TORONTO (JTA) — Holocaust survivors and Jewish community leaders from Canada met with representatives of central and eastern European countries in an effort to speed restitution of war-era property.
Over two days in Ottawa earlier this week, meetings took place with ambassadors or delegates from Bosnia-Herzegovina, Slovenia, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Ukraine and the European Union.
The goal was to ensure that each country follows through on commitments made in the 2009 Terezin Declaration and implement a framework for restitution.
In some of the countries, restitution laws are “non-existent or have failed to achieve timely compensation for victims,” wrote Hank Rosenbaum, co-president of the …read more
Source: JTA
