The U.S. Court of appeals here today started hearing a case which is attracting great attention and the outcome of which may greatly affect the restitution of Nazi-confiscated Jewish property to the rightful owners.
The case concerns a Jewish woman, Rosa Maschkowitz, who is suing the city of Nuremberg for having confiscated gold and silver articles from her during the Nazi regime. The city argues that the confiscation was carried out under orders of the former German Reich and of the Nazi Party. Attorneys for the city insist that the request for the restitution of the confiscated property should be directed not to the municipality but to the former German Government.
Although the value of the confiscated property involved amounts of not more than about 8,000 German marks, the case is considered important in view of the fact that the verdict of the court will be taken as a precedent for similar cases which might involve much larger sums. The verdict is expected to be reached next week.
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