Lawyers for Holocaust victims said three Austrian firms should pay compensation for using slave laborers during World War II. The companies were identified as industrial giant Voest-Alpine, vehicle assembler Steyr-Daimler-Puch and rayon manufacturer Lensing. The lawyers recently filed class-action lawsuits against several German firms on similar charges.
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