Nazi Plunder Condemns Heir to Jail in Bizarre Fraud Case

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In a bizarre case stirring up Austria’s Nazi past, architectural historian Stephan Templ has been sentenced to three years in prison for “defrauding the Austrian Republic.”

Templ, 53, has been an outspoken critic of Austria’s poor post-war record of returning Aryanized properties to their rightful Jewish owners.