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The Prussian Claims Society (German: Preußische Treuhand GmbH & Co. KG a. A.) is an organization based in Düsseldorf founded by German expellees, and supported by the Landsmannschaft Ostpreußen, Landsmannschaft Schlesien and Pommersche Landsmannschaft . It is modeled after the Jewish Claims Conference and will claim compensations from Poland and the Czech Republic, among others, for property confiscated from Germans expelled from Eastern Germany, after it was occupied and transferred to Poland, Czechoslovakia and other states. ( disputed — see talk page)
The president is Rudi Pawelka, who also is president of the Landsmannschaft Schlesien, and vice president is Hans Günther Parplies, also vice president of the Federation of Expellees.
President Rudi Pawelka told American newspapers: "Germans held lands and properties in what is now Poland for hundreds of years. They have a deep, inner connection to the region and many want their properties back. Soon we will all be Europeans. Poland's accession to the EU will enable us to take our case to the Strasbourg court for the first time. Poland must not be allowed to discriminate against Germans." However, the current German chancellor Gerhard Schröder stated on August 1, 2004 that the current German government will not support these claims. Also, Polish Sejm declared that Poland will demand war reparations from Germany if German government does not end the press for compensations. However, German politicans stated that the Polish claim was ridiculous and had no legal basis. ( disputed — see talk page)
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