On June 29, 2004 02:32 pm, roman kafel wrote:
> U.S. Wants Hungarian Holocaust Suit Tossed
>
> Tuesday June 29, 2004 4:31 AM
>
>
> By CATHERINE WILSON
>
> Associated Press Writer
>
> MIAMI (AP) - The United States bears no responsibility for the lost
> riches that Hungarian Jews say were plundered by the Army after the
> collapse of Nazi Germany, the Justice Department said in asking a
> federal judge to throw out their lawsuit.
>
> The government acknowledged ``the immeasurable and tragic losses''
> suffered by Jews in the Holocaust but minimized the holdings of
> Hungarian Jews on the Nazi ``Gold Train'' intercepted by U.S. forces
> in 1945.
>
> The papers filed Friday were the government's response to claims of
> Army wrongdoing and a decades-long cover-up alleged in the lawsuit
> filed three years ago.
>
> The dismissal request claims, among other things, that the Hungarian
> government assumed responsibility for the claims in two treaties and
> the claims are too old to pursue in court.
>
> Sam Dubbin, attorney for Hungarian Holocaust survivors and their
> families, responded Monday that the government ``is callously blaming
> the victims and using legal technicalities that our nation has
> opposed all over the world when it comes to justice for Holocaust
> survivors.'' A written response by the plaintiffs is due July 23.
>
> The families claim $50 million to $120 million in gold, jewels, art
> and other valuables was taken from 800,000 Hungarian Jews by Nazi
> Germany - and later by the U.S. Army, from generals on down - from
> the train that wound its way through Hungary and Austria.
>
> The American government had denied the train even existed until a
> 1999 report on Holocaust assets by a commission named by President
> Clinton.
>
> The government's renewed move to erase the claims comes weeks before
> a Washington attorney is due to launch mediation. It also comes in
> the wake of a request in May by a bipartisan group of 17 U.S.
> senators urging ``a fair and expeditious resolution.''
>
> Justice spokesman Charles Miller had nothing to add Monday to the
> government's court filing.
>
> About 30,000 Hungarian Jews and their survivors seek a trial on
> class-action claims of large-scale looting and official denials about
> the train.
>
> ---
> RomanK
ciekaw jestem czy ktokolwiek policzyl
wszystkich zydowskich "survivors" ?
