26.04.2013 (Ocala.com, AP) -- TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A bill that would allow the state to seek restitution for property and money Nazi's took from Holocaust victims during World War II is on its way to Gov. Rick Scott.
State Comptroller's Database To Aid Holocaust Heirs
(2013) 05.04.2013 (The Jewish Week, written by Stewrt Ain) -- New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli has created a new link on his website to help the heirs of Jewish Holocaust victims claim money in the state’s unclaimed funds database.
Czech govt. signs financial settlement contracts with churches
(2013) 22.02.2013 (ČTK) -- Czech PM Petr Necas signed today contracts with 16 churches and religious communities on financial settlement on behalf of the government in spite of the opposition´s protests and the fact that the Constitutional Court (US) has not yet ruled on three complaints against the law.
Pilot Project for Holocaust Survivors Goes Nationwide
(2013) 03.01.2013 (www.IsraelNationalNews.com) -- The Company for Location and Restitution of Holocaust Survivor Assets will launch a nationwide program in 2013 to ease the loneliness and isolation of the survivors.
Holocaust restitution hits gridlock at forum
(2012) 5.12.2012 (Will Tizard, praguepost.com) -- Returning real estate seized by Nazis an uphill battle for claimants
Holocaust restitution making little headway in E. Europe, Poland seen as worst offender
(2012) 2.12.2012 (Dinah Spritzer, JTA, USA) Prague -- In 1988, Yehuda Evron received a memorable letter from Lech Walesa, the first post-communist president of Poland, on the eve of the country's transition to democracy.
Jewish groups struggle for Holocaust restitution
(2012) 28.11.2012 (AP, mail.com) -- More than 67 years after the Holocaust, Jirina Novakova refuses to give up her battle to regain property confiscated from her family.
U.S. lawyer Edward Fagan sues state over Shoah Legacy Institute
(2012) 29.11.2012 (ČTK) -- U.S. lawyer Edward Fagan has brought a lawsuit against the Czech Republic, its Foreign Ministry and the European Shoah Legacy Institute seated on Czech territory since he is not satisfied with its work, he told CTK yesterday.
Jewish groups keep up battle for Holocaust restitution in Eastern Europe but many nations lag
(2012) 28.11.2012 (AP, The Washington Post) -- More than 67 years after the Holocaust, Jirina Novakova refuses to give up her battle to regain property confiscated from her family.
Little progress seen in central and Eastern Europe on Jewish property restitution
(2012) 28.11.2012 (Jan Richter, radio.cz) -- Leaders of Jewish organizations, government officials and experts from a number of countries came to Prague this week to review the restitution of Jewish property taken during the Holocaust. The conference, which focused specifically on the area of immovable property, was held three years since the adoption of the Terezín Declaration, a document that sought to ease the process. The conference found that although some progress has been achieved, the declaration seems to have failed to accelerate the restitution of Holocaust-era assets.
