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Real History and the Great Shakedown The Index to the Traditional Enemies of Free Speech Alphabetical index (text) [Holocaust survivors outraged at meager $25.5m Gold theft settlement] MIAMI (AP) – Amid objections from some Holocaust survivors, a federal judge Monday approved a $25.5 million settlement between the U.S.
government and Hungarian Jews who lost jewelry, artwork and other treasures when a Nazi “Gold Train” was commandeered by the U.S. Army during World War II. U.S.
District Judge Patricia Seitz said that despite those objections, the agreement represented a “historic” chance to put right a 60-year-old wrong committed by some U.S. troops and never adequately addressed by the federal government. “To me, this is an example of the way you want this country to perform,” Seitz said. “It is an example of a real effort to achieve justice with mercy.” The settlement came in a lawsuit filed by Hungarian Holocaust survivors over the U.S.
Army’s capture and pilfering in 1945 of a train loaded with gold, jewels, silver, china, 3,000 Oriental rugs and 1,200 paintings that had been stolen from Hungarian Jews by the Nazis. There are about 62,000 Hungarian Holocaust survivors worldwide. The Gold train legend Our Auschwitz dossier The above item is reproduced without editing other than typographical Register your name and address to go on the Mailing List to receive or to hear when and where he will next speak near you 2005