WE Germany tries to undo its property knot

WE Germany tries to undo its property knot - 1990 - Financial Times 12/9/90 p4 .

East Germany has begun the complex task of returning property expropriated by the former regime to its rightful owners, but this has made it illegal, for a time, for the State, local authorities or companies to sell property to western investors pending clarification of earlier ownership rights.