Germany begins Nazi laborer restitution payments
Encrypted e mails and victim names surface as the German Remembrance Foundation starts assessing claims for up to 1.5 million survivors. Up to 6500 dollars may be paid to concentration camp victims, 2175 dollars to others. Victims must file by Aug 11, with possible deadline extensions. Checkers travel Europe to verify evidence.
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Berlin
Germany
Slave Labor Foundation
Warsaw
Wanda Krzemien
Nazi Germany
Kai Hennig
German Remembrance, Responsibility and Future Foundation
Europe
Polish German Reconciliation Foundation
Czech Republic
Frankfurt
On This Day History June 11 Highlights
June 11 historical events include Henry VIII wedding Catherine of Aragon in 1509, James Cook discovering the Great Barrier Reef in 1770, and the Continental Congress drafting a Declaration of Independence in 1776. Other items cover lend lease pact in 1942, sugar rationing ending in 1947, Quang Duc self immolation in 1963, Wheelus Air Base closing in 1970, LDS priest ordination in 1978, John Wayne death in 1979, Karen Ann Quinlan’s death in 1985, and a 1986 Supreme Court abortion ruling.
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James Cook
Great Barrier Reef
Australia
Continental Congress
Britain
United States
Soviet Union
Goverment
John Wayne
Karen Ann Quinlan
Morris Plains
N.J
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
Associated Press
Hundreds attend Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York
Hundreds of thousands filled Fifth Avenue for the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City. Police deployed 6,000 officers after last year’s melee. the celebration ended without violence.
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New York
New York City
Fifth Avenue
Ayesha Gonzalez
Asbury Park
N.J
Central Park
Bernard Kerik
Israeli Army Faces Possible Mistake in Gaza Women Deaths
Three Palestinian women were killed by Israeli tank fire near Netzarim in Gaza as tensions rose after a cease-fire breach claim. Lt. Gen. Shaul Mofaz said a mistake is possible and under investigation while U S and Palestinian officials review a cease-fire security plan proposed by George Tenet.
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Jerusalem
Israel
CIA
George Tenet
West Bank
Ramallah
Gaza Strip
Shaul Mofaz
Netzarim
Tenet
U.S
George Mitchell
Ariel Sharon
Palestinian Authority
Tel Aviv
Ahmed Abdel Rahman
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England
Henry Will
Catherine of Aragon
Quang Duc
Saigon
Ngo Dinh Diem
Libya
Wheelus Air Base
Joseph Freeman Jr
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Madrid
Puerta de Alcala
Retiro Park
Larry Schwartz
Nabil Shaath
Nessra Malaha
Salimia Malaha
Hikmet Malaha
Suncom Cities Plan
NCHS
Dad
SunCom
SunCom Digital
Gulf Coast
Great Lakes
At&t Wireless Network
Cedar Rapids
1St Avenue
Bed Bath & Beyond
Coralville
2Nd Street
Millennium Plaza
Mega
Precision Wireless
Marion
Iowa City
RP Communications
UniCom Wireless
I. Beet
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