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WWII Ghetto Workers Eligible For Reparations Holocaust survivors who worked in German-controlled ghettos during World War II may be eligible for about $3,000 from the German government.
For years, former laborers in Nazi-era ghettos have been fighting to get the pension that German law ostensibly guarantees them. A strict interpretation of that legislation, however, has meant ...
Germany to extend benefits to ghetto laborers In ‘long-delayed’ move, Berlin will dole out $461 million to some 40,000 Holocaust survivors forced to work in ghettos ...
The Warsaw Ghetto (pictured) was the largest of all the Jewish ghettos in German-occupied Europe during WWII. It was located in Poland but Jews from across German-occupied territories were brought ...
German Jews demand pensions for ghetto survivors Community leader claims that some 22,000 elderly have been waiting for years for retroactive payments. 4 March 2013, 9:05 am Edit.
The ghettos in German-occupied countries during World War II were open-air prisons where Jews were killed, starved and died from diseases.
BERLIN – Germany's Parliament has unanimously approved a measure extending pension payments for thousands of elderly Jews who were forced to work for the Nazis in ghettos. The Jewish Claims ...
The ghettos in German-occupied countries during World War II were open-air prisons where Jews were killed, starved and died from diseases.
The original root language of "ghetto" is unknown. But its original meaning has long been clear. By the 17th century, Rome and Venice had segregated Jewish residents into ghettos.
The Russian-American writer Masha Gessen received a German literary prize Saturday in a ceremony that was delayed and scaled down in reaction to an article comparing Gaza to Nazi German ghettos.
BERLIN (AP) — The Russian-American writer Masha Gessen received a German literary prize Saturday in a ceremony that was delayed and scaled down in reaction to an article comparing Gaza to Nazi ...