A German metals and chemicals firm confirmed that it was making payments to former slave laborers who were forced to work for them in Poland during World War II. Degussa AG, which admitted last year that it melted down gold and silver stripped from concentration camp victims, said the payments were humanitarian help, not compensation.
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