After years of negotiations, the Latvian parliament today (Thursday) approved by a large majority a compensation law for community property looted during the Holocaust. As part of the law, 40 million euros will be allocated to rehabilitate the life of the Jewish community in the country, to provide assistance to survivors and to preserve the memory of those who perished. “The legislation approved today is a significant recognition of the unique tragedy that befell Latvian Jewry,” said Gideon Taylor, chairman of operations at ILAR, the Jewish National Property Restitution Organization. “This historic law shows that even 77 years after the...
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