Judge OK’s $25.5M Settlement In WWII Case

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    MIAMI — A federal judge approved a $25.5 million settlement between the U.S. government and Hungarian Jews who lost treasures when a Nazi “Gold Train” was commandeered by the U.S. Army during World War II.
    The lawsuit was filed over the U.S. capture and pilfering in 1945 of the train which was loaded with gold, jewels, silver, china, 3,000 Oriental rugs and 1,200 paintings that had been stolen from Hungarian Jews by the Nazis.
    Despite the objections by some Jews for the low amount and the way it will be distribute, the judge said the agreement represented a “historic” chance to right a 60-year-old wrong committed by some U.S. troops and never adequately addressed by the federal government.

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    Also has the U.S. government agreed to publicly apologize to the Hungarian Holocaust survivors whose possessions were plundered by the Nazis and later seized by American soldiers.


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