Press Release Decision No. 923/2013
Vienna Siebenhirten/Erlaa and Upper Austria, Linz On 19 March 2013, the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution rejected the applications for in rem restitution of several properties in Vienna, Siebenhirten and Erlaa; in Linz, Wegscheid und Leonding and of a building in Vienna, Innere Stadt, because the applicant was not eligible to file an application. The restitution of a property in Vienna, Hietzing was rejected as this property had not been owned by the applicant's legal predecessor on 12 March 1938. more... Press Release Decision No. 923/2013
Press Release Decision No. 913/2013
Vorarlberg, Bludenz On 19 March 2013, the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution rejected an application for restitution of a property in Bludenz, Vorarlberg. In addition to the fact that the applicant was not eligible to file an application, it could not be established that the original owner had been subjected to persecution as defined by the Entschädigungsfondsgesetz ("General Settlement Fund Law" – GSF Law). more... Press Release Decision No. 913/2013
Press Release Decision No. 912/2013
Vienna, Leopoldstadt On 19 March 2013, the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution rejected an application for in rem restitution of a one half share of a property in Vienna, Leopoldstadt, as it had already been restituted in 1950. more... Press Release Decision No. 912/2013
Press Release Decision No. 911/2013
Burgenland, St. Martin an der Raab On 19 March 2013, the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution rejected an application for restitution of a property in St. Martin an der Raab, District of Jennersdorf. The applicant was unable to prove her right of succession to the original owners. The Arbitration Panel therefore had to deny her eligibility to file an application. more... Press Release Decision No. 911/2013
Press Release Decision No. 910/2013
Lower Austria, Korneuburg On 19 March 2013, the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution rejected an application for restitution of former factory properties in Korneuburg, Lower Austria. In 1957 a settlement had been reached regarding the properties according to which the original owner waived restitution in exchange for a payment of 2 million Schilling. The Arbitration Panel did not consider the settlement to be extremely unjust in accordance with the Entschädigungsfondsgesetz ("General Settlement Fund Law" – GSF Law). more... Press Release Decision No. 910/2013
Press Release Decision No. 900/2012
Vienna, Siebenhirten/Erlaa and Upper Austria, Linz On 21 January 2013, the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution dismissed applications for in rem restitution of several properties in Vienna-Siebenhirten and Erlaa, in Linz-Wegschied and Leonding and of a building in Vienna-Innere Stadt. These applications pertained to the parts of the properties that had been owned by the Republic of Austria, and had to be dismissed because the applications in this regard had not been filed within the deadline. The applications pertaining to parts of properties which were owned by the City of Vienna were rejected because a settlement had been reached in 1953 which the Arbitration Panel did not qualify as an "extreme injustice". The in rem restitution of the remaining properties was also rejected on grounds of ineligibility of the applicants to file applications, the absence of publicly-owned property and previous restitution measures. more... Press Release Decision No. 900/2012
Press Release Decision No. 88c/2013
Vienna, Innere Stadt On 21 January 2013, in supplementation of its decisions 88/2006, 88a/2006 and 88b/2007 the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution rejected an application for restitution of a property in Vienna, Innere Stadt. more... Press Release Decision No. 88c/2013
Press Release Decision No. 894/2012
Vienna, Sechshaus On 17 December 2012, the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution rejected three applications for restitution of areas of properties owned by the City of Vienna in Vienna, Sechshaus. Even prior to the Anschluss, the Jewish owner of both properties, to whom the areas subject of the applications had belonged in 1938, had not been able to repay a loan originating from 1931, which had been secured by the property. In response to a petition from the creditor, the properties were sold in a forced auctioning procedure. After examining the financial situation of the previous owner, the Arbitration Panel reached the conclusion that, in March 1938, she had had no real chance of paying off her debts without selling the property. As the persecution of the owner was not a decisive factor for the forced auction, the Arbitration Panel denied that a seizure had occurred and rejected the applications. more... Press Release Decision No. 894/2012
Press Release Decision No. 872/2012
Lower Austria, Schwechat On 17 December 2012, the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution recommended an application for restitution of properties in Schwechat. The subject of the application is a property, one half of which had been owned by the Jewish lawyer Dr. Arthur D. in 1938. He sold his share after the Anschluss. The son of Arthur D., who was murdered in the Shoah, did not file any claims for restitution after 1945 which resulted in the collection agencies undertaking investigations into the property. In 1960, however, they waived the restitution. The Arbitration Panel recognized the sale of the one half share of the property as a seizure and considered the waiver by the collection agencies to be an extreme injustice in the meaning of the Entschädigungsfondsgesetz ("General Settlement Fund Law" – GSF Law). For this reason, it recommended the in rem restitution of one half of the property, as long as it had been owned by the Municipality of Schwechat on the cut off day, 17 January 2001. more... Press Release Decision No. 872/2012
Press Release Decision No. 873/2012
Vienna, Oberbaumgarten On 16 October 2012, the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution rejected an application for restitution of areas of land situated in Vienna, Oberbaumgarten, owned by the City of Vienna. In 1938, these areas had belonged to two properties which had been owned by the applicant's father: for one property, the Arbitration Panel ruled that no seizure had taken place as defined by the Entschädigungsfondsgesetz ("General Settlement Fund Law" – GSF Law"). The other property was forfeited to the German Reich in 1941. However, on the basis of the Auffangorganisationengesetz ("Receiving Organizations Act"), it came under the ownership of the Collection Agencies in 1958. The Arbitration Panel also denied the in rem restitution of the areas from the second property on grounds of this prior measure. more... Press Release Decision No. 873/2012
Press Release Decision No. 871/2012
Vienna, Siebenhirten On 16 October 2012, the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution rejected two applications for in rem restitution of properties in Vienna, Siebenhirten, on which a weaving mill had formerly been situated. The requested properties had been restituted to the original owners and/or their heirs in 1945. more... Press Release Decision No. 871/2012
Press Release Decision No. 824/2012
Lower Austria, Gloggnitz etc. On 11 September 2012, the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution rejected an application for restitution of two properties owned by the Austrian Federal Forestry, and of silvicultural land and public traffic thoroughfares in Gloggnitz, Lower Austria, owned by the Republic of Austria and the Province of Lower Austria. The requested land had already been the subject of restitution proceedings in the 1950s which had both been concluded with settlements. The Arbitration Panel found no indications that these settlements could be qualified as an "extreme injustice". more... Press Release Decision No. 824/2012
Press Release Decision No. 860/2012
Vienna, Hernals On 11 September 2012, the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution rejected an application for restitution of a property in Vienna, Hernals, owned by the City of Vienna. The requested property had been subject of a restitution settlement in 1950. The Arbitration Panel was unable to find any sufficient indications that the settlement was to be qualified as "extremely unjust". more... Press Release Decision No. 860/2012
Press Release Decision No. 854/2012
Vienna, Hietzing On 26 June 2012, the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution rejected an application for restitution of a property in Vienna Hietzing owned by the City of Vienna. Since 1931, the property on the Küniglberg, with an area of just under 700 m² which today forms part of a residential allotment estate, had belonged to the doctor Dr. Josef H. It had already been heavily indebted prior to the Anschluss in 1938. The Arbitration Panel reached the conclusion that although the original Jewish owner had been subjected to persecution, he would have also lost the property if the National Socialists had not come to power as the forced auctioning procedure had already been commenced in 1937. more... Press Release Decision No. 854/2012
Press Release Decision No. 853/2012
Lower Austria On 26 June 2012, the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution rejected six applications for restitution of several properties in Lower Austria. The applications regarding the properties owned by the Province of Lower Austria were rejected as the properties had not been seized as defined by the Entschädigungsfondsgesetz ("General Settlement Fund Law" – GSF Law). The remainder of the requested properties did not constitute public property as defined by the GSF Law. more... Press Release Decision No. 853/2012
Press Release Decision No. 845/2012
Vienna, Leopoldstadt and Upper Austria, Bad Ischl On 13 June 2012, the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution rejected an application for restitution of two properties in Vienna Leopoldstadt and of a villa in Bad Ischl as the properties had either not been seized or had been restituted in 1949. more... Press Release Decision No. 845/2012
Press Release Decision No. 844/2012
Lower Austria, Allentsteig On 13 June 2012, the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution rejected an application for restitution of properties in the Allentsteig military training ground and its surroundings. The properties were purchased by the German Armed Forces in 1938 during the course of the construction of the military training ground. As the purchase of the properties had not occurred in connection with National Socialist political persecution of the former owners, a property seizure had not taken place as defined by the Entschädigungsfondsgesetz ("General Settlement Fund Law" – GSF Law). more... Press Release Decision No. 844/2012
Press Release Decision No. 842/2012
Upper Austria, Lower Austria and Vienna On 13 June 2012, the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution rejected an application for restitution of properties in Bad Ischl (Upper Austria) and Vienna and of a superstructure in Kritzendorf (Lower Austria). A portion of the requested properties were not publicly-owned on the cut off day 17 January 2001 or had no longer belonged to the family of the applicant in 1938. The remainder of the requested properties and the requested superstructure had been seized from the original owner during the National Socialist era but had been restituted to him after 1945. more... Press Release Decision No. 842/2012
Press Release Decision No. 820/2012
Lower Austria, Allentsteig On 13 June 2012, the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution rejected an application for restitution of properties on the border of the Allentsteig military training ground. The properties had been purchased by the German Armed Forces during the course of the construction of the military training ground. As the purchase of the properties had not occurred in connection with National Socialist political persecution of the former owners, a property seizure had not taken place as defined by the Entschädigungsfondsgesetz ("General Settlement Fund Law" – GSF Law). more... Press Release Decision No. 820/2012
Press Release Decision No. 827/2012
Vienna, Ober St. Veit and Leopoldstadt On 13 June 2012, the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution rejected an application for restitution of two properties in Vienna (Ober St. Veit, Leopoldstadt) as the majority of the two properties had not been publicly-owned on the cut off day 17 January 2001 and, moreover, had been restituted in their entirety in 1948. more... Press Release Decision No. 827/2012
