The Jewish Trust Corporation (JTC) was established in 1950 in the former British zone of occupation in northwest

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as a Jewish body to pursue claims for the restitution of heirless property of murdered persons and dissolved organizations that had been pursued on racial grounds under the

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regime. It was based on the model of the

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, which had been established in the American zone in 1948. By the end of 1967, the JTC had recovered about 169,500,000 DM (approx. $42,375,000), and it wrapped up its operations by 1980. Many of the JTC's records are held by the Central Archive for the History of the Jewish People.Jewish Trust Corporation (JTC) – London (Main Office) – Administration Files
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