Australian Holocaust survivors filed a lawsuit in New York District Court accusing three German firms of profiting from slave labor during World War II. New York-based attorney Ed Fagan filed the lawsuit against Volkswagen, Siemens and Thyssen Krupp on behalf of between 60,000 and 70,000 Australian Holocaust survivors. The companies have already been hit with similar lawsuits by survivors living in other countries.
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