The World - News from June 9, 1988

East Germany is prepared to give humanitarian aid to Jewish victims of the Holocaust, and talks are under way to work out details, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The announcement followed remarks earlier this week by West German Jewish leader Heinz Galinski that East Berlin is ready to pay $100 million in compensation. Ministry spokesman Wolfgang Meyer did not mention a sum but said in a statement that “in response to requests from Jewish organizations, the GDR (East Germany) has expressed its readiness to render humanitarian help to needy Jewish victims in other countries.”