Tag: Holocaust Restitution
After latest legislation on stolen Jewish property, it’s time to cut ties with Poland’s...
Poland is awash in anti-Semitism, and it is the government in Warsaw that is setting the hateful tone amid the worst breakdown in Polish-Jewish relations since the fall of Communism more than 30 years...
US Supreme Court rules against Holocaust victims’ heirs in Nazi-era disputes
In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday against the heirs of Holocaust victims seeking to recover their families’ art treasures and other property seized by Nazi Germany in the 1930s.
The...
Following restitution deal, Luxembourg premier pledges to fight anti-Semitism
Following an agreement signed on Wednesday by the government of Luxembourg to compensate Holocaust survivors, return looted art and restitute dormant bank accounts, Prime Minister Zavier Bettel told Israel Hayom that the fight against anti-Semitism is not over.
“It...
Luxembourg to compensate Holocaust victims
The Luxembourg government is set to sign a historic agreement on Wednesday to pay reparations to Holocaust survivors, return Jewish property to its rightful owners and preserve the history of the local Jews who...
US Supreme Court to hear two cases related to Holocaust restitution
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear two cases on Dec. 7 related to the issue of Holocaust restitution.
The court will decide if the United States has the jurisdiction, in accordance with the 1976 Foreign Sovereign...
88 US senators call on Poland to pay Holocaust victims for property stolen by...
A bipartisan group of 88 U.S. senators signed a letter on Monday to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, asking him to “act boldly and with urgency to help Poland resolve this issue comprehensively” of compensating...
Rethinking restitution: A case for Jewish dignity
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki recently asserted that his government would never agree to pay restitution for property stolen from Jews during the Holocaust. This is in stark contrast to other European Union states,...
Holocaust Survivor receives restitution 75 years later and donates funds to Jewish nonprofit
At 85 years old, Betty, a Holocaust survivor, can recall the horrific images she witnessed at the age of nine years old.
Her father, was removed from their home in France and taken by the...
Warsaw mayor to testify in Jewish property restitution probe
Warsaw’s city mayor and other officials will be summoned this month to testify before a special state commission investigating questionable restitution of private property that was seized under communism, the deputy justice minister said...