Legislation to assist survivors in obtaining restitution of assets stolen in the Holocaust is introduced in the US House of Representatives and the Senate.
The Justice for Uncompensated Survivors Today Act, or JUST, introduced this week, requires the State Department to report on the progress of certain European countries on the return or restitution of wrongfully confiscated or transferred Holocaust-era assets.
In the Senate, the bill is introduced by Sens. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, and Marco Rubio, R-Florida. In the House, Reps. Joe Crowley, D-New York, and Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, introduced the measure.
The JUST Act builds on the international Terezin Declaration on Holocaust Era Assets and Related Issues of 2009, which affirmed that the protection of property rights is an essential component of a democratic society based on the rule of law, and recognizes the importance of restituting or compensating Holocaust-related confiscations.
Numerous Jewish groups are backing the measure.
— JTA
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