On the recordJanuary 26, 1994
as the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, I know firsthand how difficult it has been for survivors seeking compensation. For 12 years, my father fought to obtain the compensation he was entitled to. In comparison to Mr. Princz, my father was lucky. Mr. Princz has been embroiled in the controversy for 39 years. My father is a Holocaust survivor. He was a German slave. He was used like an animal. He was beaten, he was abused. His physical and mental suffering cannot be imagined by any one of us who did not live through it. He applied for reparations to the Germans. There were 'technicalities.' Those technicalities only served to magnify his suffering by adding humiliation to it. My father and our family were luckier than Mr. Princz. We finally won. The money is not a great deal, but the vindication, the vindication is beyond any measure and beyond any description. The Holocaust, Mr. Speaker, was not a technicality. Mr. Princz should not live out the rest of his days... without his own vindication. Mr. Princz has suffered enough. The payments he seeks can never truly compensate him for what he endured. It is unconscionable after once depriving him of his family, his home, his dignity, and his possessions, the German Government is now attempting to deprive him of the small amount he unquestionably deserves.
