Walderode restitution case returns to square one after Constitutional Court ruling

The long-running restitution case of the Walderode family has been sent back to the beginning after the Constitutional Court upheld a complaint by Johanna Kammerlander, widow of Karel des Fours Walderode, citing a violation of her right to judicial protection. The case involves the return of the Hrubý Rohozec castle in Turnov, as well as forests and land, which the family has sought to reclaim since the early 1990s. Walderode lost his property in parts of Semily, Jablonec, and Liberec after World War II, under the President Beneš decrees. The key issue is whether he retained his Czechoslovak citizenship or not.