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Warsaw, Poland - Jewish Leader Urges Poland to Compensate Victims of Holocaust

Published on:   Jun 17, 2008 at 10:51 AM
News Source: J-Post
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Warsaw, Poland - Ronald Lauder, president of the New York-based World Jewish Congress, urged Poland to redress what he described as one of the thorniest problems still weighing on Polish-Jewish relations - Warsaw's failure to compensate Jews for property seized during the Nazi and communist eras.

Lauder called on the Polish government to enact urgently a compensation law that has been in the pipeline for years for people - Jews and others - who were deprived of property. He made his appeal a day before he is to meet with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk to discuss the matter.


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 Jun 17, 2008 at 12:09 PM Yodea Sefer Says:

its about time.

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 Jun 17, 2008 at 09:35 PM Anonymous Says:

did the hungarians,slovaks,czechs,greece,france,serbia,belgium,and others,compensate?
how about the arabs that kicked out masses of jews?
i am just asking,if anyone knos.

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