The British Association for the United Nations took up cudgels yesterday for survivors of German concentration camps who have not yet received compensation due them under the Bonn Convention.
The Association, noting that “almost every Hitler official gets a pension” while 400 victims have been refused compensation and another 700 are awaiting action, demanded that the British Government take effective action in behalf of its nationals. It noted that all the victims had suffered health impairments.
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