German Compensation To Victims in The Former Soviet Union

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July 10, 2012 by J-Wire Staff

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The chairman of The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany has announced that an estimated 80,000 victims of Nazi Germany in the former Soviet Union are now eligible for compensation payments.

Julius Berman

In a letter to The Executive Council of Australian Jewry president Dr Danny Lamm, the Chairman of the Conference Julius Berman wrote:

“I am very pleased to tell you that the Claims Conference has secured a landmark agreement that will enable the first-ever compensation payments to an estimated 80,000 Nazi victims in the former Soviet Union.

Today in negotiations with the Claims Conference, the German government agreed to expand the Hardship Fund to the former Soviet bloc countries, a result that we have long negotiated for. {Read more]

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