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Word: volkseigentum (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Musch vs. Schneider confrontation is one of many such struggles over property in East Germany today. They all turn on the question of who owns what. What does a 1930s deed mean in a country where almost everything has been Volkseigentum, or property of the people, for the past 40 years? Who is entitled to a house built on land confiscated by the state? What are the rights of longtime renters? The All-German Institute, a West German authority, estimates that West Germans have claims to more than 1 million homes, factories and parcels of land in the East...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany: Whose House Is This Anyway? | 7/9/1990 | See Source »

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