Established in 1948 the United Restitution Organisation (URO) was an international organisation under private law. Its remit was to provide legal aid service for the restitution claims of victims of the Nazi persecution living outside Germany.
For information about the eyewitness testimony collection and access to the compiled reports see the <a href"https://wiener.soutron.net/Portal/Default/en-GB/RecordView/Index/7105">Eyewitness Testimony Collection.
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Documenting a close cooperation and the process of mutual gathering and dissemination of information, the correspondence deals with various issues. Recurring subjects are: restitution related information requests on general or regional aspects of the Nazi persecution and expropriation of Jews, for instance in Italy or Hungary; the acquisition and exchange of books and other source material related to the Nazi era, for example documents on Adolf Eichmann (1961-63); short discussions of current political affairs, like the public activities of economist and former Nazi minister of economics Hjalmar Schacht, whom Alfred Wiener had met in 1933 (1959). Briefly mentioned is the sending of an eyewitness account for The Wiener Library’s eyewitness testimony project (1954).
Correspondence with United Restitution Organization (URO) - Office Frankfurt am Main