We (http://www.avotaynu.com/)have established a database of Holocaust-era Jewish names.
If you recognize the name of a relative, you or someone in your
family may be an heir to unclaimed Holocaust-era assets.
The database comes from two sources. One is the list of unclaimed
Swiss bank accounts released by the Swiss government.
They are identified with a Code of "S".
These names usually include the city and country where the account
was opened.
The second list comes from a collection at the Austrian State Archives
in Vienna.
They are identified with a "A" Code.
The Austrian files include ALL assets, including possible Swiss
bank accounts, as well as insurance policies and other holdings.
When the Germans occupied Vienna in 1938, they required all Jewish
residents to complete a detailed declaration of valuables, including
bank accounts, insurance policies, real estate, art, etc. These
declarations constitute the files held in the Vienna archives. Our
source provides only the given name, family name and date of birth.
Swiss Banks
As the German government confiscated assets from Jews
in many countries, they deposited some of the proceeds in
Swiss banks.
Consequently, almost any Jew (or their heirs)
who lost assets or suffered during World War II may have a
claim to the $1.25 billion compensation fund established by
the Swiss banks.
The deadline for filing preliminary claims
was October 22, 1999 but there may be additional opportunities
for filing in the future.
On November 22, 1999, a "fairness
hearing" will be held in U.S. federal court in Brooklyn, New
York, to determine if this suit may proceed.
If it is permitted,
then further details will be announced.
Please note that all deadlines to file claims relating to the Swiss Banks Settlement have expired (2015).
NOTE UPDATE AS OF MAY 16, 2017: A small sample of case summaries for members of Slave Labor Class I can be accessed here (Jewish victims) and here (Roma, Jehovah’s Witness, homosexual and disabled victims).
Sample Entry
|Surname, Given Name | Birth Date | Code | Town, Country|
|Haag, Marie Albertine | 24.09.1914 | S | Ingwiller,France
|
If you find a name that matches the first name+last name
of your relative, and can identify a matching birthdate, you
have located your relative on the index.
Click on the name
to obtain your family's asset registry.
If you find a name,
in addition to getting your family asset registry, be sure
to get information about claims
against Austrian banks.
The deadline for filing the claim was May 31, 2000. By December 2000, 60,000 claims had been received, of which 20,000 have been processed.
List of Porges,
Porjes, Porjesz
Porges, Alexander
26.07.1867
A
Porges, Anton
28.06.1894
A
Porges, Anton
21.05.1895
A
Porges, Armin
07.09.1909
A
Porges, Arthur
19.11.1878
A
Porges, Berta
17.03.1884
A
Porges, Berta
11.05.1886
A
Porges, Dory
25.05.1913
A
Porges, Elfriede
15.03.1893
A
Porges, Emil
28.01.1864
A
Porges, Emilie
17.05.1889
A
Porges, Ernestine
06.01.1865
A
Porges, Ernst
15.11.1879
A
Porges, Ferdinand
02.11.1863
A
Porges, Franz
27.04.1892
A
Porges, Friederike
12.08.1883
A
Porges, Fritz
14.06.1907
A
Porges, Gertrud
11.04.1911
A
Porges, Hans
20.12.1895
A
Porges, Hans
20.11.1905
A
Porges, Hermann
01.08.1881
A
Porges, Hermine
04.03.1871
A
Porges, Johann
30.04.1917
A
Porges, Johanna
17.01.1853
A
Porges, Leopoldine
15.12.1871
A
Porges, Marie
17.08.1901
A
Porges, Mathilde
10.07.1868
A
Porges, Max
18.06.1884
A
Porges, Michael
19.12.1873
A
Porges, Olga
24.04.1882
A
Porges, Otto
01.04.1879
A
Porges, Paul
19.06.1896
A
Porges, Paula
20.06.1873
A
Porges, Paula
13.10.1912
A
Porges, Pauline
01.09.1875
A
Porges, Regina
02.01.1901
A
Porges, Richard
06.11.1870
A
Porges, Siegfried
04.09.1889
A
Porges, Theresia
11.04.1870
A
Porges, Walter
28.10.1887
A
Porges-Portheim, Alexander
08.10.1894
A
Porges-Portheim, Olga
25.09.1896
A
Porjes, Ferdinand
A
Porjes, Gabriele
02.12.1894
A
Porjes, Ilona
05.07.1896
A
Porjes, Oskar
24.06.1889
A
Porjesz, Heinrich
17.02.1882
A
Porjesz, Isidor
11.03.1870
A
Porjesz, Kurt
23.08.1914
A
Porjesz, Leopold
06.09.1897
A
Porjesz, Otto
10.04.1908
A
SEZNAM
Here a list of people whose property was confiscated
by the occupation authorities in the territory of the so-called
Protectorate. It is a copy of what was retrieved from both Gestapo
and the Central Association for Private Insurance in the Protectorate
documents, which were sent to insurance companies during the 1940-1944
period.
The insurance companies were obliged to report
back to the Property Office, or the Gestapo, concerning insurance
policies of people who were on the list. In the case of life insurance,
policies were confiscated and their cash value was transferred to
occupation authorities.
According to our findings the list is not complete.
We know that quite a large group of people is missing
- mainly those whose property was confiscated by the Office for
Jewish Emigration. This computerized version of the list is one
of the results of the group working on holocaust-era insurance,
which has been wirking on it since May 1998.
A list of people whose property was confiscated
by the occupation authorities in the territory of the so-called
Protectorate.
