The restitution machinery in the British zone of Germany is “cumbersome and conducive to delay.” according to a “White Paper” published here today by a committee which investigated the progress of restitution in Germany.
The recommendations contained in the report are limited to speeding up the machinery in force, rather than to a general overhaul of the procedure. The committee, which consists of Judge D.N. O’Sullivan, Prof. Norman Bentwich, British Jewish leader, and A.L. Easterman, political director of the World Jewish Congress, reported that the great majority of its recommendations have been accepted by the German authorities and many are already in effect.
The report says that as of the end of May, 1951, 63, 786 claims for restitution had been filed with the zonal authorities. Of these, only some 16,000 have been settled.
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