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Biographical/historical note: Caroline Wolsey Ferriday was an executive with
L‘Association Nationale des Anciennes Déportées et Internées de la Résistance (ADIR),
headquartered in Paris. Many Polish survivors of the Nazi medical experiments at
Ravensbrück received monetary compensation from the German government as the result
of Ferriday‘s efforts to obtain restitution for the so-called ―lapins.‖ Ferriday also
encouraged friends in the British medical establishment to pressure German medical
authorities for the revocation of Dr. Herta Oberheuser‘s license to practice. Oberheuser
was a Ravensbrück physician responsible for many of the experiments on the ―lapins.‖
Oberheuser resumed her medical practice as a pediatrician after her release from
imprisonment for crimes against humanity. Her medical license was finally revoked in
1960.
Languages: Polish, English, French, German 1952–1983 (1952–1963 bulk)
2 linear feet
Source of Acquisition: National Archives and Records Administration, College Park,
MD.
Finding aid: Partial box list
RG-28.014 --- Sidney Stecher Collection of Restitution Claim Files
This collection contains restitution case files for Sidney Stecher‘s clients. The case files
contain personal information about Holocaust survivors, and include place of birth,
occupation, ghetto and concentration camp experiences, place of liberation, medical
information, and attempts to receive restitution from the West German government. The
files also contain various 1930s and 1940s documents that were used as evidence in the
claims process.
Provenance: Upon Sidney Stecher‘s death, the case files became the property of his
stepmother, Sara Stecher. Upon the death of Mrs. Stecher, the files became the property
of Sara Jacobson, Sidney Stecher‘s sister. Upon the death of Sara Jacobson, the files
became the property of her son, Allan Jacobson.
Language: English Ca. 1933–1970
55 linear inches
Source of Acquisition: Allan Jacobson
Finding aid: List of claims files arranged alphabetically by the claimant name is filed in
Box 1 of the collection; file level control
Restrictions: Due to the private nature of the claims files, access is restricted for 75 years
from the date of their donation; access before the year 2071 will be granted to researchers
presenting a death certificate for a claimant.
See the finding aid for this collection: RG-28.014