Dr. Nahum Goldmann, chairman of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, declared here today that he has found understanding among West Germany’s topmost political figures for the necessity of closing the gap in the country’s indemnification and restitution laws.
He said the leaders with whom he has conferred here the last two days–who included Chancellor Konrad Adenauer- – see the need for amendments to the laws to satisfy the claims of persons eligible for compensation who have, thus far, not been adequately covered by the laws.
Final amendments to the Federal indemnification and restitution laws are pending in the Bundestag and must be acted upon during the current session of Parliament Dr, Goldmann expressed the hope that the amendments would be adopted “speedily” and that they would “adequately take into account the demands of the victims of Nazism.”
Among the Government leaders with whom Dr. Goldmann met, in addition to Chancellor Adenauer, were Vice-Chancellor Ludwig Erhardt; Finance Minister Heinz Starke; Minister of the Interior Hermann Hoecherl; Minister of Justice Wolfgang Stammberger; and Karl Carstens, Minister of State in the Foreign Ministry, Dr, Goldmann also conferred with a number of Germany’s foremost parliamentary and political leaders.
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