A new agreement will release insurance payments to German Holocaust survivors. Representatives of German insurance companies and the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims signed a landmark agreement in Washington on Wednesday that will trigger the release of $100 million to pay claims against German companies and $175 million to be used for humanitarian purposes.
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