Nearly two-thirds of the claims filed here with the West German special office for indemnification of victims of Nazism formerly living in the Soviet zone of Germany have been processed, according to an official report from the agency;
Of 75, 000 claims, only 27, 000 are still pending, the figures showed; About 15, 000 cases were processed during 1961, an increase of 4, 000 cases above the number processed in 1960;
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