This process would later affect his eligibility to receive reparations for his suffering. Following his hospitalization. Mr. Princz was permitted to enter thenCommunistoccupied Czechoslovakia to search for family members. After determining that he was the sole survivor. Mr. Princz traveled to America. In the early 1950s. the Federal Republic of Germany established a reparations program for survivors. Mr. Princz application was rejected because he bad not been classified as a "stateless" person or "refugee." Had he been processed through the center for displaced persons" instead of receiving immediate medical care in a U.S. facility. Mr. Princz would have received this designation.