German industrialists pledge $1 billion for slave laborers From: Cleveland Jewish News | Date: February 19, 1999 | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Cleveland Jewish News

02-19-1999

German industrialists pledge $1 billion for slave laborers

MARILYN H. KARFELD Staff Reporter

By donating a reported $1 billion to aid Eastern European slave laborers, a dozen German industrial giants hope to squelch numerous class-action suits that have been filed against them on behalf of those victims of the Third Reich.

An agreement in principle, negotiated last week by the U.S. State Department, Germany and...

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