Needy Holocaust survivors living in Israel can begin filing claims on Monday for moneys from a $185 million Swiss fund created in 1997. Approximately 60,000 survivors are expected to receive $1,000 from the fund. Israeli bureaucracy has been blamed for delays in distributing the money, which is separate from a $1.25 billion-dollar class-action settlement reached last year with Swiss banks.
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