Return of property from Poland
. After World War II, Communist authorities nationalized Jewish property abandoned and put in homes of Polish families. Today Polish law allows return of Jewish property, heirs and their heirs. Not much bothered to reply inherit property - whether because of bureaucratic complications, if for ideological reasons or because of wrong thought the Polish real estate is not worth much trouble and expense in returning to exceed property value.
Tour of the former Jewish quarters of a Lodz and Krakow will find large and impressive buildings, but badly neglected - as if 60 years did not touch them at all. The truth is, I really did not touch them 60 years. That's because the tenants Poles know that a successor could come from the owner of the 30 claim ownership, then lose their apartment for the heir. People invested their life savings renovating their apartments and then lost it to court order. As long as the legal situation allows restitution of property, few tenants who will invest in improvements, so the buildings are in dilapidated, buildings inhabited mostly poor residents who do not care to live under these conditions.
Lodz alone, there are approximately 8,000 illegal buildings in this city of custody and waiting for the rightful heirs to come argue ownership. Similar situation in Krakow, as well as thousands of small towns across Poland. The situation is different in Warsaw - wake up almost entirely destroyed in World War II, and few houses left standing on Tilm end. In addition, most archives went up in flames and even if the original house still exists, it is difficult to find documents to prove legal owners.
Situation is a temporary state custody. Polish government is unlikely to leave this situation for years, and should change the law sometime in the coming years. After all, this neglected thousands of buildings across the country, who visited Poland in recent years seen an accelerated momentum of construction and development does not seem like himself in Eastern Europe. Who knows he or my family left Poland real Niida, you should hurry up and take care of real estate today when remember names and addresses, when the owner who still lives and most importantly - as long as the law allows it.
Poland real estate prices jumped in recent years, not uncommon to find residential buildings worth millions of euros. Jews in Israel, the U.S. and Europe are sitting on huge inheritances and not at all aware that sometimes disparage or remaining property. Some do not want to go to Poland encounter anti-Semitism. Trips to Poland, I saw a lot of curiosity about the Polish Jews living in their country, their culture and heritage, and people are surprised Poland experienced positive attitude. Effective legal treatment of local lawyers, court administrators archives and help many heirs and their descendants.
