Jewish leaders said today that it is still not possible to estimate the amount of money that will be available to the Jewish Rehabilitation Fund set up last week by Parliament until the estates of all heirless Jews have been probated. Aside from the court procedures, it will be necessary in some cases to make lengthy investigations to determine whether or not there are any legal claimants to estates left by dead Jews.
Lajos Stoeckler, president of the Jewish Community Council, said today that establishment of the Fund brings to an end for the time being the Jewish community’s struggle for restitution. “We know that the countered position at present does not allow it to do any more,” he stated. He expressed mild dissatisfaction at the government’s refusal to waive all inheritance taxes on the heirless estates, although it has agreed to exempt from taxes all estates under 20,000 florins (nominally $1,665) and halve taxes on all over that total.
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