The State Department today received information that the deadline has been extended for filing claims in Austria under certain laws relating to restitution of property seized during the period of German occupation. The extension provides that such claims may be filed up to July 31, 1956, whereas the deadline had previously been December 31, 1955.
The extension is applicable only in regard to claims to property of which foundations and funds were deprived, if such foundation or fund was dissolved during the German occupation of Austria and if its status as a juridical person was not restored as of December 1, 1953; claims to property which was under public administration on June 30, 1952, or there after; and claims which could not be enforced by reason of a fact existing outside of Austrian laws.
It was stressed that persons wishing to file claims for property confiscated in Austria on account of the racial origin or religion of the owner must do so prior to July 31, 1956, under State Treaty provisions for restoration of property to former persecutes where such property was taken after March 13, 1938.
The State Department said it also had information that the Austrian Government has recommended to its parliament legislation to establish a special fund to provide limited payments to former Austrian citizens or residents who were victims of Nazi persecution in Austria. Persons wishing information were referred by the States Department to the Committee for Jewish Claims on Austria in New York.
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