Israel, WJRO to work to retrieve assets from Holocaust era

Joel Lion, the Foreign Ministry’s special envoy for Holocaust issues and the return of Jewish assets, said that for 25 years the government and the WJRO had been trying to work together.

WORLD JEWISH Restitution Organization co-chairs Avraham Biderman (front right to left) and Natan Sharansky sign a declaration of intent for the restitution of Holocaust-era assets at the President’s Residence

(photo credit: MARK NEYMAN/GPO)

ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

MAY 5, 2017 05:18

Israel, WJRO to work to retrieve assets from Holocaust era

Joel Lion, the Foreign Ministry’s special envoy for Holocaust issues and the return of Jewish assets, said that for 25 years the government and the WJRO had been trying to work together.

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Israel, WJRO to work to retrieve assets from Holocaust era

Joel Lion, the Foreign Ministry’s special envoy for Holocaust issues and the return of Jewish assets, said that for 25 years the government and the WJRO had been trying to work together.

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