Conclusion

The Bloch-Bauer case and others like it could be easily resolved if Austria was willing to submit to neutral arbitration.  It is a fundamental maxim that in the event of a legal dispute, claimants should be afforded a reasonable opportunity to prove their claims before a neutral tribunal.  Today, more than half a century after the defeat of the Nazis, it is time that these matters be resolved and settled fairly and quickly.  Unfortunately, given the current political situation in Austria, it seems that without U.S. intervention on behalf of its citizens, these wrongs will never be righted.

Dated: February 4, 2000  
 

       ______________________________

       E. Randol Schoenberg