ERICFile: an information bulletin published twice each year that contained news of the ERIC system, information about services and products, and anorderform for publications.
Into the chaos, the fumbling in the dark, anorder is imposed as people form circles around performers, a troupe of acrobats, jugglers and escape artists, a comedian, a group of musicians, a story-teller... this is trial by public jury: if the performance falls flat, the tricks fail to amuse or the stories to amaze, the crowds move on.
The author was asked to find out how much Jewish-owned property there was, and in what form it had been held, in order to establish an upper bound for the amount that might have been transferred to supposed safety in Switzerland.