The author provides the first legal-historical analysis of the restitution law provisions of the Soviet Occupation Zone and the GDR from 1945 onwards. These were aimed at returning property - seized or "aryanised" between 1933 and 1945 - that was formerly owned by Jewish communities, and which was of central importance for their revival.
AlexanderTsyganov's ground-breaking work draws on extensive archival sources to provide the first legal-historical analysis of the restitution law provisions of the Soviet Occupation Zone and the GDR from 1945 onwards. These were aimed at returning property - seized or "aryanised" between 1933 and 1945 - that was formerly owned by Jewish communities, and which was of central importance for their revival and continued existence following the Nazi regime's devastating rule.
Alexander Tsyganov
Geboren 1993; Studium der Rechtswissenschaften in Heidelberg, Fribourg und Lausanne; 2019 Erste Juristische Prüfung; 2021 Zweite juristische Staatsprüfung am OLG Karlsruhe sowie verwaltungswissenschaftliches Ergänzungsstudium an der Deutschen Universität für Verwaltungswissenschaften; 2025 Promotion; Rechtsanwalt in Düsseldorf.
Gelenkte Restitution Rückgabe Archivforschung Arisierung Besatzungsrecht DDR Eigentumsrückgabe jüdische Gemeinden Körperschaftsstatus Nachkriegszeit NS-Unrecht Rechtsnachfolge SBZ Vermögensentzug