A memorandum outlining the demands of the Jews in Austria in connection with the peace treaty was submitted by the Jewish Community to the deputies of the Council of Foreign Ministers who yesterday concluded meeting in London, it was learned here today.
One of the basic demands is the transfer of heirless Jewish property to a fund to be administered by the Jewish Community under the supervision of the state and which would be used only for Jewish needs. The memorandum also asks for the restoration of rights to Jews as provided in the Treaty of St. Germain signed in 1919.
Other demands include a request that Austria assume responsibility for protecting the life, freedom, social and economic existence of all citizens without discrimination with regard to race or religion; also that Austria be obligated under the provisions of the peace treaty to prosecute as crimes and punish by law any direct or indirect violation of the rights of national minorities.
The Jewish Community also asks that the stipulations concerning the protection of national minorities be issued by the United Nations, and that any member of the United Nations be entitled to draw the attention of the U.N. to any violation, or any threat of violation, of the obligations which Austria has undertaken under the peace treaty with regard to the protection of the basic human rights of her national minorities.
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