A delegation representing the Israeli organization of former Nazi victims will go to West Germany next week to seek compensation for forced labor they performed in German factories during World War II. A spokesman for the group said that only about 200000 of the two million Jewish slave laborers have received any compensation so far. He said this was because agreements were reached with only five major German companies, among them Krupp, Siemens and Telefunken, which together paid out only 50 million marks. Up to now, no other German company that employed slave labor during the war has paid anything. The delegation will contact the West German Manufacturers Association and the other major firms in an effort to obtain payment. Tuvia Friedman, head of the Nazi war crimes documentation center in Haifa, today posted a $50000 reward for anyone who arrests Joseph Mengele, the notorious Auschwitz death camp doctor. Mengele avoided capture after World War II and was last reported to be hiding out in Paraguay. Friedman said the reward was for arresting Mengele, not for his head. “We want him to face trial in Israel or in West Germany,” he said. Friedman said his center had collected “thousands and thousands of documents” against Mengele and was preparing a dosier for his trial.
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