While only some 20 percent of indemnification claims by Nazi victims have been paid within the past ten years, 85 percent of the top Nazi Party leaders get full and ample pensions a retired high German Government official. Dr. Wolfgang Schnidt, told a regional meeting of Nazi victims affiliated with the Social Democratic Party. One of every four Nazi victims died without having received a penny of compensation, the speaker noted.
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