41.   In return, German companies have been promised protection from lawsuits in U.S. courts seeking compensation for Nazi victims.

42.   In other cases persecuted Nazi victims sent their money to Switzerland, but then had it transferred elsewhere or reclaimed it after the war.

43.   It also would get money to the Nazi victims faster than drawn-out legal proceedings, he said.

44.   Jonathan Lemberger, the head of AMCHA, a support group for Holocaust survivors, said he was concerned that the Swiss proposal lumped Nazi victims with others.

45.   Many Jews and other Nazi victims made deposits in Switzerland, which maintained neutrality during World War II while surrounded by Germany and its allies.

46.   New York City and other key states barred Swiss banks from government business last year to press them to return any assets of Nazi victims or their heirs.

47.   Most recent cases have involved former slave laborers and Nazi victims who lived in communist East bloc countries after World War II.

48.   Nazi victims around Belarus began to receive compensation payments Wednesday for slave labor during World War II from a German fund.

49.   No relatives claim bodies of Nazi victims.

50.   On Wednesday, Austria for the first time celebrated a national day of remembrance for Nazi victims.