France agrees US compensation package for Holocaust victims

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Dec 4, 2014
France and the US have agreed a  $60m compensation fund to be paid out to families of those transported by the French state rail company SNCF to Nazi concentration camps during World War 2, reports the BBC.

The French government confirmed on Friday that it would pay a lump sum of $60m to the US so that eligible claimants in the US can receive payments their payments.

The US negotiator, Stuart Eizenstat, said that survivors could receive over $100,000 each, with relatives and heirs receiving tens of thousands of dollars.

As part of the deal, the US has also pledged to minimise the amount of lawsuits made against he SNCF for the rail company’s involvement in the Holocaust.

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