Kwasniewski voices support for post-war restitution claims in US Capital

During his meeting with Jewish community leaders at Georgetown University in Washington, President Aleksander Kwasniewski pledged to support restitution of illegally seized property to all current and former Polish citizens, including Jews. He said that Parliament was working on a bill to regulate the restitution of property seized by the Communists after World War II, but that the work was delayed due to the magnitude of the problem and 'objective difficulties'. He added that the final bill is likely to be a compromise saying, "I will support a bill which is not only just, but also realistic. A bill which does not impose an insurmountable burden on Poland, but one that can be fulfilled". The meeting at Georgetown was dedicated to the memory of legendary World War II courier Jan Karski, who was one of the first people to try to make Western leaders aware of the atrocities of the Holocaust. (Zycie, p. 3) T.J.