Hungary, Holocaust and Supreme Court

Supreme Court deals a severe blow to Holocaust survivors’ lawsuit against Hungary
A unanimous Supreme Court has dealt a severe blow to Holocaust survivors and their families in a long-running lawsuit seeking compensation from Hungary for property confiscated during World War II.
Supreme Court Rejects Holocaust Survivors’ Suit Against Hungary
The justices unanimously ruled that the plaintiffs had not established a connection to the United States required by the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.
Supreme Court unanimously sides with Hungary in Holocaust survivors’ lawsuit
The Supreme Court unanimously sided with Hungary on Friday by rejecting a group of Holocaust survivors’ legal theory that sought to haul the country into American courts to pay compensation. The court’s decision rebuffs the survivors’ claims that ...
Justices Rule Against Holocaust Survivors in Lawsuit Against Hungary
Justice Sonia Sotomayor acknowledged that her ruling will make it "harder" for plaintiffs to satisfy an exception to foreign sovereign immunity for stolen property sold for cash.
Justices rule out “commingled funds” theory in Hungarian Holocaust survivors’ compensation suit
A unanimous Supreme Court on Friday threw out a ruling by a federal appeals court that allowed a lawsuit brought by survivors of the Hungarian Holocaust to go forward. The survivors contended that the
US Supreme Court blocks Holocaust victims from suing Hungary in American courts
A group of Holocaust victims may not sue Hungary in American courts to recover property stolen during World War II because their funds were comingled with other funds, the Supreme Court ruled Friday in a long-running case about how much reach US courts should have to settle disputes abroad.
Marian Turski, Holocaust survivor who warned against silence, dies at 98
Mr. Turski, a Polish journalist who survived Auschwitz as a teenager, urged the world not to be indifferent to the ...
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Holocaust Survivor Theodora Klayman to Speak at MSU Event
Join Holocaust survivor Theodora Klayman for a virtual talk at Morehead State University, sharing her story of resilience.
Marian Turski, Holocaust survivor who warned of the danger of indifference, dies at 98
Marian Turski, a Holocaust survivor who became a journalist and historian in postwar Poland and was a co-founder of Warsaw’s ...
NYC Holocaust survivors react to horrifying images of released Israeli hostages, evoking painful memories: ‘Warehouse of the living dead’
They survived Hitler and the Holocaust – but these Jewish New Yorkers never imagined they’d witness images evoking the ...
Orangevale temple gets Torah that survived the Holocaust
The Holocaust Torah is on what the Memorial Scrolls Trust calls a "permanent loan." That means it will remain at Temple Or ...
Holocaust survivor Marian Turski dies aged 98
Holocaust survivor Marian Turski, who became a journalist in Poland and headed an international committee of Auschwitz ...