The World Jewish Congress office here announced today that it had obtained information concerning the fate of certain Jewish properties seized by the Nazis. It included lists of more than 3, 000 consignors of lift vans which were sent to such ports as Hamburg and Bremen for shipment abroad by Jews either emigrating or intending to emigrate.
The documents also revealed how and by whom the Nazis disposed of the vans’ contents and, where auctioned, how much they realized. In addition, there were in the WJC’s possession lists of goods sent to Trieste. This information may assist individuals seeking compensation under the recently enacted West German Federal Restitution Law, Under this law Bonn undertook to pay compensation for certain properties that were confiscated by the Nazis and have since disappeared or been consumed.
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