One of Germany’s largest construction companies said it refused to compensate slave workers from World War II who helped build an airstrip for the company. Officials from Zueblin said the company was not liable because the laborers had worked for the Nazi SS. Volkswagen announced earlier this month it would create a fund to handle the claims of former slave workers.
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