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More Holocaust survivors to get compensation

BERLIN: The German Government has recognised Jews held in labour camps in Africa as a new category of Holocaust survivor eligible for compensation payments, the Jewish Claims Conference said on Thursday.

The German Government also agreed to provide Euro 9 million to help provide home care for increasingly elderly Holocaust survivors. Last year it paid Euro 6 million for the purpose, which was allocated to 43 agencies serving Jewish victims in 17 countries, the organisation said. According to the deal worked out with the German Finance Ministry, Jews held for at least six months in certain labour camps in Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, and also in Hungary, are now eligible for payments from the Ministry's pension programme fund, providing they also meet the other German requirements. The Finance Ministry did not comment on the agreement. — AP

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