Habsburgs demand return of estates seized by Nazis in 1938 Emperor's descendants file claim for castles and forests seized by Hitler and kept by Austria

The Sunday Telegraph London | February 22, 2004| | Copyright

THE grandson of Karl I, the last Austro-Hungarian emperor, has launched a controversial claim for the return of palaces and land seized by the Nazis and now held by the Austrian state.

Karl Habsburg and two relatives are demanding that property worth hundreds of millions of pounds, including several castles and about 50,000 acres of woodland, be given back to the family in a claim filed with the Austrian Restitution Fund for the Victims of National Socialism.

Mr Habsburg, 42, dropped the aristocratic "von" from his name before becoming an MEP for the conservative Austrian People's Party. His ...

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