Decision no. 1521/2018
Application
Applicant, Status
Public owner
Stadtgemeinde Kobersdorf
Type of property
Real estate in
KG Brigittenau (01620), Wien, Wien | show on map
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Decision
Number
Date
Reasons
Compensation or other consideration pursuant to Sec. 32 (1) GSF Law
No ownership 1938-1945
Type
Decision in anonymous form
Press release
Press Release Decision No. 1521/2018
On 15 March 2018, the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution rejected an application for in rem restitution of two properties situated in Burgenland and in Vienna. The Viennese property had never been owned by the applicant. The applicant had already received compensation for the Burgenland property in 1963.
In 1938, a residential house stood on the property in Kobersdorf, which belonged to the Jewish siblings Arthur M., Leo M., Eugen M., and Paula E. After the Anschluss Arthur and Leo M. were able to flee Austria; Eugen M. and Paula E. were murdered in the Holocaust. In 1942 the property was sold in a forced sale at auction due to outstanding provincial property tax. The highest bid of 400 Reichsmark was placed by Maria H. and the property was subsequently awarded to her. Once the debts had been paid, the balance of the proceeds from the sale was forfeited to the German Reich on grounds of the Elfte Verordnung zum Reichsbürgersesetz (“Eleventh Decree to the Reich Citizenship Law”).
In 1960, Collection Agency A contacted Johann H., who had bought the property in Kobersdorf from his mother Maria H. Collection Agencies A and B were established by the Austrian government in 1957 in order to assert restitution claims that had not yet been filed and distribute the resultant proceeds to benefit the victims of National Socialism. In 1961, Johann H. paid the collection agencies 7,560 Schilling in order to settle the restitution matter and in return he kept the property.
In 1962 Arthur and Leo M. filed an application for disbursement of the proceeds from the settlement concluded by Collection Agency A and Johann H. Subsequently, on 30 October 1963, the Collection Agency paid an amount of 5,829 Schilling to Arthur and Leo M., having deducted a fee for the Collection Agencies’ efforts.
The present applicant, who was previously also a part-owner of the Kobersdorf property, Arthur M., filed a request with the Arbitration Panel for In Rem Restitution for the in rem restitution of this property. As the applicant had already “otherwise” received compensation pursuant to Sec. 32 (1) of the Entschädigungsfondsgesetz (“General Settlement Fund Law”) in the form of his share of the compensation amount, which was disbursed by the Collection Agencies, the Arbitration Panel had to reject his application.
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