Swiss Distribute Holocaust Payments and Norway Approves Payments

On February 23, 1999, according to the World Jewish Restitution Organization, the media reported the Fund for Needy Victims of the Holocaust will start sending checks for $502 to each of the 60,071 Jewish Holocaust survivors in the United States. The payments are separate from the $1.25 billion that Swiss banks have agreed to pay to Holocaust victims... [more]