State documents display Stephan Templ did declare aunt’s existence to panel responsible for ruling on property stolen by NazisA Jewish historian and outspoken critic of Austrias approach to returning property looted by the Nazis is being kept in jail for defrauding the state over a restitution claim,despite the discovery of crucial new evidence.
Stephan Templ, 55, and was convicted of serious fraud for hiding the existence of an estranged aunt when he applied on behalf of his mother for the return of a building in Vienna which was seized from his family in 1938.
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Source: theguardian.com