States of Denial 5 Withholding of military redemption payments to former soldier prisoners of war

In Hansard, 5 April 2001, it was reported that the British Government received £1 million after the war (in 2001 that was reported to be worth £120 million) to be passed onto former prisoners of war who had been put to work by Nazi Germany. That money has still not left the Treasury and has not been transferred to survivors. When will it reach them? In 2007, Australia paid compensation to its former prisoners of war held in Nazi Germany. Why is the British Government dragging its heels? Since 2002 I have been interviewing survivors, locating key documentation and requesting information from various bodies and representatives. I have also been seeking to get matters addressed by the media, and also get my own work published, and a documentary based on my findings and interviews made. With so much focus on World War Two and German history in the publishing trade and media both in UK and Germany, why are their representatives not interested in our former British and Commonwealth soldier prisoners-of-war? How can the British Government engage in (justified or even non-justified) wars and expect soldiers to fight in them, when they treat former soldier prisoners-of-war with such contempt? Thank you Lord Janner for recently phoning me to offer your support in this cause. I look forward to a positive outcome for these former soldier prisoners-of-war.