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Children of Holocaust Survivors Sue Germany

Posted Jul 16, 07 8:29 PM CDT in World 

(Newser) – An Israeli group is about to file a class action lawsuit against Germany on behalf of 15,000 children of Holocaust survivors in need of psychological treatment. The children suffer from depression and other problems stemming from being raised in dysfunctional homes. The suit, to be filed Sunday in Tel Aviv, is the work of the Fisher Fund, an Israeli charity.

The group, which had been in negotiations with the German government until meetings broke down, says that if they fail in an Israeli court they will bring the issue to trial in a German or international court. They also stress that the money will be used only for treatment, not as compensation. "It's not just a lawsuit," the director said, "it's the beginning of a movement."

Source Der Spiegel

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Slave laborers at the concentration camp in Buchenwald, 1945.   (Private H. Miller. (Army))
Holocaust memorial in San Francisco. On Sunday, a class action suit is to be filed on behalf of the children of Holocaust survivors.   ((c) uzvards)
A Holocaust memorial in Berlin, Germany.   (Shutterstock.com)
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