Just hours before his scheduled execution. he was saved by American forces liberating the area and sent to an American military hospital for treatment. In the 1950s. the Federal Republic of Germany set up a reparations program for Holocaust survivors to which Mr. Princz made timely application. His application was rejected on the grounds that he was an American citizen at the time of his capture and not a stateless person or refugee. After exhausting all diplomatic elforts to obtain compensation. in 1990 Mr. Princz filed a suit against the German Government in Federal court. where it is still pending.