The will of the late Baroness Salome Rothschild, kin of the famous Jewish family of bankers, who died in Berlin in 1922, is now the subject of negotiations between the city of Frankfurt, the Baroness’ native city, and the French government. A German subject resident in Paris for many years, she left the French capital during the World War and came to Berlin where she died. Her property was sequestrated by the French government under the Alien Property Act.
In her will she left 500,000 gold francs for the care of the poor children of Frankfurt. As a result of her estate having been confiscated while Poincare was president of France the bequest was never received by the municipality of Frankfurt. Now that the estate of the late Baroness has been released a baptized relative of the Baroness from Belgium has put in a claim for the money and is fighting the probate of the will.
Consequently the municipality of Frankfurt, the native city of the original Rothschild, is seeking the intervention of the French government to have the 500,000 gold francs paid out.
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