Polish Israelis slam halt of Holocaust restitution plans

What sum are we talking about? Is there a number?

"A draft bill currently before parliament, which would pay 15 percent compensation to former owners and their heirs, has drawn criticism from the groups.
The value of seized property for which compensation is being sought is estimated at 16 billion euros to 18 billion euros ($21.3 billion to $23.9 billion), according to the property owners' association."

Is there a number?

the Catholic Church has been getting huge amounts of money from the State in recent years

The value of seized property for which compensation is being sought is estimated at 16 billion euros to 18 billion euros ($21.3 billion to $23.9 billion), according to the property owners' association."

Whoa...that's alot!

Whoa...that's alot!

What do you think about this Holocaust scam?

I think its not only an insult to Holocaust survivors but also an insult to the Germans who are providing the Holocaust survivor compensation.

Just a drop in the ocean compared to what is at stake with the Jewish claims, I have no problem with handed back Jewish churches/cementeries back, buildings which has changed several times over is a bit over the top.

Mr D its time you take your blinkers off and do some research before talking so much rubbish.

I saw the $60 billion number in some article. The Polish government planned to pay percentage of that sum anyway (between 10 and 20% of the value) so maybe that the lower $21 to 23 billion is coming from.

In 1996, the Reuters news agency reported that at a meeting of the WJC congress in Buenos Aires, Singer said "[m]ore than three million Jews died in Poland and the Polish people are not going to be the heirs of the Polish Jews. We are never going to allow this.... They're gonna hear from us until Poland freezes over again. If Poland does not satisfy Jewish claims it will be publicly attacked and humiliated."[2

The matters related to compensation for Poles and Jews for damages suffered under Nazi and Soviet occupation.

Reuters Agency reported from Buenos Aires, Argentina on Fri, 19 Apr 1996 (14:50:17 PDT) on The World Jewish Congress.

Israel Singer, General Secretary of the World Jewish Congress stated that "More than three million Jews died in Poland and the Polish people are not going to be the heirs of the Polish Jews. We are never going to allow this. (...) They're gonna hear from us until Poland freezes over again. If Poland does not satisfy Jewish claims it will be "publicly attacked and humiliated" in the international forum.

Today some Jews are estimating the value of Jewish assets lost in Poland and vicinity in over 65 billions of dollars. Descendants of the Holocaust victims obviously could not hope to extract billions of dollars from descendants of the Polish gentile victims of war. Aware of these difficulties, some Jews have promoted a myth about Polish complicity in the Holocaust. Obviously it would be easier to extract money from descendants of the guilty rather than descendants of innocent co-victims whose property was also destroyed or eventually, in many cases, taken from them by the Soviet puppet government, especially during the first ten years of Soviet rule in Poland known as the years of terror by Jakub Berman and other Jews in Soviet terror apparatus.

Israel Singer fired from WJC for allegedly embezzling funds

Obviously though, it doesn't suit your agenda to admit that the Catholic Church has been rewarded handsomely in recent years. I mean, it's only Jews that are demanding ridiculously high amounts from the Polish State. Of course.

Israel Singer, General Secretary of the World Jewish Congress stated that "More than three million Jews died in Poland and the Polish people are not going to be the heirs of the Polish Jews. We are never going to allow this.

I hope he chokes on a dreidel.

Tell you what - go away and tell me why the CBA are investigating many claims right now

Post some links, i'm interested in reading about this, D.

“If the United States wanted to do something for Polish Jews, a good moment was 1943-44, when the majority of them were still alive, and Poland was pleading for help through Jan Karski. Now this intervention is late,” said the minister

Investigating the Jewish claims... by the way are you Jewish Mr D

Post some links, i'm interested in reading about this, D.

along with the land by Lake Malta.

Congrats on your choice of sources, delph.

Every time there is any discussion of Jews, you Jews want to talk about the RCC.

I mean, I can't imagine many Jews willingly wanting to live in Poland...

Now, given these two cases alone, let alone the numerous other cases (shall we talk about how the Church obtained some decent land in Krakow, then sold it for a huge profit almost straight away?) - who is stealing from Poland?

I know a few.

Stealing? RCC is reclaiming property robbed by the commies, you call it stealing?

Likewise Jews can and do reclaim their property, see Kazimierz. Thing is, though, that those claims have to be in accordance with Polish law, Poland being an independent, sovereign country now. AFAIK there was a cut-out date of claiming lost property by heir of deceased owners, Jews or now Jews. Use your rights, you get what is yours. Poland, however, has no obligations to foreign citizens who happen to be of the same ethnicity as those who died without heirs. By law, this property belongs to the state, whether it was Jewish or not, and not to some ethnic organisation in New York. This is not a racist country, no specific laws for ethnically selected groups of people, the only valid criterion is 'Polish citizen', and his heirs.