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Article: Holocaust Claims Being Accepted
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- February 16, 2000
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PAULINE JELINEK, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
02-16-2000
Holocaust Claims Being Accepted
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A worldwide search for Holocaust survivors who may have unpaid insurance policies got under way with the opening of telephone information centers in 41 nations, one of many steps planned to alert those eligible for the program.
The International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims announced that people who believe they or their families have unsettled policies bought between 1920 and 1945 may file claims for payment.
Officials of the panel have said some survivors or heirs who tried to collect on policies after World War II went unpaid because insurers asked for ...