61. Switzerland agreed for the first time Tuesday that unclaimed bank accounts of Nazi victims should be used to help Holocaust survivors, but ruled out compensation from government coffers. 62. Switzerland has come under intense international pressure to pay compensation to the heirs of Nazi victims for assets they claim were never returned by Swiss banks. 63. Slave laborers have not been eligible for back wages under postwar German laws on reparations for Nazi victims. 64. That raises thorny issues such as which Nazi victims to compensate. 65. Sweden, like Switzerland, has been under increasing pressure for a full accounting of the assets of Nazi victims. 66. Switzerland accepted gold plundered by the Nazis from occupied countries, and reports have said jewels and artworks taken from Nazi victims were sold in Switzerland. 67. Switzerland says the real figure is a fraction of that and has offered to set up a compensation fund for destitute Nazi victims. 68. Switzerland accepted gold plundered by the Nazis from occupied countries, and reports have said jewels and art taken from Nazi victims were sold in Switzerland. 69. Switzerland has been under international pressure to pay compensation to the heirs of Nazi victims for assets they claim were never returned by Swiss banks. 70. The banks have embarked on a campaign to return any money of Nazi victims to them or their heirs and have given millions of dollars to needy Holocaust survivors. |
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