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II:
On the Subject of Unreturned German Real-Estate;
By Judi
Hannes,
from NAHOS - APRIL 12, 2009 - 18 Nisan 5769 - Volume 12; No: 18
In an 8-pages essay in the ‘Zeitschrift fur Offene Vermogungsfragen’ of November/December 2008, professor Dr. Fritz Enderlein, Attorney-at-Law, postulates that the expropriation of the properties of rightful Jewish owners and heirs is unconstitutional under the “German Constitution’s Guarantee of Ownership and Heritage.” The letter below was sent by Judi Hannes, a ‘Next Generations’ vice-president:
“I have taken it upon myself to forward to you the attached articles by Professor Dr. Fritz Enderlain.
Despite their claim that the Jewish Claims Conference (JCC) informed the broad public about participation in the Goodwill Fund by means of a major ad campaign, it by far did not reach all entitled persons.
I am one of these persons. I fall into the category of an heir who obtained knowledge of property - beyond the deadline imposed by the JCC – that belonged to my late mother and grandmother in Berlin, Germany.
I had no knowledge that new claims could be made after reunification.
It is my opinion that the JCC has a moral obligation to the surviving children and grandchildren (heirs) to participate in this program. As long as there are surviving children or grandchildren, they are the rightful heirs for reparation for their families. Our family lost everything in Germany. The JCC does not have the right to keep this money. My mother and grandmother were the property owners. My brother and I are the rightful claimants (heirs) to this property. Having just recently learned about this [previous] opportunity to file a claim for property that belonged to my mother and grandmother, it seems only fair that I have the right to file a claim now for the property that is rightfully mine as the heir to the estate. There should be no deadline as long as there is the possibility that heirs are still alive.
Again, in my opinion, where entire families were murdered and there are no surviving heirs, the JCC may have the right to keep these monies and use them accordingly for the remaining Holocaust survivors who are aging and in need of financial & medical help, throughout the world.
I have therefore taken it upon myself to send this article by Dr. Enderlein to as many publications and organizations that I can, so that they may be aware of the injustice that is being done to so many others like myself. Dr. Enderlein and his colleagues work tirelessly on behalf of many persons who are the rightful heirs. I hope that by sending this article to you there will be continued publicity about the JCC and their imposed deadline that is inappropriate and unacceptable to so many. Professor Dr. Fritz Enderlein can be reached at:
<RA.F.Enderlein@t-online.de
Thank you for your time. Please forward these articles to anyone that you think might be interested in this issue.”
Judi Hannes
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