An appeal to the Allied powers to prevent a breakdown of the restitution program in Germany was made today by the World Jewish Congress. The appeal said that the Germans have embarked upon an ever-growing campaign to sabotage and ultimately annul restitution.
Mary German political parties support in one way or another the opposition of the restitutors,” Dr. Israel Goldstein, who signed the appeal, claimed. “German judges, aware of this policy and trends, are becoming less and less inclined to implement the law,” the appeal charged.
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