Jewish officials plan to present a Holocaust survivor in Riga, Latvia with the first payment from the Swiss Holocaust Memorial Fund. But questions remain whether the fund will make available the moneys for Latvian and other needy eastern European survivors before the scheduled Nov. 18 ceremony in Riga.
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