French Jews and the World Jewish Congress will monitor efforts to resolve Holocaustera claims, according to an agreement with the French government. Last week’s accord, which settles a disagreement among the parties involved over whether international Jewry should be involved in the issue, paves the way for the WJC and CRIF, an umbrella organization for French Jews, to see the results of a French commission probing the looting of Holocaust assets and serve on a French committee that will decide how to distribute restitution.
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