Holocaust Restitution Payments — Money paid by the governments of Germany and Austria to partly compensate victims persecuted by Nazi Germany or its allies. In addition to persecution, restitution payments are also made to compensate for lost housing, destroyed businesses and… … Investment dictionary
RESTITUTION AND INDEMNIFICATION (German) — Individual Reparations RESTITUTION LAWS After the collapse of Nazi Germany in World War II the Western occupying powers obligated the holders of property which had come into their possession by unlawful means to restore it to the rightful owners … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Restitution For Holocaust Survivors — In Nazioccupied Europe, Jewish property and assets, including life insurance policies, bank accounts, and works of art, were seized by the Nazi government. In addition, Jews deposited millions of dollars of assets in banks outside the Third… … Historical dictionary of the Holocaust
Securities Fraud Deterrence and Investor Restitution Act — The Securities Fraud Deterrence and Investor Restitution Act was USBill|108|H.R.|2179 and is a bill currently on the Union Calendar. Its official titles as introduced, is To enhance the authority of the Securities and Exchange Commission to… … Wikipedia
German Restitution Laws — The German Restitution Laws were a series of laws passed in the 1950s in West Germany regulating the restitution of lost property and the payment of damages to victims of the Nazi persecutions. A first law for the restitution of private persons… … Wikipedia
Aleut Restitution Act of 1988 — The Aleut Restitution Act of 1988 (also known as the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands Restitution Act ) was a reparation settlement passed by the United States Congress in 1988, in response to the internment of Aleut people living in the Aleutian… … Wikipedia
Bad Check Restitution Program — A Bad Check Restitution Program is an intermediate agency that works to retrieve funds from bad check writers in order to repay moneys owed to the recipients of the checks.About half of all U.S. states offer some type of Bad Check Restitution… … Wikipedia
ECONOMIC AFFAIRS — THE PRE MANDATE (LATE OTTOMAN) PERIOD Geography and Borders In September 1923 a new political entity was formally recognized by the international community. Palestine, or Ereẓ Israel as Jews have continued to refer to it for 2,000 years,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HISTORICAL SURVEY: THE STATE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS (1880–2006) — Introduction It took the new Jewish nation about 70 years to emerge as the State of Israel. The immediate stimulus that initiated the modern return to Zion was the disappointment, in the last quarter of the 19th century, of the expectation that… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Murder of Meredith Kercher — Patrick Lumumba redirects here. Not to be confused with Patrice Lumumba. Murder of Meredith Kercher Meredith Susanna Cara Kercher, known as Mez Born 28 December 1985(1985 12 28 … Wikipedia
