Hugo Princz restitution case files

Identifier
irn36805
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.402
Dates
1 Jan 1992 - 31 Dec 2001
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn36805

Extent and Medium

oversize boxes

19

Creator(s)

  • Hugo Princz

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Steven R. Perles

Steven J. Perles donated this material to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. He was Mr. Princz's attorney for his restitution trial.

Scope and Content

Consists of documents pertaining to the restitution and indemnification case brought by Mr. Hugo Princz against the German Republic. Mr. Princz's case was represented by Washington DC attorney Steven R. Perles. Mr. Princz was one of the exceptionally few American-Jews who was liberated from a concentration camp in 1945. The case was settled for $2.1 million dollars.

People

  • Perles, Steven.

Subjects

  • Restitution and indemnification claims (1933-)
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Reparations.

Genre

  • Case files.
  • Document
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