The man expected to become president of Berlin’s Jewish community wants financial help from the Claims Conference. Albert Meyer, who is widely expected to be elected Wednesday to head Berlin’s financially strapped community, told German media that the Claims Conference, which is responsible for dispensing restitution money to Holocaust survivors, should ante up more for Berlin’s Jewish community.
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