dr. george weiss and laid ahead of the austrian operation, he headed the shirt -- headed the third. we unloaded all the claims into a u.s. army ambulance and the was a claim center where we had to file these claims. we filed 173,000 claims for 173,000 pieces of property. said we don'td need an extension, we filed everything. l is only beginning of the process. -- that was only the beginning of the process. was forced to sell his property under duress was authorized to file a claim, setting down all the facts. that then went to a restitution agency, a special judicial type of agency. hear thed counterclaims, because the person who bought it would say wait a minute, i paid fair value for it. was the neighbor next door, i wanted to help him escape so i gave him 100,000 marks, the property wasn't worth 80,000. he sent me three letters when i was in broken when -- when i was in brooklyn. who are you to come claim this property? he said look, i bought the roof.ty, i put on a new the roof cost him more than the property was worth. there was a mortgage on the property. process began, there

dr. george weiss handled the third shift. loadeding deadline, we all the claims into a u.s.y ambulance i had requisitioned and there was a claim center where we had to file these claims. we drove this and it lets to the claim center and filed 173,000 claims for 173,000 pieces of property in the american zone of germany. i called up clay and said we don't need an extension. we filed everything. that is when we submitted the claim. that was only the beginning of the process. the system set up was that a person who felt he had been forced to sell his property under duress or had it confiscated was authorized to file a claim, setting down all the facts. that then went to a restitution agency, a special judicial type agency. there were not really courts to deal with these claims. they would hear the counterclaims, because the person who bought it would say wait a minute, i paid fair value for it. my friend was the neighbor next door, i wanted to help him escape so i gave him 100,000 marks, the property wasn't worth more than 80,000. as a result, he escaped. he sent me three lette