Poland’s lower house of Parliament passed a bill that would give former owners for property seized between 1944 and 1962 half of the value of their lost assets. But because the bill restricts payments to those who held Polish citizenship at the end of 1999, it will exclude most Jewish Holocaust survivors, who have joined a class-action lawsuit in the United States for the return of their property.
Keep Jewish Stories in Focus.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.
