Germans who bought Jewish property during the Nazi regime, “in good faith, “are entitled to compensation from the West German Government for being forced under present laws to allow the original Jewish owners to reclaim their property, according to a contention put forth here today by the Federal Association of Persons Injured by Restitution.
Dr. A. Seeger, president of the association, announced that a test case which, he hopes. would provide Judicial backing for compensation to “loyal purchasers” of Jewish property, has been filed by a member of the association in the district court at Frankental.
According to Dr. Seeger, the “loyal purchasers” actually aided the Jews persecuted by the Hitler regime because, by buying the Jewish property, they “saved Jewish lives, freeing persons from concentration camps by enabling them to emigrate.”
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