Altmann has criticized the
decision of the Board with respect to the Klimt paintings at issue in
the Los Angeles litigation.

purchasers possession

----A national
pilot project providing student support to aging Holocaust survivors
will be launched at the University of Miami's Sue and Leonard Miller
Center for Contemporary Judaic Studies on January 31, 2005.

There are many dormant bank accounts and insurance contracts dating from World War II or soon before.

seizure purchasers

Business Editors/Art Writers/Legal Writers

LOS ANGELES----The Republic of
Austria and Maria Altmann of Los Angeles have agreed to end their
litigation in U. The parties have agreed that they will accept the decision of
the arbitration panel as final and without any right of appeal. Mrs.

National Service Project for Holocaust Survivors Launched on Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation; University of Miami Selected for Pilot Project

The program has led to extensive informal contacts between
students and their survivor friends that are beginning to go beyond
the program, and in the words of one student, "This will probably be
the most significant experience of my university career.

restitution perhaps

Republic of Austria Maria Altmann Agree to Arbitrate Klimt Paintings Dispute; A Dispute over Six Gustav Klimt Paintings Will Now Be Heard by Arbitrators in Au

The Commission was created as a means of
addressing the gaps and shortfalls of postwar compensation programs of
the 1950s and 1960s and was intended to provide an opportunity for
thousands of Holocaust victims and their heirs to submit claims for
the first time.

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The issues before the panel have previously been addressed by the
Austrian Art Advisory Board.
Dr.

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Under the agreement, the Los Angeles litigation will be dismissed
and not subject to refiling by any party .

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purchasers restitution

The agreement will clear the way for a prompt and conclusive
decision on the ownership of the paintings, most of which have been
housed in the Austrian National Gallery for more than fifty years . The agreement calls for the
creation of a panel of three Austrian arbitrators chosen by the
parties .

seizure claiming

Altmann's four co-heirs,
are also parties to the agreement. Their visits are
coordinated by the Jewish Community Services of South Florida. Students have taken their survivor
friends to synagogue services.

perhaps socialism

The ICHEIC Service Corps program is a pilot project of the Miller
Center at the University of Miami and is sponsored by the
International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims (ICHEIC ),
in partnership with Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, and
the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, Inc.

dormant accounts

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District Court regarding six Gustav Klimt
paintings, and to submit the dispute to binding arbitration in
Austria.
A sixth painting not included in Adele Bloch -Bauer's will also is
at issue and has been the subject of a claim by another family, the
heirs of Amalie Zuckerkandl.
Coinciding with the commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the
liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp on January 27, 1945,
this unique program matches university students with Holocaust
survivors in the Miami area in order to ensure that the memory of the
Holocaust and the courage of the survivors are kept alive through this
encounter across generations.

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The
Austrian National Gallery, as well as Mrs. The settlements
are designated to pay Holocaust-related insurance claims and for
Holocaust related humanitarian purposes.

commissioners looted

Students also receive training
on how to help meet the needs of elderly survivors." Several
festive gatherings have been organized for the survivors and their
student friends at holiday time.

unpaid perhaps

That Board was created by Austrian
legislation in 1998 to provide for the review of ownership of certain
artworks in Austrian Federal Museums.

Business Editors/Education Editors

CORAL GABLES, Fla. Eagleburger,
with funds from settlements paid by insurance companies that held the
insurance policies of some victims of the Holocaust.

claiming enemy

To date ICHEIC has awarded approximately $110 million
to claimants and is, through other philanthropic programs, working to
bring aid to Survivors around the world.

unclaimed regulators

Altmann and her co-heirs, have agreed to
submit the dispute regarding that painting to the Board, with a right
of appeal to the arbitration panel. The paintings involved in the
dispute are Adele Bloch-Bauer I, Adele Bloch-Bauer II, Beechwood ,
Apple Tree I, Houses in Unterach am Attersee and Amalie Zuckerkandl.

This category lists those official organisations (often a government or perhaps affiliated to a financial trade association) that facilitate the claiming of accounts by survivors or their heirs.

restitution socialism

Some have helped celebrate birthdays as
their friendship grows.

unpaid holocaust

Mrs. The parties also disagree about the legal effect of certain
transactions between the Bloch-Bauer estate and the Gallery in 1948
regarding the paintings.

The project consists of three components: academic courses on the
Holocaust, weekly visits by a student with a Holocaust survivor, and
academic enrichment to help the student understand the specific
experiences of his or her new friend. Eugene Rothman, project coordinator and a Senior Visiting
Fellow at the University, explains that "the key to the success of
this project is the building of bridges across generations, between
Jewish community agencies and, most important of all, between the past
and the future.

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Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) was a prominent Austrian artist, a major
figure in the Art Nouveau movement."
The University of Miami project is a pilot for a national program
that is being contemplated for other cities which have a willing
university and a significant population of Holocaust survivors. It,
together with a similar project in New York City, was initiated by
ICHEIC, chaired by former Secretary of State, Lawrence S.

purchasers nazi

republik socialism

Mrs.
The dispute involves six paintings by Austrian artist Gustav
Klimt. Altmann's aunt, Adele Bloch-Bauer, had been a patron of
the arts in early 20th Century Vienna, and one of Klimt's prominent
supporters. She was the model for at least two of Klimt's paintings ,
including Adele Bloch-Bauer I, which is one of the paintings in
dispute.
Adele Bloch-Bauer died in 1925, and included a provision in her
will concerning the disposition of five of the Klimt paintings at
issue, the legal effect of which under Austrian law is disputed by the
parties. Zuckerkandl 's heirs, along with the
Republic of Austria and Mrs.

unclaimed purchasers

accounts enemy

ICHEIC was the first organization ever to offer Holocaust victims
and their heirs an avenue to pursue a claim against an insurance
company at no cost.