In 1946. Mr. Princz was liberated by U.S. Armed Forces and was sent to a U.S. military hospital for treatment. After returning to the United States. Mr. Princz pursued a pension through the German program established to compensate survivors of the Holocaust. For the past 40 years. his claim has been repeatedly refused. Because his internment was not processed through a center for displaced persons in Germany following the war. Mr. Princz was not considered stateless or a refugee and thus did not meet the German eligibility criteria for the reparations program. In 1992. after exhausting diplomatic channels. Mr. Princz. brought a lawsuit against the Federal Republic of Germany in Federal Court in Washington.