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After the [[fall of Communism]] the question of property [[restitution]] arose. Several restitution bills were introduced throughout the years, but as of 2018 Poland was the last of the European Union and Eastern European post-communist states not to enact a comprehensive restitution bill.<ref name="Bazyler 2018" /> In 2021 Poland finally enacted a bill prohibiting the restitution of property{{dubious|date=August 2021}} that was seized more than thirty years prior to a claim being filed, sparking a diplomatic incident with Israel.<ref name="AP 2021-08-15">{{Cite news |last=Gera |first=Vanessa |last2=Federman |first2=Josef |date=2021-08-15 |title=Israel condemns Poland restitution law, recalls top diplomat |work=AP |url=https://apnews.com/article/europe-middle-east-dlaws-1d9c441e1dc58dd9c09d556c3bf67247 |access-date=2021-08-15}}</ref><ref name="BBC 2021-08-15">{{Cite news |date=2021-08-14 |title=Polish law on property stolen by Nazis angers Israel |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58218750 |access-date=2021-08-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Lis |first=Jonathan |date=2021-08-14 |title=In protest over Polish restitution law, Lapid recalls Israel’s top diplomat to Warsaw |language=en |work=Haaretz |url=https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/.premium-protesting-polish-restitution-law-lapid-recalls-israel-s-top-diplomat-to-warsaw-1.10117465 |access-date=2021-08-15}}</ref>
After the [[fall of Communism]] the question of property [[restitution]] arose. Several restitution bills were introduced throughout the years, but as of 2018 Poland was the last of the European Union and Eastern European post-communist states not to enact a comprehensive restitution bill.<ref name="Bazyler 2018" />


== See also ==
== See also ==

Revision as of 20:32, 15 August 2021

During the Second World War occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany a significant amount of property was confiscated by the occupying forces. When some such property was subsequently nationalized by the state, it was classified as "former German" or "abandoned".[1]

After the fall of Communism the question of property restitution arose. Several restitution bills were introduced throughout the years, but as of 2018 Poland was the last of the European Union and Eastern European post-communist states not to enact a comprehensive restitution bill.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Stola, Dariusz (2008). "The Polish debate on the holocaust and the restitution of property". In Martin Dean, Constantin Goschler, Philipp Ther (ed.). Robbery and restitution: the conflict over Jewish property in Europe. Berghahn Books. pp. 240–255. ISBN 978-0-85745-564-2. Retrieved 2019-05-14.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link)
  2. ^ Bazyler, Michael; Gostynski, Szymon (2018). "Restitution of Private Property in Postwar Poland: The Unfinished Legacy of the Second World War and Communism". Loyola of Los Angeles International and Comparative Law Review. 41 (3): 273. Retrieved 2019-05-12.