Prussian Trust claim rejected

The European Court of Human Rights has dismissed a claim brought by the "Preußische Treuhand" (Prussian Trust), the organisation representing German expellees. The daily Rzeczpospolita welcomes the decision: "The news that the European Court of Human Rights has rejected the claim brought by the German expellees is perhaps the best news Poland has ever had from Strasbourg - and the most important. It takes a load off the minds of many Poles - those who feared they could lose their homes or the fields they cultivate and those who anxiously watched the claims of a small group of expellees play havoc with relations between Germany and Poland. We have waited almost two years to hear what the tribunal in Strasbourg had to say about the case brought by the Prussian Trust. And although almost all the experts assured everyone that the action didn't stand a chance of winning, there was great unease. Now the Prussian Trust has lost its right to exist."

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