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Poland remains the only country of the former Soviet bloc that still has not passed any Nazi-era property restitution legislation. Its prime minister, Donald Tusk argues that to do so now would bankrupt Poland, and he has pushed off discussions on proposed restitution legislation until after the fall’s parliamentary elections. While we continue to wait on [...]  Susan Beer was just 19 when she was tossed into a Budapest prison during WWII. It was there that Susan Beer she saw another young woman, dressed in fatigues, doing what appeared to be jumping Jacks in her cell. Susan would encounter this woman again in the prison’s courtyard and find out that she was a [...] Every survivor has a unique story. Beyond the numbers and dollars of the Claims Conference’s work are individuals, who one by one have their lives changed in ways big or small by our negotiations, compensation programs, and allocations for social services. We make it a priority to have Claims Conference staff regularly meet with individual [...] In 2007 the Hungarian government formed the “Joint Interministerial Committee” (JIC) to deal with unclaimed Jewish property. Last week was its first meeting. I was in Budapest to attend. This meeting was a long time in coming, and the result of our tireless efforts to bring the Hungarian government to the table to engage in [...] |
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