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United States Settles World War II–Era Hungarian Gold Train Claims

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 100 , Issue 1 , January 2006 , pp. 220 - 222
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2006

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References

1 At <http://www.pcha.gov/goldtrainfinaltoconvert.html>.

2 Rosner v. United States, No. 01-1859-CIV-SEITZ (S.D. Fla).

3 Israel will receive 42.5%; Hungary, 22.7%; the United States, 20.1%; Canada, 6.1%; and Australia, 2.5%. The remaining 6.1% will be distributed among other countries.

4 On the history of the litigation and the settlement, see the court’s April 8, 2005, memorandum and order in Rosner v. United States, at <http://www.HungarianGoldTrain.org>. See Files, John U.S. to Pay Hungarian Jews in 1945 Looting, N.Y. Times, Mar. 15, 2005, at A7Google Scholar; To Jewish Hungarian Victims of Nazi Persecution and Their Heirs: A Class Action Settlement Could Affect You, Advertisement, N.Y. Times, May 2, 2005, at A16Google Scholar; Hungary: U.S. Apologizes for 1945 Looting, N.Y. Times, Oct. 12, 2005, at A11Google Scholar .

5 Hungarians’ Holocaust Suit Settled for $25.5 Million, Wash. Post, Sept. 27, 2005, at A3.

6 Statement of the United States Concerning Approval of the Settlement of Rosner v. United States Lawsuit (Mar. 11, 2005), at <http://www.hungariangoldtrain.org/docs/us_gov_statement.pdf>.