The proposed amendment of the Third Restitution Law in Austria endangers the right of Jews to be given back the property of which they were robbed by the Nazis, Dr. Emil Maurrer, newly-elected president of the Vienna Jewish Community, told a plenary session of the Community council today. The meeting elected David Brill, a Communist, and Wolf Herzberg, Austrian Zionist leader, as vice-presidents.
Before the war, Dr. Maurrer declared, Austrian Jews owned some 60,000 apartment units. Of the Jewish survivors today, about 1,000 are compelled to live in hostels and barracks. The Vienna Community, he added, will fight for the creation of a restitution fund of heirless property. He added that Vienna Jews would also support the struggle of Israel to make Jerusalem the capital of the new state.
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.
