Jewish Restitution Successor Organization

The Jewish Restitution Successor Organization Inc. (JRSO, also IRSO) was founded in 1947 in New York by various American and international Jewish organizations.[1] Originally, it was incorporated on May 15, 1947, as the Jewish Restitution Commission, but in 1948 changed its name to the Jewish Restitution Successor Organization at the request of American military authorities.[2]

  1. ^ Jewish successor organizations entry in the Jewish Virtual Library
  2. ^ Staff Report, Executive Summary (December 2000). "The Jewish Restitution Successor Organization". Restitution of Victims' Assets. Presidential Advisory Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States. Chapter V. Retrieved December 22, 2012.