On the recordJanuary 26, 1994
I rise in strong support of House Resolution 323, which seeks to help right a wrong that has existed for more than 40 years. Hugo Princz and his family, as we have already heard, were American citizens residing in Europe during World War II. Despite their American citizenship, they were arrested by the Nazis. The entire family was sent to the concentration camps where all of the family faced tragic death by extermination except Princz himself. He survived, but with that survival spent time in the hellish death camps of Auschwitz and Dachau. For his suffering and the death of his loved ones, Mr. Princz sought war reparations from the German Government. He has been denied. Reasons given for this denial have been that he does not 'fit' the German criteria for reparations eligibility. This is not acceptable. There is, in my opinion, no additional criteria needed for this man to receive reparations. He suffered. Every day he witnessed the death of men, women, and children, including his own family. And he endured. He now seeks compensation for the horrors of his lifetime and I urge German authorities to provide this compensation.
