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Last update - 20:53 19/09/2007

Germany to pay former laborers of Nazi ghettos one-time grant

By Anshel Pfeffer

The German government decided on Wednesday to give a one-time grant to Holocaust survivors who endured forced labor in World War II ghettos.

Some 30,000 Israeli survivors are expected to receive the grant, amounting to 2,000 euros.

In discussions held in recent weeks in Israel between German finance ministry officials and Pensioners Affairs Minister Raffi Eitan, the government rejected Germany's offer to pay former forced laborers 1,200 euros each, demanding they increase the offer.

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According to German sources, the increase came as a result of the direct interference of Chancellor Angela Merkel.

"The payment agreed today is not compensation for being interned in ghettos... it's a humanitarian gesture," government spokesman Ulrich Wilhelm told a regular government news conference in Berlin.

Berlin's decision applies to some 64,000 ghetto survivors who have not been compensated by German insurance companies for their work during the Holocaust, as was required under a 2002 law.

The grant recipients will include former forced laborers who have not yet received payment from the Holocaust Memorial Fund, which was established in order to compensate forced laborers.

Germany said applications could be sent immediately to Germany's Federal Office for Central Services and Unresolved Property Issues (BADV) in Bonn.

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1.	how often ....	20:02	\|	Leona	19/09/07

2.	Euro. 2.000.-???	20:42	\|	Robert	19/09/07

3.	Re: #1 Leona	21:43	\|	Eyal	19/09/07

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6.	Re: Leona	00:01	\|	Alan	20/09/07

7.	Compensation for other HOLOCAUSTS	00:28	\|	Harry Grunstein	20/09/07

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