Heirs of Holocaust victims charged that European insurers denied the existence of thousands of insurances policies and refused to pay claims to the families of victims who perished during World War II. The charges emergered during a hearing held at the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Museum of Tolerance.
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