Leaders of the French Jewish community asked the World Jewish Congress for sensitivity in pursuing Holocaust restitution in France. Educating the French people about their wartime past takes priority over monetary reparations, the community’s president said during a meeting in New York. “We know you want to help us,” said Henri Hajdenberg. “We thank you for your help and your support, but you have to understand — it’s a French problem.”
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