FENSKE v. POLAND
Inadmissible
David Thór Björgvinsson;Giovanni Bonello;Lech Garlicki;Ledi Bianku;Mihai Poalelungi;Nicolas Bratza
The applicant, Mr Heinrich Fenske, is a German national who was born in 1929 and lives in Langwedel. He is represented before the Court by Mr T. Gertner, a lawyer practising in Bad Ems. A summary account of historical events in which the present application originated can be found in the Court’s decision on admissibility in the case of Preussische Treuhand GmbH & CO. Kg A. A. v. Poland (see Preussische Treuhand GmbH & CO. Kg A. A. v. Poland (dec.), no. 47550/06, 7 October 2008, §§ 3-5. In January 1945 the applicant and his family left their then place of residence, at present Dominikowo in Poland, to escape the advancing Red Army. They succeeded in reaching the British occupation zone in Germany. The region in which they lived before and during the Second World War belonged to the German Reich. After the defeat of Germany at the end of the war, when the border between Germany and Poland was drawn along the Oder-Neisse line, it was included in the territory of Poland (see Preussische Treuhand GmbH & CO. Kg A. A., cited above, § 3). They applicant submits that he and his family have still not been allowed to return to their home and have been refused restitution of their property A detailed description of the relevant international and domestic law is set out in the above-mentioned case of Preussische Treuhand GmbH & CO. Kg A. A. v. Poland (ibid. §§ 31-41).