The U.S. government agreed to pay $25.5 million to Hungarian Holocaust survivors whose property was looted by the American military. The settlement was reached March 10, and includes $25 million to cover basic humanitarian services for the survivors, as well as $500,000 for creation of an archive of the Hungarian Jewish community and the Gold Train.
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