Suit says German firms owe on Nazi reparations

AP via Newark Star Ledger, NJ ^ | May 26, 2004 | Steve Strunsk

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BMW, Volkswagen, Deutsche Bank and 14 other German companies withheld $100 million from a fund for victims of Nazi-era forced labor, a lawyer for the victims said during a federal court hearing yesterday in Newark.

But the companies said they already fulfilled their financial obligations to the $5 billion reparations fund, which so far has made $3 billion in payments to 1.5 million people around the world.

[schaketo]

Something to consider when making consumer decisions this Memorial Day weekend.

[baltodog]

Thanks for the info...

Now I feel better about being able to only afford Chinese goods made by political prisoners and gov't dissidents.