HC Deb 18 March 1946 vol 420 c282W
Mr. Nally

asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, what steps have been or are to be taken in the British zone of Occupied Germany to restore to newly formed co-operative organisations the property previously owned by the German Co-operative Movement which was confiscated by the Nazis in 1934–35.

Mr. J. Hynd

Newly formed Co-operative societies are permitted to apply to the military government in the British zone for the custodianship and use of former Co-operative properties. It is not possible to restore the title to these properties until inter-Allied decisions have been reached regarding the disposal generally of the property taken over by the German Labour Front and other Naziorganisations.

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