False report concerning return of Austrian Jewish Community's historical documents from Jerusalem

Utl.: IKG claims that it is the sole owner of the documents/archive=

Wien (OTS) - The Jewish Community in Vienna (IKG) filed a lawsuit
with the Jerusalem District Court demanding to receive back to its
possession historical documents which it has loaned to the Central
Archives for the History of the Jewish People. In the lawsuit, the
IKG claims that it is the sole owner of the documents/archive and
that it has, and always had, the right to terminate the loan and to
receive the documents back to Vienna, as it is the owners' right, and
his right alone, to decide what happens with his property. The IKG
supports its claim with a plethora of strong evidence, including a
wide collection of documents exchanged between the parties, showing
that the parties clearly agreed to the transfer of the documents
being a loan, terminable at any time. In the course of the
preliminary proceedings in the case, it has been suggested by the
Central Archive that the standpoint of Israel's State Archive on this
matter be heard. Unsurprisingly, and due to its interest to keep the
documents in Israel, the Archive has issued an opinion which ignores
the substantiated evidence provided by the IKG and wishes to grant
the Central Archive the authority to keep documents which it does not
legally possess. Luckily, this matter will not, and was never
intended to, be resolved by the non-binding standpoint of the State
Archive, which is an interested party in this matter, but rather by
the district court. The IKG believes that the State Archive's
position serves to demonstrate how various organs of the State of
Israel are working together to illegally expropriate the documents
from the IKG, and, in accordance with the instructions of the court,
will revert to the court with its response to the State Archive's
standpoint. It should be noted that the proceedings in this matter
are expected to continue in a preliminary hearing scheduled on 1
November, 2012.

Oskar Deutsch
President of the Jewish Community Vienna

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