Germany Settles
With Survivors

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Washington (JTA)— Holocaust
survivor Hugo Princz has won
his 40-year battle to.win repara-
tions from Germany.
Princz and 10 other Holocaust
survivors will share a $2.1 mil-
lion settlement.
Princz, the only survivor be-
lieved to be knowingly impris-
oned as an American in a death
camp by the Germans, had re-
peatedly been denied repara-
tions.
Germany had argued that
Princz was not a "stateless
refugee" after the war and there-
fore was not entitled to any corn-
pensation. When the United
States declared war against Ger-
many, Princz and seven mem-
bers of his family, all American
citizens, were living in Slovakia,
where they were turned over to
the Nazis.
Princz, who later spent three
years in Auschwitz, is the only
member of his immediate fami-
ly to survive the Holocaust. The
settlement comes after Princz's

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legal battle with Germany had
fallen flat. In July 1994, the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the District
of Columbia Circuit, dismissed
his suit, ruling that foreign gov-
ernments could not be sued in
American courts.
Princz then turned to U.S.
lawmakers, where a bill to
amend the law against suing for-
eign governments fell short last
year in the final hours of the
103rd Congress.
At the same time, Princz ini-
tiated lawsuits against German
companies he was forced to work
for during the Holocaust, hoping
that the companies would pres-
sure their government to settle
with him.
In addition to the settlement
from the German government,
Princz will receive hundreds of
thousands of dollars from the
modern affiliates of four German
companies. In exchange for the
settlement, Princz dropped a
lawsuit against the companies
seeking unspecified damages.
The settlement will stay open
for about two years for any ad-
ditional persons who suffered un-
der the Nazis as American
citizens.
Anyone wishing to file a claim
should contact the State De-
partment Office of Internation-
al Claims and Investment
Disputes, Office of the Legal Ad-
viser, Suite 203, South Building,
2430 E N.W., Department of
State, Washington, D.C. 20037-
2800.