51.   Until recently, the government defended Swiss wartime policy on the grounds that it could not have foreseen the Nazi persecution.

52.   Until recently the government always defended Swiss war time policy on the grounds that it could not have foreseen the Nazi persecution.

53.   He said there was a strong case to look for ways to compensate the victims of Nazi persecution or their direct descendants.

54.   However, it has also been blamed by Jewish communities worldwide for refusing to grant refugee status to thousands of European jews attempting to flee Nazi persecution.

55.   In a media release, the Romani Union pointed out that gypsies, too, had faced Nazi persecution and had a right to part of the money.

56.   In the interim, Switzerland will help victims of Nazi persecution by making payments from the current fund.

57.   Belgian Jews are to start moves to determine what happened to the assets of those who died under Nazi persecution, one of their leaders said Monday.

58.   But the trials nonetheless served to expose the scope of Nazi persecution of the Jews and compelled Germany to confront the enormity of the crimes committed by the Reich.

59.   The Swiss government has formally established a fund to help all victims of Nazi persecution.

60.   Three Japanese officials helped save thousands of Jews fleeing Nazi persecution during World War II, according to a report here.