WORLD IN BRIEF : EAST GERMANY : Israel to Be Paid for Taking Refugees
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
East Germany has reversed its position and agreed to compensate Israel for taking in thousands of refugees from Nazi Germany after World War II, according to a letter from East German Prime Minister Lothar de Maiziere to World Jewish Congress President Edgar Bronfman. Previously, East Germany had agreed to pay reparations to Jewish groups but not to Israel. Negotiations on the amount probably will take place next year after East Germany is united with West Germany, officials said.
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