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Jews urge east Europe to return seized assets
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Published: 29.11.12, 15:46
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1. Double standards?
Bogdan Hagiu ,   Bucharest, Romania   (11.29.12)
Why special treatment for Jews? Why Romanians who were expropriated by the communist regime (among whose rulers were people like Ana Pauker, Iosif Chisinevschi, etc., etc.) should be treated differently than the Jews who were expropriated by the Romanian Fascist (and Communist) regimes?
2. Why does this press organ uses word Jude?
Miron ,   USA   (11.29.12)
It is a racist term used by fascists during Holocaust. It is legally termed un - acceptable and is treated by ciminal code. But aside from moral failure to use racial slure the bigger trouble is this suppose to be a place of at least nominally enlightened people who at least try to appear as looking for a community welfare. When such a poor example set by those who are visible for the whole world, what can we ask of those who draw their knowledge from this source? This sort of racial slure ridden text published for the whole world to read is a shame for the whole humanity.
3. Waste time grubbing for $'s while Iran threatens?
SG ,   Teaneck   (11.29.12)
Let's move forward and secure the future. Focus on preventing the next Holocaust.
4. Not so fast Mr. Lauder ,...
split ,   US   (11.29.12)
Tens of thousands of those properties were confiscated from their rightful owners for a resistance and independence activity during the partition of Poland mostly in Russian part and given to Jews for collaboration with occupiers. More got confiscated from a murdered resistance fighters and given to Jewish apparatchiks for implementing Stalin's order in post WWII Poland that had to run after Stalin's death and second time after their fraction of commie regime lost their power bid and influence to another not as brutal as theirs.
5. #1
Ion   (11.29.12)
Cause Romania had a guy like Antonescu and killed Jews in Transnistria. If this is not enough Romania cooperated with the german III.Reich.
6. I don't understand if these people had soooo much money....
(11.29.12)
why didn't they just buy their way out of being killed? After all we do know that the Nazis were excellent at taking bribes.
7. By the way Mr. Lauder ,...
split ,   US   (11.29.12)
Have a case, prove it in the court of law a place that's open for everyone with a ligit claim ,...
8. We urge the jews to return Palestinian properties.
Goys of the world ,   Worldwide   (11.30.12)
9. No 8; Jews from Arab countries must be compensated
EgyptianJew ,   Ex. Cairo, Egypt   (11.30.12)
No 8; Jews from Arab countries must also be compensated. Your post is antisemitic.
10. Restitution for real estate property.
Michael ALBERT ,   HOLON, Israel   (11.30.12)
Th attitude of Hungary towards restitution of real estate property taken during the period of holocaust , and nationalized during the communist regime is both hypocritical and deplorable. Partial restitution was offered after the change of regime in the 1990's whose extent amounted to a negligible portion of the value of these properties. Unfortunately, this amounted to the virtual nationalization of these assets. The innate antisemitism of the Hungarian people, and its right wing nationalistic government is unlikely to take corrective action. Hungary has not faced its responsibility for the silent cooperation of its people in the murder of 500,000 of its Jewish residents
11. Germany refused to return Austrian Jewish real estate in Eas
Elly ,   Vienna, Austria   (11.30.12)
Germany refused to return Austrian Jewish real estate in East Germany. They should also be on the list.
12. My mother waiting since 20 years for Romanian property
Sami ,   New York, USA   (11.30.12)
My mother put in her Romanian property claims over 20 years ago and we are still waiting. It's a joke.
13. #10 - Hungary has not faced its responsibility ,...
split ,   US   (12.01.12)
Why don't you google 'Rudolf Vrba' then 'Rudolf Kastner' and read who was responsible that around 600 000 Hungarian Jews ended up in Auschwitz ,...
14. #4--to the slavic racist !!
Don Rosenberg ,   Palatine Il USA   (12.01.12)
Just like all racists, you tell the victim they are the perpertrator of the crime. Prove that jews received property after the war!! Prove it moron!! Jews complain because it is true you gentile racists stoled the property and should return it. But being good racist christians you will not and yo will blame the Jews. May all of you burn in HELL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
15. E. Europe Jewish Property
Carl ,   Sweden   (12.01.12)
Although I support of reasonable return or creating means of compensation for Jewish property in post communist countries I also agree the same effort should be given to confiscated Arab property in Israel. Pretending that that property was "abandoned" is as rediculous as some claims that Jewish nationals in Germany/E.Europe left their property "voluntarily" between 1933-45. Such double standard approach by the Israeli Government is not lost on educated world community
16. 14 ,...
split ,   US   (12.02.12)
Thanks, a slur from a zio-pinhead it's a complement for me ,... First, pal no one invited you to Poland or any other nation, you invaded them, that means you got no claim to any property that you acquired as an invader. To be fair you got no moral case as a victim until you return every stolen/occupied square inch of Palestinian land, stolen house, water well, uprooted olive tree and other means essential to Palestinians statehood,... Second, the Jews didn't own any property in pre-partitioned, independent, self-governed Poland or any other state at that time including America - Do you homework, it's easy to check what the Jews owned prior to 1772 (first partition) in Poland and what they acquired in 147 years (till 1919) during partition (as a reward for a collaboration) especially in the Russian part at the time they got stripped of their privileges in Russia, got kicked out from cities and certain areas to make them move to occupied Poland. In regard to post WWII Poland or any country in Soviet Block it doesn't take a Sherlock Holmes to google out (by names) Stalin's goons, (privileged apparatchiks) occupying prime real estate previously owned by the loaded ones, political, intellectual elite murdered in Kaganowich/Beria killing fields like Katyn and less knowed for castrating a nations of their leaders and intellectuals a void implementing his order in conquered nations ,... There's unanimous opinion in former Soviet Block countries that there wouldn't be Soviet Union or post WWII Soviet Block if it wasn't for Jews ,...
17. 16 - correction it should be: ,...
split ,   US   (12.02.12)
'known for castrating nations of their leaders and intellectuals creating a void and implementing his order in conquered countries'
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