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Records from legal battles and restitution claims of Albert (Leser) Lestoque and his two siblings, for family properties in the Plittersdorf section of Bonn, Germany. Also contains manuscripts and published versions of Lestoque's writings, including the manuscripts from lecture engagements, and materials from organizations as Citizens for Victory, the International Committee for the Study of European Questions and the German American Writers' Association (GAWA).

This series contains correspondence files which document Lestoque's dealings in regard to the Leser family properties in Germany. A large section of this series is comprised of the case files of attorney Robert Mand, Lestoque's legal representative in Germany, 1939-1943, who was responsible for dealing with the dissolution of the Leser family possessions after family members were forced to flee.