While pursuing his MLS, Robert Lebowitz (GSLIS ‘24), continued working part-time assisting Holocaust survivors in obtaining reparations for their wartime experiences. In the course of this work, Robert began searching through archival collections in order to find documentation to prove his clients’ claims. After encountering both the excitement and the frustration of this research, Robert enrolled in LBSCI 710: Applied Research in Information Studies with a focus on how archival resources can be better utilized to establish reparations claims. Together, he and Dr. Johnathan Thayer developed a plan of study to systematically investigate this topic. Robert reviewed literature on the history of several key repositories of Holocaust-era records, compared their organizational structures, and corresponded with archivists. The results highlight the political, economic and social issues that arise in utilizing archives for reparations research and also offered reflections on how both researchers and archivists might approach the issue going forward, as racial and ethnic groups press countries to make amends for historical injustice through financial redress.