A group of Holocaust survivors petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to change the terms of the Swiss banks settlement. The petition filed earlier this month by the Holocaust Survivors Foundation USA calls for more money from the $1.25 billion settlement for Holocaust-era bank accounts to be given to survivors in the United States rather than those in the former Soviet Union, the Forward reported.
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