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Jewish burial records among items seized by U S authorities

Jewish burial records among items seized by U.S. authorities A bound memorial register of Jewish burials in the city between 1836 and 1899 was one of 17 documents offered for, and then withdrawn from sale, at Kestenbaum & Co., a Brooklyn auction house that specializes in Judaica. by Colin Moynihan (NYT NEWS SERVICE) .- A historic register of Jewish burial records from the modern-day Romanian city of Cluj-Napoca is among artifacts that have been recovered as part of a seizure by authorities in New York who plan to return the objects to their communities of origin. On Thursday, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn announced the seizure of 17 Jewish funeral scrolls, manuscripts and other records, which they describe as having been taken from Jewish communities in Romania, Hungary, Ukraine and Slovakia during World War II.

Poland a step closer to adopting controversial property law

Poland a step closer to adopting controversial property law July 23, 2021 at 3:04 pm WARSAW, Poland (AP) Poland’s Senate on Friday approved with some amendments much-disputed changes to property restitution rules, moving them a step closer to adoption. The draft regulations have drawn strong criticism from Israel and from Jewish organizations who say the new administrative law would prevent Jewish claims for compensation or property seized during the Holocaust and communist times. Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said the legislation will “severely damage our relations with Poland.” If adopted, the changes would prevent property ownership and other administrative decisions from being declared void after 30 years. It affects Polish, Jewish and other property. Poland says it is a response to fraud and irregularities that have emerged in the restitution process, leading to evictions or giving real estate to property dealers.

Trove of Jewish artifacts stolen during Holocaust now in US custody

Illustrative: In this photo taken on July 16, 2012 documents coming from the Archives of Paris Police Prefecture and showing lists of Jewish people registered during WWII, are presented for an exhibition of French archives on Shoah in Paris. (AP/Remy de la Mauviniere) NEW YORK A trove of religious artifacts stolen from Jewish synagogues and homes in Europe during the Holocaust are now in the hands of US authorities who plan to return them to their communities of origin. The authorities announced this week they had recovered 17 funeral scrolls, manuscripts and other historic records that were to go on auction in New York City. The items were traced to Jewish communities in Romania, Hungary, Ukraine and Slovakia that were ransacked during Nazi rule in World War II, federal prosecutors in Brooklyn said in a statement.

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