, having been held in forced residence in Saint-Rambert-d'Albon, France, from February 1, 1941, to July 5, 1945. Following his death on February 25, 1953, his widow, Hedwig Roeder, continued the claim as his heir, together with their two daughters, Mirjam Shapira and Hilde Hirston. Hedwig Roeder was appointed the sole beneficiary and successfully obtained her late husband's pension back payments, a death benefit, and her own widow's pension. The compensation was granted under the German Federal Law for the Restitution of Public Service Personnel living abroad (BWGÖD). The case was handled by the United Restitution Organization offices in Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem, and Berlin, with involvement from the Jewish Agency for Palestine in Munich.
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  Nadel, Kurt, residing in Petah Tikva, Israel, reparations file.

  Dr. Kurt Nadel, residing in Petah Tikva, Israel, seeks compensation for harm to his profession. He was dismissed from his position at the 'Wohnungsfürsorge-Gesellschaft Berlin m.b.H.' on June 30, 1933, because he was Jewish. Following Dr. Kurt Nadel's death, his son, Gad Nadel, continued the correspondence with the URO. The case was handled by the URO offices in Tel Aviv and Berlin, and the United Restitution Office of the Irgun Olej Merkaz Europa was also involved.
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  Ravina (née Pollak), Ella, residing in Prague, Czech Republic, Czech Republic, reparations file.

  Ella Ravina, née Pollak, a former piano teacher from Prague, Czechoslovakia, residing in Tel Aviv, Israel, sought compensation for harm to liberty, harm to profession, and harm to health. During the Nazi era, she was forced to wear the Yellow Badge from September 19, 1941, to January 30, 1942, before being deported to Theresienstadt ghetto, and subsequently to Auschwitz, Oederan, and Flossenbürg concentration camps, where she was liberated. After the war, she returned to Prague and worked as a music teacher before immigrating to Israel in 1949. Ella Ravina also sought compensation for harm to life suffered by her husband, Karl Pollak, who was deported to Auschwitz and then to the Dachau/Kaufering concentration camp, where he perished on March 9, 1945. Based on a court settlement classifying her late husband in the higher civil service category, she was awarded a capital compensation of DM 9,468 for the period from January 1, 1949, to December 31, 1951, of which DM 2,268 was paid after deductions. Her widow's pension was terminated on December 31, 1951, due to remarriage, but was reinstated at DM 422 per month following her divorce on August 8, 1961, with a back payment of DM 4,220. This was later adjusted to DM 380 per month. For her own persecution, she received DM 5,850 for 39 months of imprisonment and DM 600 for wearing the Yellow Badge. For health issues, based on §28 and §29 BEG, she was granted a capital compensation of DM 10,596.80, a pension back payment of DM 18,630, and a monthly pension of DM 210 starting from October 1962. The case involved correspondence between the United Restitution Organization (URO) offices in Tel-Aviv, Frankfurt/Main, Berlin, and New York, with a social report from the Irgun Olei Merkaz Europa. Contains mention of piano.
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  Heilpern (née Tuerk), Ernestine, residing in Tel Aviv, Israel, reparations file.

  Ernestine Heilpern residing in Tel Aviv, Israel, seeks compensation for harm to health, freedom, and professional advancement during the Nazi era. Before the persecution, she lived a comfortable life in Bielitz, Poland, married to Dr. Ludwig Heilpern, a textile factory co-owner. She fled Bielitz on August 31, 1939, and after a nearly three-year journey through Lemberg, Lithuania (Vilna), Moscow, and Athens, she arrived in Palestine as an illegal immigrant in April 1941. In Israel, she faced significant adaptation difficulties and could not work due to health issues. Her mother, Caecilie Tuerk (née Darmstaedter), and her youngest brother were murdered by the Nazis. Her eldest brother, a doctor, went missing along with his wife and children. Based on the Federal Compensation Law (BEG), she was awarded a capital compensation of DM 4,166.40 for the period from January 1, 1940, to December 31, 1947, as per a decision from June 27, 1962. Following a court process, a settlement was reached on May 7, 1968, awarding her an additional DM 8,000. The United Restitution Organization (URO) offices in Tel Aviv, Frankfurt/Main, and Berlin were involved in handling the case.
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  Schwarz, Kasriel, residing in Safaria, Israel, reparations file.

  Kasriel Schwarz, a farmer and trader from Hrusiatycze, Poland, residing in Safaria, Israel at the time of his application, sought compensation for harm to liberty suffered during the Nazi era. This included being forced to wear the Jewish badge and perform forced labor in Hrusiatycze from July 1941 to December 1942, internment in the Bobrka ghetto from December 1942 to April 1943, and living in hiding from April 1943 until liberation in July 1944. After the war, he was in the Wetzlar DP camp from 1946 until his emigration to Israel in 1949. The applicant also sought compensation for harm to health, citing injuries from an accident during forced labor and general health deterioration. Following Kasriel Schwarz's death on August 14, 1962, his heirs, including his widow Troina (Theresa) Schwarz and children Zwi Schwarz, Anczel Schwarz, and Sara Bizbin, continued the claim. Compensation was also sought for the harm to life suffered by the applicant's daughters, Jocheweth Schwarz, born in 1915, and Minzia Schwarz, born in 1918, who both perished during the Holocaust. Jocheweth Schwarz was reportedly shot and killed in Hrusiatycze in the summer of 1944. This part of the claim was later withdrawn. Kasriel Schwarz was awarded a capital compensation of DM 13,034.56 for the period from July 1, 1944, to October 31, 1953, and a monthly pension of DM 250 from November 1, 1953, which increased to DM 300 from January 1, 1961. The case involved correspondence between the URO offices in Frankfurt/Main, Tel Aviv (MILTAM), and New York. The Irgun Oleh Merkas Europa (IOME) in Tel Aviv also participated by providing a certificate of indigence.
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  Kellner (née Westfried), Sara, residing in Tel Aviv, Israel, reparations file.

  Sara Kellner, residing in Tel Aviv, Israel, sought compensation for harm to liberty suffered during her internment in Atlith from January to March 15, 1940, following her forced emigration from Kežmarok, Czechoslovakia in 1939. Compensation was also sought for harm to profession and health suffered as a consequence of persecution. Her four brothers were murdered in Auschwitz. Following her death on November 9, 1976, her heirs likely continued the claim. She received a compensation payment of DM 5,000 for harm to health and a monthly pension of DM 200 for harm to profession under § 156 BEG, retroactive to November 1, 1958. The URO offices in Tel Aviv, Frankfurt/Main, and Berlin were involved in the case.
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  Kellner, Sara (née Westfried), residing in Tel Aviv, Israel, reparations file.

  Sara Kellner from Tel Aviv, Israel, sought compensation for harm to health due to persecution, which included forced emigration from Czechoslovakia in 1939, illegal immigration to Palestine as part of the Aliyah Bet, and internment in the Atlith camp until March 1940. Compensation was also sought for harm to life due to the death of her first husband, Ernst Bendikowski, and for harm to her profession as a corset maker. Her four brothers perished in the Auschwitz concentration camp. For harm to life, she was awarded 13,376 DM, and for harm to profession, a monthly pension starting at 200 DM, later increased to 250 DM. The United Restitution Organization (URO) offices in Tel Aviv and Frankfurt am Main were involved in the case. After Sara Kellner's death on November 9, 1976, her heir, Gerschon Kellner, continued the claim.
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  Gross, Walter, residing in Tel Aviv, Israel, reparations file.

  Dr. Walter Gross residing in Tel Aviv, Israel, seeks compensation for harm to profession due to his dismissal from his position as an editor at the "Jüdische Rundschau" in Berlin, Germany. Born in Stettin, Germany Gross was employed by the Zionist Association for Germany (ZVfD) from October 1933. In the summer of 1938, he was assigned to the "Jüdische Rundschau". His employment was terminated on November 22, 1938, following the November pogroms (Kristallnacht). He then worked for the Palestine Office in Berlin before emigrating in March 1939. Previously, the applicant received a capital compensation of DM 40,000 for professional damages under the BEG. He also received a one-time capital compensation of DM 20,000 as a settlement for his pension claims under § 31d BWGÖD. The URO offices in Tel Aviv and Cologne were involved in handling the case.
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  Auslender, Fani Frida (née Weiss), residing in Bne Brak, Israel, reparations file.

  Fani Frida Auslender, residing in Bnei Brak, Israel, seeks compensation for precious metal items and jewelry seized in 1944 upon arrival at the Auschwitz concentration camp. The items belonged to herself, her parents Jeno Weiss and Rifka Weiss (née Salomon), and her siblings Mosche, Breindl, and Mirjam Weiss. The entire family was deported from Nagyecsed, Hungary, in June 1944. Her parents and the three named siblings perished in Auschwitz in 1944. Her sister, Ida Judit Filip (née Weiss), was a co-claimant and survived. Before the war, Fani worked as a seamstress. After the war, she married Esriel Auslender in 1947 in Pocking, Germany, and immigrated to Israel on May 25, 1949. On August 21, 1974, the Oberfinanzdirektion Berlin granted a joint hardship compensation of 2,220 DM under § 44a of the Federal Restitution Law (BRüG). The case was handled by the URO offices in Tel Aviv and Berlin.
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  Rosenfeld, Ruth, residing in Kiryat Amal, Israel, reparations file.

  Dr. Ruth Rosenfeld of Kiryat Amal, Israel, seeks compensation for harm to her profession, specifically for her dismissal from public service at the Rudolf-Virchow-Krankenhaus in Berlin, and for harm to belongings, including lost luggage, a broken ticket, and damaged medical instruments during her emigration. The United Restitution Office in Tel Aviv and the Jewish Agency for Palestine in Munich were involved in handling the case.
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  Thaler (née Philipsohn), Golda, residing in Tel Aviv, Israel, reparations file.

  Golda Thaler, residing in Tel Aviv, Israel, seeks compensation for harm to profession regarding her employment as a secretary at the Zionist Organization for Germany and the Palestine Office in Berlin, which was terminated due to her emigration under Nazi persecution in December 1933. Prior to this, she worked at the Eschkol-Verlag while attending the Berliner Abend-Gymnasium, but had to leave school in April 1933 due to increasing antisemitism, abandoning her plans to become a statistician. A specific persecution incident occurred in July or August 1933, when Nazi officials disrupted a Zionist meeting and harassed her, which prompted her immediate decision to emigrate to Palestine on December 23, 1933. After her arrival, she worked as a youth group leader, joined Kibbutz Givath Brenner, was employed by the Haavarah organization, and from 1940 to 1945, worked for the Hitachduth Olej Germania. Under her BEG claim, she received DM 35,000 for harm to profession and DM 5,000 for harm to education. For her claim under § 31d BWGÖD, she accepted a one-time settlement of DM 10,000 in November 1968. The United Restitution Organization (URO) offices in Tel Aviv and Cologne handled the case.
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  Jancovici, Leon and Jancovici (née Sin Mosche), Ana, residing in Ramat Gan, Israel, reparations file.

  Leon Jancovici, residing in Ramat Gan, Israel, seeks compensation for harm to liberty suffered, as he was forced to wear the Yellow Badge in Botoșani, Romania, from August 1941 to April 1944. His wife Ana Jancovivi suffered the same persecution measures in Botoșani. Born in Botoșani on December 16, 1929, he lived there until he emigrated to Israel in 1959. Based on a decision from March 24, 1969, he was granted aid under Art. V of the BEG Final Act (BEG-Schlussgesetz), consisting of a basic amount of 1,000 DM. The case was handled by the URO offices in Tel Aviv and Cologne.
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  Nusinowicz (née Sztajman), Regina, residing in Rishon LeZion, Israel, reparations file.

  Regina Nusinowicz, residing in Rishon LeZion, Israel, sought restitution for precious metal items and jewelry seized from her parents, Mordka Sztajman and Czarna Sztajman née Katzman, who were killed in Auschwitz in 1944. A hardship compensation of 2,400 DM was granted jointly to the heirs in accordance with § 44a of the Federal Restitution Law (BRÜG). Restitution was also sought for items seized from Regina, her first husband Chaim Grynbaum, who was killed during the Holocaust, and their children, Ester and Ezriel-Eddie Grynbaum, in Łódź and Auschwitz in 1939/1942 and 1944. Her brother, Chaskel Sztajman, and his wife were also killed during the Nazi persecution. URO offices in Tel Aviv and Berlin were involved in the case. Contains mention of art (paintings).
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  Offenberger (née Abraham), Hildegard, residing in Haifa, Israel, reparations file.

  Hildegard Offenberger, residing in Haifa, Israel, sought compensation for harm to profession due to her dismissal as a nurse from the Ambulatorium of the Krankenkassenverband in Berlin, emigrating to Palestine in May 1933. She also sought restitution for household items and compensation for loss of pension rights under the Federal Law for the Compensation of Public Service Employees (BWGÖD). A capital compensation for professional harm and a further DM 2,958 were awarded in 1960, and her restitution claim for household items resulted in an award of DM 9,677 in 1959. Her BWGÖD claim was rejected by the court on April 2, 1958, arguing her employment would have ended anyway due to the non-discriminatory closure of the outpatient clinics. The case was handled by the United Restitution Organization (URO) offices in Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Berlin.
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  Jankelewicz (née Wiszniewska), Dora, residing in Jaffa, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, reparations file.

  Dora Jankelewicz (née Wiszniewska), residing in Jaffa, Israel, seeks restitution for precious metal items and jewelry, fur coats, and household items seized during the Nazi era. The assets previously belonged to her parents, Wolf-Leib Wiszniewski and Ester Wiszniewski (née Alexander). Her father perished in Warsaw in 1940, and her mother perished during transport in 1940. The United Restitution Organization (URO) offices in Tel Aviv, Munich, and Berlin, along with MILTAM in Tel Aviv, participated in the case.