An 81-year-old Czech man was assaulted and robbed of his $1,500 compensation payment for forced labor under the Nazis. The robbery took place after he collected the money from a post office in the city of Pilsen. Police said the pensioner was dragged into a building and thrown down a set of stairs before being robbed.
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