A Russian woman forced to work at a factory in Nazi Germany run by a subsidiary of the Ford Motor Co. filed suit against the auto manufacturer, claiming the company illegally profited from her work as a slave laborer. The suit, filed in New Jersey, was filed after Germany last year enacted a law allowing forced laborers to file claims against corporations that used forced labor during the war.
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