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Remaining Holocaust Claims Stalled

Many survivors, heirs still stymied on stolen property, lost wages

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 25, 2007 5:09 AM CST

(Newser) – Six decades and $100 billion in reparations later, tens of thousands of Jews say Germany still owes them for Holocaust crimes, the Washington Post reports. A 2002 law promised pensions for ghetto dwellers forced to work for little pay, but officials denied benefits to 60,... Read full story »

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