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Holocaust survivors in L.A. rush to get restitution from Hungary
The Fresno Bee ^ | July 5, 2006

Posted on 07/06/2006 1:03:49 PM PDT by lizol

Holocaust survivors in L.A. rush to get restitution from Hungary

The Associated Press

(Updated Wednesday, July 5, 2006, 2:15 AM)

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hundreds of Holocaust survivors flocked to the city's Jewish social service agencies to get help as they rush to apply for a restitution program offered by the Hungarian government.

The paperwork must be postmarked and on its way to Budapest by July 31.

The large turnout overwhelmed the legal service group Bet Tzedek, whose officials hastily scheduled extra sessions to help with the complicated paperwork. Officials there said they expected about 50 or so of the approximately 10,000 Holocaust survivors in Los Angeles to sign up for the sessions. Instead, five times as many have sought help.

Advocates see the surge as a sign that elderly survivors, no longer working and in ill health, need aid more than ever.

"They are willing to overcome the insult of what they could view as blood money," said Mark Rothman, Bet Tzedek's Holocaust services advocate.

(Excerpt) Read more at fresnobee.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: holocaust; hungary; jewish; jews; restitution

1 posted on 07/06/2006 1:03:51 PM PDT by lizol
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2 posted on 07/06/2006 1:04:25 PM PDT by lizol (Liberal - a man with his mind open ... at both ends)
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As a Jew, I am very queasy about this.


3 posted on 07/06/2006 1:25:35 PM PDT by Hildy (Change calls the tune we dance to.)
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Advocates see the surge as a sign that elderly survivors, no longer working and in ill health, need aid more than ever.

"Advocates" see everything as reason for more socialism...

4 posted on 07/06/2006 1:26:32 PM PDT by Onelifetogive (Freerepublic - The website where "Freepers" is not in the spell checker dictionary...)
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