Polish Jews to be compensated

New York - Under a pact reached last week, the roughly 10,000 Jews who still live in Poland stand to get back $1

New York - Under a pact reached last week, the roughly 10,000 Jews who still live in Poland stand to get back $1.5 billion to $2 billion in so-called communal property first taken by the Nazis and then seized by the communists, according to the World Jewish Congress.

Thirty per cent of the properties will go back to 19 Jewish communities where enough Jews still live to derive benefit from them, Mr Elan Steinberg, WJC executive vice president, said.

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