Helsinki (AP) — Latvian parliament passed the Holocaust return bill on Thursday. This includes compensation for lost Jewish property and funding to revitalize the Jewish communities of the Baltic states, which were almost completely wiped out during World War II. After years of debate on this issue, 100-seat Saeima voted 64-21 to approve the law on compensation for goodwill to the Latvian Jewish community on the final reading of the bill. did. Arkadi Skhalenko, chairman of the Latvian Jewish Community Council, praised “this historic step” taken by lawmakers. “Completing this process shows that 77 years after the Holocaust is over,...
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