Reclaiming works of art stolen from Czechoslovak Holocaust victims

[Abe Kohen]

From: "Radio Prague" <c...@duch.radio.cz>
Date: Friday, December 22, 2000 2:42 AM
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News: 22. 12. 2000

Stolen works of art on line

Internet pages containing works of art stolen from Czechoslovak Holocaust
victims during World War Two are due to go on line in the Moravian capital
of Brno. The website is part of a programme to return these works of art to
their original owners or their descendants. Owners have until the end of
2002 to file a request to regain possession of their property.

Austrian compensation fund comes into operation

The Austrian Chancellor, Wolfgang Schuessel, has officially launched the
so-called Reconciliation Fund, to compensate citizens from six Central and
East European countries, including the Czech Republic, who were forced to
work on Austrian territory during the Second World War. Around fifteen
thousand Czech citizens will be entitled to compensation, amounting to a
total figure of 501 million Austrian Schillings. The fund's chairman, Ludwig
Steiner, said that the main priority now was to act quickly, given the age
and health of those involved. Around a million foreign citizens were sent to
Austria during the war as forced labour.

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