Princz was an American Jew living in Czechoslovakia with his family during the outbreak of World War II until Nazi authorities arrested him and his family and sent them to the concentration camps at Dachau and Auschwitz. Mr. Princz was the only one who survived. In 1945 on a train to certain death. Mr. Princz was liberated by American soldiers. Army officials recognized Mr. Princz as an American and brought him to an Army hospital for treatment. While this action probably saved his life. it has prevented Mr. Princz from receiving the reparations paid by the German Government to Holocaust survivors. Astonishingly. the German Government has refused Mr. Princz request because he is an American citizen and was never processed by German officials as a refugee or stateless person. Mr. Princz. with assistance from the U.S.