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An archive containing hundreds of document files with testimonies of holocaust survivors, from the estate of attorney Miklosh (Mordechai) Stern. Israel, 1960s-70s. Hebrew, German and Hungarian.
The files contain many documents reflecting a diverse correspondence with law and health authorities which was conducted while handling claims for compensation by holocaust survivors according to the "Victims of Nazi Persecution Act 1957". In many of the files appear first and second hand testimonies about their lives during the holocaust and its consequences regarding their medical condition.
Several files contain personal documents (such as identification documents) from the war period or
right after the war. Most files examined imply a suspicious attitude on the part of the committee as far as the survivors' claims that their serious medical condition was caused by Nazi persecution, and some files contain appeals on the committee's decision according to which the ailments of the survivors were not caused by Nazi persecution. Also mentioned is the fact that during negotiations about reparations from Germany, Israel cancelled the right of its citizens, holocaust survivors, to be compensated and in several cases survivors were requested to return the reparation money which they have already received. Some files contain reparation claims from Germany.
Many of the files in this archive pertain to survivors of Hungarian or Romanian origin.
Hundreds of documents (in 11 cases). Fair-good overall condition. The collection was not thoroughly examined and it is possible that it contains claims from later years and in other languages.