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Slave labour compensation agreed

German and US negotiators have agreed the distribution of DM10bn compensation to an estimated 870,000 surviving slave labourers under the Third Reich. Some DM8.25bn will be paid direct. Those who were held in concentration camps will receive up to £5,000 each, others lesser amounts. The rest will be use for the promotion of social and cultural projects.

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